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Middle East getting 400+HP Chevy Special Vehicles, US could follow
Australia’s Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) is the successful performance arm of GM-Holden and has been modifying and building its own cars for the past 20 years. GM officials now hope to copy that success in other markets where Holden products are sold and the first of these will be the Middle Eastern market where an E-series HSV Commodore was recently spotted.

In the Middle East the cars are sold as Chevrolets hence the name Chevrolet Special Vehicles (CSV). The guys over at DriveArabia managed to get their hands on a list of 2008 models from General Motors Middle East, and one of the cars mentioned was a “CSV CR8” with “400+ horsepower.”This means that the Aussie built HSV R8 will be sold in the Middle East.

If the car proves successful in the Middle East it could eventually be sold in the U.S. as a performance version of the Pontiac G8. We just hope they don’t call it a PSV. Read Article



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DaHarderDaHarder - 10/25/2007 2:06:52 PM
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Badge engineering or not, I can't see why this vehicle shouldn't be the next Impala SS...

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EnnNorakEnnNorak - 10/26/2007 10:48:39 AM
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My sentiments exactly and I'm hoping that will be a way to get rid of cylinder deactivation on the Impala SS.


PorschinatorPorschinator - 10/25/2007 8:55:16 PM
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Hmmm...how similar is the Middle Eastern automarket to US? I am all for the power, but just an interesting place to start with. It is known that the LS2 is inexpensive to produce (Push-rod) and still gets good MPG and great power. I remember reading somewhere that the LS2 motor can be bought from GM for under $10K. The AMG63 motor for $56K...damn!

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cad1ctscad1cts - 10/26/2007 12:54:56 AM
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The AMG63 engine is $56,000?!?!?!? WOW! Thats very nearly 1/2 the price of the car itself!

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S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 10/28/2007 1:08:36 PMView My AgentSpace
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That's almost the entire price of the C63 AMG.
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