Rare 1988 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV fetches $340k at auction
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How much would you spend on a 30-year-old Holden Commodore? $3,000? $30,000? How about $300,000?
The idea of old Holdens fetching as much as new Ferraris might be jaw-dropping to some, but at an auction in New South Wales over the weekend, dozens of people battled six-digit bidding wars over some rare models.
A 1988 Walkinshaw Commodore sold for $340,000 after 66 bids, and several other rare Holden models sold for more than $150,000 each.
"Holden as we know it is finished in Australia, so there's a real sort of frenzy in relation to certain models," Burns & Co principal and auctioneer Ashley Burns said.
"The appeal of those cars suited the taboo bikie right through to the retirement-aged investor.
"When you've got those [markets] competing on the car of course you're going to have a good result."
The 1988 Walkinshaw, an SS Group A model and one of only 750 ever made, had never been registered — which is part of why it was so desirable.
"In a way it's a new old stock car," Mr Burns said.
"It would be the best example of that particular model on the planet."
The "Walky" was the first car developed by Holden Special Vehicles, a partnership started with Scottish racing car driver Tom Walkinshaw in 1987.
Holden Commodores and other models fetch up to $340,000 at aucti..
A 1985 HDT VK Commodore SS Group A was also sold for $305k
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Yeah but it doesn't have the fully hektik zutututu like VLs should have so what a waste of money
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You’ll never see a VL turbo at an auction. Because they’ve all either been crashed, crushed after being impounded, or bogans and lebs have stolen them and crashed them too
looks like shit
They called it the plastic pig for a reason lol
But the body kit is functional; designed in a wind tunnel by TWR for minimum drag and maximum downforce. The actual Group A race cars had to race with the exact same body kit as their road going counterparts, so that meant the road cars had crazy designs. Other examples include the fuck-huge rear wings on the Mercedes 190E Evo II and Opel Omega Evo 500
oh that's pretty neat
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A comparison
They look like the result of someone explain what an R32 GTR looks like over the phone.
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