Saturday, February 16, 2013

GMI Review: Holden VE SV6 Ute

June 2010

The right side of my face is stinging. The corresponding hair style mimics that of a cockies crest, normally evident after a late sleep-in and my blood shot eye shares the same redness as my truckies tan acquired just a day ago. And I’ve only made it half way down the range....for the second time today, in tropical rain, windows down immersed in the twin pipe howl of an angry beast. Though the rain has eased somewhat, the endorphins remain, as I dance an intoxicated waltz around Holden's new SV6 Ute. 

I’ve only had the Ute for two days now and already I’m trying to figure out how such a thing could be justified for a married man with two kids. Although I always prefer three pedals over an automatic, I am nonetheless smitten with the last half hour of buffoonery. Wielding the same 3.6 SIDI V6 as the Calais range, the SV6 brings another of my must-haves to the party: a limited slip differential. Recent torrential downpours have rendered the (standard issue with any FE2 commodore) Limited Slip Differential an essential component for this level of haste. Keeping on top of the sportshift auto, the LSD delivers as much power to ground as conditions allow. 


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