Some fresh HSV VE Maloo Pics (Interior and Tailgate pics)

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Some more pics from around the web:





It looks a bit better in this pic... I think in real life its going to look nice, but in the magazine photo's im really not very keen:



And an older pic for the front:

HSV Maloo leaked
Glenn Butler, The Sydney Morning Herald, 05/10/07




An embarrassing mistake by an enthusiast magazine has exposed HSV’s all-new Maloo ute, reports GLENN BUTLER.


A page from the November 2007 edition of Motor magazine, which revealed the all-new HSV Maloo - as photographed by Helmut Mueller - a week early.


Top-secret details and pictures of the next HSV Maloo have broken cover a week ahead of their planned release due to an embarrassing gaff by Motor magazine.

The enthusiast motoring publication broke an agreement it had with Holden and its performance partner, HSV, not to publish details of the new HSV Maloo before the opening of the 2007 Sydney motor show on October 11.

While Motor has withheld copies of its November issue from newsstands, it’s understood a mistake in the distribution of the magazine resulted in copies being mailed to subscribers a week early, giving thousands of Australians a sneak peek of the new HSV Maloo.

Pictures of the Maloo - photographed by Helmut Mueller - in the magazine confirm that a leaked computer-generated image published on Drive.com.au last month was on the mark. The Maloo R8 ute is far more visually aggressive than the model it replaces. The front-end treatment is similar to the ClubSport R8 sedan, including the ground-hugging front spoiler, grille, headlights and foglights.

The magazine report confirms that, like most HSVs, the Maloo ute gets its own tail-light treatment, which in this case extends into the tailgate. The tailgate itself is also unique to HSV and is reportedly 15-20 per cent lighter than the Holden equivalent.

Like other HSV models, the Maloo R8 sits on 19-inch alloy wheels; HSV will offer 20-inch wheels and tyres as a cost-option. Mesh vents in the side skirt ahead of the rear wheels are unique to the Maloo, although they are nothing more than cosmetic.

The reports continues: "Maloo also gets a new remote-release hard tonneau and reverse parking sensors, both firsts for an Aussie ute. A full-size spare also remains, protected inside a carrier bolted to the underside of the car."

Maloo designer Julian Quincey told the magazine that HSV was keen pump up the visual aggression this time around.


"We wanted to give the young, outdoors Aussie the absolute pinnacle of the Ute," HSV designer Julian Quincey told the magazine. "We wanted the most bang for buck and the most differentiation from Holden to make sure the guy on the street could recognise this car as an HSV."

The magazine also goes into detail on the Maloo's mechanical package. Underneath the Maloo's bonnet sits the Gen IV 6.0-litre V8 engine as the rest of the HSV range. Its 307kW tune makes this the first Australian ute with more than 300kW, and is 10kW more than the last Maloo. Buyers will have a choice of six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission, now with the upgraded Sports mode featured on the Holden Commodore Ute.

HSV chief engineer John Clark told the magazine the Maloo's mechanical refinement has been improved.

The report details suspension changes to the Maloo that include revised suspension settings, spring rates up 40 per cent at the front and 50 per cent at the rear over the sedan. Like the VE Ute, the Maloo gets electronic stability control, tuned in this instance to work with the 307kW V8 engine.

Motor magazine says the Maloo R8 ute, which goes on sale this month, will retail for $59,990 in manual guise, $61,990 with the six-speed auto. That's $1860 less than the model it replaces.

The unfortunate leak comes just weeks ahead of HSV’s 20th anniversary, which the company is planning big celebrations for, including a limited-edition model.

HSV Maloo leaked - drive.com.au

[dijm8]

lovin this ute very much, luv da back of it i reckon it looks tuff... 1 day i mite own 1 :P (dreaming)