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Confused about a VQ I just purchased

MattyMac92

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Hi, I just purchased a 5ltr VQ statesman. I was told that it was a Grange model and that there were only 500 of the VQ Granges made, and it also has a badge on the dash that says “Grange 199”… I was also told that the Grange wasn’t first released until 96 so therefor it is not a real Grange? Just any more information I can get as to wether or not it’s a real Grange or not would be greatly appreciated thanks. Picture below of dash badge.
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The grange was a hsv. Does the car have a hsv build plate?
 

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Grange was until later in the series VS.... and certainly not 500 plus LWB examples in the VQ.....

Oh and the build number doesn't always indicate build numbers in total.
 

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I believe HSV VQ 5000i is the model. And yes, Grange wasn't until VS series
 

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FYI there was a VR Grange, it was just so short run and limited produced that not many knew about it, I believe HSV only did a few as they were testing the waters before developing the VS version which was more "HSV equipped" and mainstream.

It was also very very basic compared to the VS Grange.

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But there was no VQ Grange only the SV90, SV93 and 5000i HSV variants.

Also that dash badge you've posted is absolutely a VS Grange badge.
 

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Grange was until later in the series VS.... and certainly not 500 plus LWB examples in the VQ.....

Oh and the build number doesn't always indicate build numbers in total.

I was amazed to find out that the build numbers on HSV were seemingly random, no indication of the order it went through.
 
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