Is a VY SS a HSV or is HSV a seperate vehicle

[2greedy]

As the title says
Is a VY SS a HSV or is HSV a seperate vehicle?

 

[mpower]

VY SS is not an HSV, HSV start with a base car and modify it.

 

[2greedy]

VY SS is not an HSV, HSV start with a base car and modify it.

ok thx mpower

 

[mpower]

oh, sometimes you end up with factory SS's with HSV bits on them - I've seen this on a VE SS, didn't make it an HSV though. Being that HSV are GM owned now I don't think it makes a huge amount of difference.

Wikipedia has a decent writeup.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Special_Vehicles

Important to note that early HSV (just after they stopped being HDT) were still SS badged such as the VL's.

By the time they got to the VT etc, HSV was well and truly separate.

 

[2greedy]

oh, sometimes you end up with factory SS's with HSV bits on them - I've seen this on a VE SS, didn't make it an HSV though. Being that HSV are GM owned now I don't think it makes a huge amount of difference.

Wikipedia has a decent writeup.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Special_Vehicles

Important to note that early HSV (just after they stopped being HDT) were still SS badged such as the VL's.

By the time they got to the VT etc, HSV was well and truly separate.

yea was just curious as mine has a HSV sticker on inside pillar of drivers door?

 

[Smitty]

oh, sometimes you end up with factory SS's with HSV bits on them - I've seen this on a VE SS, didn't make it an HSV though. Being that HSV are GM owned now I don't think it makes a huge amount of difference.
.......

GM do not own HSV..... as I was told yesterday when I was there
(nor do they tell HSV how to run its business )

 

[Smitty]

yea was just curious as mine has a HSV sticker on inside pillar of drivers door?

.. which says?
or just HSV?

 

[Smashfist]

yea was just curious as mine has a HSV sticker on inside pillar of drivers door?

Likely to be HSVi (HSV Individual) was a range of HSV wheels, sunroofs, sticker kits etc that were able to be purchased from HSV and applied to a standard SS.

 

[Freedon]

GM do not own HSV..... as I was told yesterday when I was there
(nor do they tell HSV how to run its business )

I believe its still owned by the tom wilkinshaw group headed by ryan wilkinshaw.

 

[mpower]

according to that Wiki article, it's co-owned by GM and Walkinshaw.