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Forget the obvious Aussie concepts like the Efijy, Hurricane and Commodore Sandman - here are five slightly more obscure Aussie concepts that we really wish had made it into production.
Regulations set down by FISA, the international governing body at the time, stated a minimum of 500 road-going versions be built for Group A homologation, but HSV only managed to produce 302. However, this didn’t affect the Group A SV's homolgation, because the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) gave Holden special dispensation, in the hope of bolstering thinning grids in the 1991 Australian Touring Car Championship.
While the current bid of AU$306,000 is still far short of the colossal AU$1,057,509 (NZ$1,133,814) a 1985 HDT VK Group A SS recently went for, there are still three days to go, so it could well get closer. Although that particular Group A was the personal car of a bloke called Peter Brock, which no doubt influenced the price somewhat...