Rare Holden Torana A9X breaks record at auction
Rare Holden Torana A9X breaks record at auction
June 28, 2021
1977 Torana A9X GMP&A falls short of $1 million target, but sets record for classic racing hatch
A super-rare 1977 Holden Torana A9X GMP&A hit a record price for the model at auction over the weekend, selling for more than $800,000 after intense bidding between two prospective buyers.
Despite the record, when the bidding finally stopped at $750,000 – and auction fees pushed the final price up beyond $800K – it was short of the expected $1 million target for the classic Torana, which is Build Number 1 of 33 special lightweight body shells manufactured by Holden to go racing in the late 1970s.
Super rare Holden Torana breaks auction records
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Ford beats Holden and web crash: 1971 GT-HO sells for $1 15million, now most expensive Aussie car
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An online auction of dream muscle cars has turned into a revhead s nightmare.
Slattery Auctions Ultimate Muscle Cars sale of eight classic cars, all based in Perth, was reaching a dramatic conclusion and looked about to a new Australian record - for a 1971 Ford XY Falcon GT-HO - when the website suddenly crashed.
The dreaded error message - 504 Gateway Time-Out - was all devastated bidders could see.
Bids for the 1971 Ford XY Falcon GT-HO (pictured) were approaching the Australian record for a road car when the Slattery website crashed, ending the muscle car auction
The current record holder: this Holden HSV GTSR W1 Maloo Ute - one of only four ever produced - fetched $1.05 million in January 2021