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HSV ute sets new auction record
HSV ute sets new auction record
January 31, 2021
Rare GTSR W1 Maloo fetches $1.05 million as ‘last’ homegrown Holden sells for $750K
A 2017 HSV GTSR W1 Maloo Ute has set a new auction record for an Australian-made production vehicle, selling for $1.05 million at an online Lloyds auction yesterday.
At the same auction, the last Holden Commodore to be framed, painted and allocated a serial number (but not the last to leave the factory in Adelaide), a 2017 VFII SS-V Redline sedan, sold for $750,000.
The unique HSV ute, one of four secret GTSR W1 Maloos produced after the end of local Holden manufacturing in October 20917, eclipsed the previous Aussie-car auction record of $1.03m paid in June 2018 for a 1971 Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III once owned by Australian cricketer Jeff Thomson.
Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers
Iconic Holdens Break Records at Auction
The 2017 GTSR W1 Maloo Ute has broken records at auction this weekend fetching over $1 million along with Australia’s very last serial numbered Holden which sold for three quarters of a million under the hammer.
“What an incredible auction to experience we are very humbled to have auctioned both of these iconic cars breaking Australian records” said Mr. Lee Hames, Chief Operations Officer for Lloyds Auctions.
“The two new owners of these vehicles are extremely excited to have been the successful bidders of these cars in the 4-hour auction today,” he continued.
One of the last Holden Commodores to be produced in Adelaide has been snapped up at auction with a top bid of $750,000.
The VF Series II SSV Redline sedan was given the final vehicle serial number and was the last to travel through the body and paint shops at the company s Elizabeth plant, which closed in 2017.
However, parent group General Motors still owns an identical Commodore which carries the ceremonial title of the last car Holden produced in Australia.
It was the final vehicle to go through the general assembly process and remains on loan to the National Motor Museum at Birdwood, northeast of Adelaide.