1996 HSV GTS-R - today's tempter

By: Unique Cars magazine

Date: 22.03.2024

1996 HSV GTS-R - today's tempter

1996 HSV GTS-R - today's tempter

Flagship performance car

HSV's VS GTS-R rates as one of the most outrageous styling exercises to come out of this country, as befits a very limited-build special. Just 85 were made.

Our feature traces the roots of the model: "Seven years after the '88 VL Commodore SS Group A, came an also outrageously styled performance car, the HSV GTS-R. But its reason for being was different to that of the Walkinshaw. With Australian racing regulations dumping the international Group A racing formula and the change to the two-make Holden vs Ford V8 Supercars format, there was no need for specially developed factory-fast evolution specials to make high performance hardware legal for racing. So the GTS-R was a celebration of performance rather than a technology trail from road car to race track."

Running a 5.7lt V8 with six-speed manual transmission, this is build number 81.

Located in New Zealand, it's on the market at $249,990 and is being handled by Australian Muscle Car Sales.

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