ANOTHER BLOW FOR HSV

As HSV, the once-soaring performance arm of now-defunct automaker Holden, scrambles to find its feet after the aforementioned closure, it has been hit by another culling of its revised offerings. Switching lanes to offer the wider GM range, HSV was forced to stop offering the Camaro 2SS model last December following orders from further up the chain; now, it’s the local right-hand-drive conversion of the highperformance Camaro ZL1 that’s on the chopping block.

With no plans for the 2021 model year and beyond and question marks surrounding the long-term future of the model in the US market, it looks as though it may never return. High exchange rates and softening demand are HSV’s official reasoning, wrapping up work in the ‘sports car’ sector and focusing on its Silverado utility offering. Discussions continue between HSV and GM about establishing a ‘General Motors Specialty Vehicles’ business in Australia. However, nothing has been officially released as yet.