JUNE 2000 HOLDEN LC TORANA XU-1

Forget the duck-tail spoiler and triple carbs. The most shocking thing about Holden’s first XU-1 Torana was that you could buy one in screaming, eye-watering PURPLE. Aussies behind the wheel of their white HRs and powder blue Falcons sat stunned when overtaken by an LC with ‘XU1’ labels on the back. So did GTHO Falcon drivers when on tighter race circuits they couldn’t catch the lightweight XU1s. Holden sold 1633 of the LC version – not sure how many were painted Plum Dinger – and very few survive yet they are generally cheaper than the more easily-found LJ.