September is set to be a magic month for Holden collectors, with one of the most incredible collections of Lion products all going under the hammer in Australia.
As reported last week, a trio of incredible matching HSV GTS-Rs (all painted in XU3 Yellah) have been listed on Lloyds Online with no reserve. The 1996 VS GTS-R, GTS-R W1 sedan, and Maloo GTS-R W1 ute all have less than 100km on their odometers, and are tipped to sell for over AU$2,000,000.
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They’re not the only GTS-Rs on offer, though. While all three are rare, none can claim to be as rare as the one-off 2004 HSV GTS-R Concept Coupe that’s also been offered up to the public. Bidding at the time of writing sits at AU$235,000 ($245,175).
In the early 2000s Holden released a mountain of different concept vehicles. On top of the four concept Holden utes we detailed in this article over the weekend, Holden’s HSV division also produced the Coupe 4 Concept, the HRT 427, and the very pretty ‘Marilyn’ convertible concept.
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The Concept Coupe (which traded the XU3 Yellah for Fusion Orange) was among the most serious of the concepts, produced as a specialist track-only weapon and briefly being a cover-car darling in this part of the world when it was revealed at the 2004 Sydney Motor Show.
The GTS-R Concept Coupe was HSV’s follow-up to the 427. Where the 427 was an attempt at a ‘race car for the road’, the GTS-R Concept was designed to only be used on race tracks and subsequently couldn’t be registered. HSV at the time said it would cost between AU$150,000-$180,000.
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Under the bonnet was a 6.0-litre V8 producing 335kW of power and 605Nm of torque, paired to a six-speed manual. The stripped-out cabin features a bespoke carbon-fibre dashboard, a racing seat and steering wheel pairing with harnesses, zero carpet, zero airbags, and a full roll-cage.
Chassis-tweaks include a new Macpherson strut and coil-sprung set-up, paired to Ohlins adjustables and an anti-roll bar. Stopping comes in the form of a beefed-up set of 374mm carbon-ceramic cross-drilled ventilated discs.
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According to Lloyds, former Supercars champion and Bathurst 1000 winner Mark Skaife took the one-off concept around Mount Panorama for five laps. The auctioneer says that these are the only serious laps the car has done.
The virtual hammer drops on the GTS-R Concept Coupe’s auction on Friday, September 24.