HSV WK GRANGE 2003-2004
After taking over the hot Holden business from HDT Special Vehicles 1987, new owner Tom Walkinshaw and his lieutenant, ex-GM senior executive John Crennan began plotting a broader range of HSV vehicles to boost appeal and sales.
Following many years of being fed a strict diet of Commodores in various states of tune, there’s no doubt it was a gamble.
An indication of just how big a punt came early with the slow-selling Holden Astra based SV1800.
HSV retreated to the safety of turning fleet Commodores into fleet Commodores but in 1993 they had a crack at making a snazzier Statesman.
Being the brand flagship HSV boldly named
