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HDT VL LE & HSV SV88 MARKET GUIDE

PETER BROCK’S final range of Holden-based cars was the HDT guru’s most diverse and most divisive. All of HDT’s previous products were V8 powered, but once Holden announced that its VL range would include a turbocharged six-cylinder engine, Brock opted to introduce HDT’s first ‘hot-six’, in the shape of the Calais LE.

Even as the LE was being announced, HDT’s days as Holden’s high-performance

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