Holden LX Torana: Peter Brock - TV commercial

[missbubbasmurf]

There is only one Brocky...

[LadyboyAgogo]

i got one in the shed 

[Endorser80]

Smugness at 0:16

[ozzy7990]

long live the king

[dudemate78]

i got a lh sl and its not magic handling

[tobagotb10]

Reminds me a lot of the German Opel Ascona from 1977.

[Antifaith29]

@tobagotb10 Thats because it is the Opel, rebadged with a few minor tweeks for aussie conditions.

[JBofBrisbane]

@Antifaith29 - Rebadged? Or restyled noticably? I am willing to believe the floorpan and suspension are Opel, but I haven't seen too many Asconas with taillights like the Torana.

[Mechknight73]

@Antifaith29 The Ascona was only a starting point. Inside and out, suspensions, engines, transmissions were all changed, until the only things they have in common are a few rudimentary physical similarities

[Sentowon]

Holden LX Torana doesn't look as good as LCs or LJ's. I would rather have a HB

[MattTheSaiyan]

They should start making these exact cars again just to annoy our new prime-minister.

[Conniptions886]

@MattTheSaiyan - Well, no - she's a bogan, so she'd love it...

[Soundgarden8497]

@Conniptions886 she's not even a bogan because she's the most unAustralian cunt alive, she's just a fascist ranga

[vinnyd91]

Anyone know where Brockie was driving?

[TheSonofdiego]

@vinnyd91 I'm guessing up towards Arthurs Seat in Dromana, Victoria. Looks like that bit of road.

[fenderplaya]

My VH has got RTS, oh the best ride.

[c2105026]

@fenderplaya rts was marketed up until 1997 - by then it had become fairly passe. my vb has rts, however my peugeot 306 is a far better handler

[loveyamissuslongtime]

best cars ever!!!! got an LX SLR5000 myself in mint julep green same as the car in this vid 3 year rebuild and its a gorgeous drive

[33oj]

@loveyamissuslongtime There the beastiest looking holdens to have been made

[strop001]

my old lx torana handled like crap I guess you had to be peter perfect to get one to handle....R I P to the king of the mountain.

[joh2]

The LX and handling - that was partly due to German Peter Hanenberger arriving at Holden to be a part of the engineering department... He would then do similar things with the HZ models...

[siargaosdn]

Marvellous to see Peter Perfect again, at such a young age. He really had the goods (for the marketers) with his presentation, expression and delivery.

Mick Gold Coast QLD

[chriscbr600rr77]

R.I.P Brocky.

[67675656565655656565]

apparently in amc in those they were able to make one of the toranas handle just as good as a beamer in those days

[DJBJ24]

holden should leave the name to rest unless they are going to build a decent car apart from the commodore these days. no car they build these days will ever live up to the torana name

[joh2]

They didn't all have legend written all over them initially - the 1969 "Torana Brabham" was not renowned for its performance level, a reviewer of the time was outrun in one by an Austin 1800 - also less said about the Starfire 4-cylinder models the better...

[Eggtastic]

@DJBJ24 Or the gemini name.

[dogonthebox]

holden should revive the torana name for the small car there going to produce.holden cruze.that,s so dull.

[superspit]

in this form, it wasn't even the handling.

Great in SLR or A9X form though!!!

[OnTheLibraryComputer]

That was cool.

[Hezath]

Brocky drove a Mint Julep LX Sedan, COOL!