how sad not 2 see that on the road. not as tidy as the lj torana but it would have been nice in the cockpit with all those dash goodies and that motor with its triple su set would have screamed. i dont think kids today realise wat a powerful unit the holden six was with a little work boom. alas this car joins the leyland p76 coupe as never to be except as prototypes.
I think they lost their way with that one, glad they didn't go into production. however imo they should have just picked up where they left off with the A9X hatch design with the round lights in the square surround. have rung up holden and harassed em a number of times over the years, even offered to come down there and help em design it. btw I own a 76 hatch...
*sigh*...there's always one. Are you sure it wasn't 100ft behind you mate? Those 'so called' PERFORMANCE vehicles! How dare they label them that!...and funny a one litre motorbike beating a 6 litre HSV, ah well that's GM for ya...right?
Don't worry mate, likewise, and I am well aware of that. Just an over exaggerated example to a stupid comment... Not a fan of ignorance shown through comments like that.
arg imagine holdens posablites of car desing if holden wasnt so scared of the 240z (imagine what the new ve would posable look like with real low roof and 2 doors) but i bet u that with another concept of the trona on the draw bord i think holden will do a retro verson of this just 2 impress the car shows like they did with the efjigy
There is no question the 240Z was the killjoy and today the 240Z has an strong following. Similar to the various other models of Torana. This B&W video does it no favours. Look at some colour pics to really appreciate it and yet true beauty can only be appreciated in the flesh. The GTR X would have done the general proud.
thanks for posting this one..imo they did the right thing though....love my LC GTR and its heritage the way it stands..with the XU1 series 2 being the one that should have been...and not the GTR-X.
Toranas are the best car ever...go brocky, SLR5000s they my heros...cars will never be as good again...the lack of laws meant they could put huge power in a tiny, beautiful ride.
it would have started a supercar revolution and it does look better in real life i saw it at "the Sydney Power House Museum" when they had it there DRRRRRROOOOOOOLLLLL
australia's very first super car to rival all that eurotrash and japcrap, plus TORANA is an aussie icon but would have been better with a v8 they should have rebrought out the torana and not the monaro (because it was a yank tank wantabe) look at brockie (god rest his sole) early races XU1 destroying FALCON (piece of ShIt'S)
actually it looks more like eurotrash, e.g. lancia stratos or a de tomaso pantera, japanese car companies can make 4's that shit on 6's and 8's unlike their euro competitors
i just looked to the playlists on the side and there it is..hahaha
motorcycledude1000 9 months ago
i wonder where this car is today ????? it would be worth a million.how many did they make.?
motorcycledude1000 9 months ago
that is nice, would have good to see that around, at least once in life any way.
dodgeboy71 11 months ago
Looks like a triumph TR7 crossed with a comaro LOL
meringandan 2 years ago
how sad not 2 see that on the road. not as tidy as the lj torana but it would have been nice in the cockpit with all those dash goodies and that motor with its triple su set would have screamed. i dont think kids today realise wat a powerful unit the holden six was with a little work boom. alas this car joins the leyland p76 coupe as never to be except as prototypes.
megaussie 2 years ago
I think they lost their way with that one, glad they didn't go into production. however imo they should have just picked up where they left off with the A9X hatch design with the round lights in the square surround. have rung up holden and harassed em a number of times over the years, even offered to come down there and help em design it. btw I own a 76 hatch...
Lastindependentthink 2 years ago
I really hate the Holden vs. Ford argument!
How a car performs does not depend on the brand whatsoever!
There are good Fords and good Holdens, and I love both brands!
OneWayTrip1 2 years ago 2
i alwyas thought they looked like a ufo
gen3torrie 2 years ago
mmmmmmm.......21st centuring styling.....18th century suspension.
superspit 3 years ago
Saw one at the Sydney powerhouse museum, absolutely gorgeous for its time.
I miss my GTR.........
gasgasLex 4 years ago
Funny A 202 beating a big 351 GT.well thats ford for ya
oh I have a new VE SS-V 6sp and i gave a new so called FPV a run and guess what?
buy the time i was in 2nd the ford was at least 20ft behind me.
pugpoo 4 years ago
*sigh*...there's always one. Are you sure it wasn't 100ft behind you mate? Those 'so called' PERFORMANCE vehicles! How dare they label them that!...and funny a one litre motorbike beating a 6 litre HSV, ah well that's GM for ya...right?
Cunova 3 years ago
when u put power to weight. cars shit on bikes. dont get me wrong. i love both cars and bikes.
svlion1977 3 years ago
Don't worry mate, likewise, and I am well aware of that. Just an over exaggerated example to a stupid comment... Not a fan of ignorance shown through comments like that.
Cunova 3 years ago
yeah mate no worries. theres alot of stupid comment on this site. have a good one
svlion1977 3 years ago
arg imagine holdens posablites of car desing if holden wasnt so scared of the 240z (imagine what the new ve would posable look like with real low roof and 2 doors) but i bet u that with another concept of the trona on the draw bord i think holden will do a retro verson of this just 2 impress the car shows like they did with the efjigy
Gummby69 4 years ago
there was there was a new torana pic 2 door in motor mag last month and it looks sweet as
speedymatthew 4 years ago
There is no question the 240Z was the killjoy and today the 240Z has an strong following. Similar to the various other models of Torana. This B&W video does it no favours. Look at some colour pics to really appreciate it and yet true beauty can only be appreciated in the flesh. The GTR X would have done the general proud.
ookland81 4 years ago
thank god they didnt release this POS, but its interesting to think if they did, wat the cars now days would be like...
bnz500 4 years ago
thanks for posting this one..imo they did the right thing though....love my LC GTR and its heritage the way it stands..with the XU1 series 2 being the one that should have been...and not the GTR-X.
yorrik 4 years ago
ahhh....what could of been. we can thank the release of the 240z as part of the reason that lead to death of the GTR-X
drfeelgood308 4 years ago
Toranas are the best car ever...go brocky, SLR5000s they my heros...cars will never be as good again...the lack of laws meant they could put huge power in a tiny, beautiful ride.
unitednudistmop 4 years ago
it would have started a supercar revolution and it does look better in real life i saw it at "the Sydney Power House Museum" when they had it there DRRRRRROOOOOOOLLLLL
DH0ffryn 4 years ago
australia's very first super car to rival all that eurotrash and japcrap, plus TORANA is an aussie icon but would have been better with a v8 they should have rebrought out the torana and not the monaro (because it was a yank tank wantabe) look at brockie (god rest his sole) early races XU1 destroying FALCON (piece of ShIt'S)
DH0ffryn 4 years ago
Oh no thank Fuck JAp crap look!
Gwads74 4 years ago
i cant beleive they did not release it, what a great car/automobile.
ipissmypants 5 years ago
Promotional clip to get the dealers interested.
As it happens, I owned the 16mm footage this clip was transferred from...
doctorrkeats 5 years ago
what a shame, they would have been a great car, and to think what they could have done at bathurst
bejamin83 5 years ago
LCs and LJS are the best torries
markymark78 5 years ago
looks like it wants to be a corvette
Jakester32123 5 years ago
I think in real life it looked much better, that clip dosnt do it justice.
toranacar 5 years ago
thank god they didn't, It looks like a 4 cylinder piece of japanese shit
adamhg 5 years ago
actually it looks more like eurotrash, e.g. lancia stratos or a de tomaso pantera, japanese car companies can make 4's that shit on 6's and 8's unlike their euro competitors
FuLLYSiCKBRo 5 years ago