2008 HSV Maloo R8 Review - CarAdvice.com.au

[y7obyent]

ونيت ودي اخذلي واحد زيه للغنم ههههه

[TONYE17]

i wish they would ship it here in the states i live in Kentucky and i bet it would be a butt load of cash to drop but it would be worth it.car look beautiful !!!!

[DJPaquettester]

Is it just me or are the fog lights the exact same as on the new ZL1 Camaro?

[MrPhilk77]

Why holden don't ship these to USA is really a mystery i reckon by sounds of things most Americans would love em, their loss really.

[71dime]

i've only seen one here in the US! it was the previous model though!

[k2sty1]

hahahaha

sick ute, my friend has a VZ Maloo with 225/30/20 tyres all round

[kiidamoori]

this is a sexy ute

[royboy452]

definatley filmed north of adelaide

[niggaman12345678]

my dad got 1 and because he liked it so much he got 2 more for his business... really is the best ute :D

[TtimWh]

effin rednecks an their utes



[Cruiznik]

can anyone tell me what is the name of the first song in the video? I would realy appriciate that thank you!

[fleshmcfilth]

ive got an 05 pontiac gto (holden monaro) and i'd trade it in a heartbeat for that maloo!!!

[yeolstrat]

I agree with him on those ugly tail gate reflectors.

[IIIIAONEIIII]

iv got one!! ve maloo r8 black!! i love the car!! check my videos!!

[Boomstick9472]

I'll be buying one of these anbd shipping one to The U.S.

Costs a shit ton but I'm doing it

[richardaiken1]

@Boomstick9472

Lucky.

[soul111smasher]

@Boomstick9472 And it will still be worth it

[patinsley]

@Boomstick9472 better idea move to Australia an then buy one! WAY BETTER! its what i want to do for this car. its so damn sweet!

[zaknology]

@Boomstick9472 just get a CR8 and chop the back off it xD

[rockmanpunkman]

@Boomstick9472 do u get to keep the hsv badge?

[rajatpangtey]

@Boomstick9472 u can buy a way beeter ride in tht much money.....

[ricosuave882]

@mactopolis and @youwangstertube The maker of this truck or "ute" is a subsidary of General Motors. So I'm sure if they thought it had a good chance in the states they would bring it here, but for some reason they don't.

[tucci06]

Jason Lee should drive a red one with a blue door.

[LOGIC42369]

stylings 'iffy' in my opinion. looks good, kinda like a g8 mixed with a truck. definately badass nonetheless. side view is cool, idk bout the back end though

[youwangstertube]

only if the us automakers could build something this good...good ol american muscle is gone =\

[rups2k7]

BRING IT TO MEXICO.. WE WILL STEAL IT

[GeeShepherd]

This'd be perfect for America, because all our fatasses do is drive trucks. ha!

[justblaze3417]

ford needs to bring back the lightning for the current F-150, I'd take it over this in a heartbeat. too bad performance trucks don't sell

[kijijikubwa]

@justblaze3417.The F-150 lightning was and still is sick as hell and I'd also take it over this Aussie product

[nimo31782]

its nice but its no zr8 as for one in america chevy tried a test market on it with the ssr and it failed miserably personally i like this look a hell of alot better but almost the same dame car when you peel back the plastic not really impressed the camaro and mustang both put up around the same numbers for the same price keep it dont need another second place poor mans sports car we need to step up and start compeeting with the biger cars

[nimo31782]

its nice but its no zr8

[wue2117]

drove one of these the other day. so scary. with no weight in the back you really gotta be alert.

[underworldworms]

TUFF IN WHITE!

[fawkoffanddie]

Bring it to North America and it will sell...

[4cb2]

is this a automatic and do they make one for america

[richardaiken1]

Forget fastest ute, this truck holds the record for the fastest street legal truck.

[oddcarl1]

@richardaiken1 Aussie's call trucks, Utes.

[richardaiken1]

@oddcarl1

yeah, I know.

[oddcarl1]

@richardaiken1 Aussie's call trucks, Utes.

I wish they sold these in the U.S..

[jcadlols]

@oddcarl1 They're not trucks, they're a sedan with a tray back. :)

[BLACKOUT319]

im so getting one

[47830052]

ha standard rear senses are essential because you cant see out the back of the f**kers! ha! should have shown a black one, much hotter.

[noobyouall]

sucks i want one just for the looks but dam p plate laws

[hardstylez45]

"the secret to this 2 door weapon is under here".... really? i though it would of been a piece of french toast that can cartwheel into your mouth.

[gunner1755]

he drives it like a girl

[jasontman36]

BRING THIS CAR TO THE USA GM! ........DAMMIT!

[MrJamessproule]

This is why i love Australia and miss living there, as an irish man i was never aware of the existence of these things called utes, well i heard of them but i never seen one untill september 8, 2007...was walkin on some random street in sydney and i see a guy gettin into one,, and in my head im like wow ..... what the fuck is that!! and then he started it up,, fuck me!! I was like if i ever win the lotto i am buyin one of these things and introducing it to the people and roads of ireland!! ha ha

[nathanbaker84]

heh i used to build them seats ^_^

[nhblackdc5]

@MrGrog88 then give america back their engines

[MrGrog88]

why is there all this talk about americans? fuck 'em! this is our car

[Area51UFOGynaecology]

love the car, hate the music

[vonmetford]

nice....a bloke across the road from mine has got one...hear him go to work every mornin but thats not a bad thing really...he's got some nice pipes on it!

[98mrnasr]

@underworldworms they r 6.2 liters my cuz has one

[dolphinsroole13]

@98mrnasr Its a 6.0 liter LS2 built by Chevy.

[dolphinsroole13]

@98mrnasr the 2008 has the GM built 6.0 LS2 motor.

[98mrnasr]

@dolphinsroole13  no it dosent the 08 has a ls3 6.2 liter

[underworldworms]

im pritty sure there 6.2 lt

[colin4393]

@underworldworms Why don't you just listen to the video. It's a 6 Litre.

[XPS720GAMER]

omg fastest ute in the world my arse maybe the fastest stock one 307 kilowatts thts not tht much at all for tht size engine

[colin4393]

@XPS720GAMER Believe it. Dick head.

[gerardm6]

@XPS720GAMER OMG you are so smart.

[MrFourballs]

Best looking ute in the world? Haha id love to see his wife....

[stvna8040]

what does that mean?

[MrFourballs]

Might be good performace wise but christ its ugly.... dunno who told em it looked good and to go ahead with the design.

[webaroos]

reecboil - At $30k less I won't be the only one buying XR8, also are you off P plates yet?

[webaroos]

Don't like the tailgate, numberplate should be on bumper, too many bulges and bends, they need to apply the KISS principle, keep it simple stupid.

The ford XR8 is starting to look good and at $30K less is a bargain.

[reecieboii]

stop bitching and go buy a xr8 then :P

[disturbedy0uth]

i need to import one of these... are they right hand drive or left?

[snip3d05]

@disturbedy0uth right hand drive =)

[disturbedy0uth]

@snip3d05 wonder if thats makes it illegal to drive on the street in the states, hopefully not...

[snip3d05]

shouldnt be, otherwise u could spend another 2-3k and get a conversion done.. or just get another GM interior from say the GTO and it should pretty much bolt right up... u'd obviously still have to convert the steering wheel n stuff for about 700-1300 bucks.

[Mechknight73]

@snip3d05 G8 specifically. This is the pickup version of it, albeit the sports version

[robiiiiee]

they are left hand drive.

[robiiiiee]

sorry right :s

[Mechknight73]

@disturbedy0uth RHD, but you can source all the parts you need to convert to LHD from the G8, if needed

[GibsonRay6]

hey guys, how much cost to import one of these or the VXR8 to the USA??

[coco32able]

Why this, Covat is a batter car

[SRPSKAMURIJA]

2 thousand 70 000 to buy and al together lets say about 75 000 an u can drive it in USA

[locrion]

kangaroos fuckin suck.

[minglerapp03]

well, there better than your team. Port, saints, FREMANTLE!!!?

[locrion]

i mean the marsupials. the actual animal.

[dajudge1969]

how do i get one of those in the usa

[jordan23bullz]

u don't :P

[COMPTONCRIPNIGGA]

import it

[damrichmitch]

you have to import the car from australia....cost you tunnns

but we get em cheap

[minglerapp03]

too bad mate - its gonna need 2 be imported (get the green r8 ute)

[budtom]

good talk..good aussie muscle

[locrion]

anyone notice how this is just an updated El camino?

[Frankster177]

Nothing to do with El Caminos.

[88fraz]

Mate your obviously an arrogant American who can't appreciate anything but your own designs.

[Kohny]

@locrion you ever noticed how you just type utter nonsense onto the screen.

[locrion]

@Kohny Have you ever noticed that I constantly cum inside your mother and call her a nigger?

[Mechknight73]

@locrion Updated El Camino? Australia INVENTED the ute, or pickup as Americans know them, in 1934. They were building them before America did it, and are still building them now. They have as much in common with an El Camino as German Shepherd has with a poodle

[pav023]

@Mechknight73 yep and the first ute was a ford ;D

[Mechknight73]

@pav023 All from the suggestion from a farmer, because he couldn't afford a new truck and a new car at the same time. The story goes that Henry Ford was so impressed byu the idea, that he took it back to America, and started building them out of Detroit plants a year later

[Agnu123]

Great car, pity you mob can't find someone who knows how to film...

[vicfirth97]

dissappointed they dont make the purple in 09 + models :'(

[ilive4glory]

stupid look

[cartaa100]

its nott the fastest ute in the world anymoree thanks to the f6

[MrHottwillz]

anybody know if i can convert a 2008 maloo to left hand drive and chevy badgeing for use in the states?

[mrscweem]

Keep it Holden. That shits respected hard. Its the thunder from down under.

[Mechknight73]

@MrHottwillz You can buy the Chevy badging in Australia, and for LHD parts, raid the Pontiac G8. They are theu ute version of the G8

[jaymanmx]

because americans wouldnt know what to do with the power haha

[enginecontrol32]

I think you mean American Women. plenty of guys can handle that power, I am very attracted to Australian cars, because it is somewhat of a mixture, with a Muscle touch to it..it is nice modern muscle FTW!!

[andretheking86]

why the fuck is this car not in america

[Pookatube]

Because some incompetent people, particularly Susan Dochery and Fritz Henderson, proabably inflluenced by Barack Obama, decided they thought that Amercvia did not need the G8 ST. To Pontiac and GM fans, it was an opportunity wasted by GM.

GM= GRANDE MERDE!!!

[andretheking86]

probably why GM is in such shitty conditions ... that car woud be perfect for pontiac ... but instead they get a chevy cobalt and put a spoiler on it and call it a G5 ... fucking retards

[Skidracer21]

@andretheking86 It was going to be, as the Pontiac G8 ST, but then Pontiac folded.

[andretheking86]

@Skidracer21

chevy needs to do something with this then ... and scrap that FWD POS they call an impala and use the g8 platform to make a real impala ...

[Mechknight73]

@andretheking86 Holden is exporting a Zeta floorpan car to America, it's the new Chevy "police Caprice." The Australian Caprice is a luxury LWB version of the G8's base, the VE Holden Commodore. I suspect they used the LWB version so the cops don't have to compromise any legroom when they fit the "monkey cage" barrier behind the front seats

[Mechknight73]

@andretheking86 Was supposed to come over as a Pontiac G8 "Sport truck," but nobody in GM wants to import it with Chevy badges, which they already wear in the UAE and Saudi Arabia

[nachospole1]

@andretheking86 because gm is stupid. they would prob make us change style like they did with gto and g8 aswell lol.

[Konformation07]

@andretheking86 I do not know. GM bring the Holden Ute and/or HSV Maloo. Ford bring the Ford Falcon Ute and/or FPV Tornado. You guys are imbeciles if you don't.

[mactopolis]

@andretheking86

Big auto makers in America pay the government(US government) so much money to keep other auto makers out of the country

[scareface999]

only the aussies could make something so crazy!

anyway want one

NOW! :)

[brijmaun21]

lousy review mate!

shud've put this wheels on top gear!

nice car tho...

[Mechknight73]

@brijmaun21 They did, some time ago

[ReventonF22]

THATS ONE BEAUTIFUL VAUXHALL VXR!

[KiwiKid4Lyf]

worst review ever

fucking best vehicle

WORST REVIEW

put it on top gear UK :)

[KiwiKid4Lyf]

Jeremy hates utes/pickups so i doubt it but the clubsport is on there as the vauxhall VXR8

[MrGrog88]

@KiwiKid4Lyf they did

[KiwiKid4Lyf]

@MrGrog88 i wrote that quite a while before they actually did when i saw it my prayers had been answered :)

[CMalburn]

Ouch. That alternative Black Betty song grated my ears!

Nice ute, though.

[yanzodadon]

wasn't a very good review caradvice. you didn't say anything about the interior or what was good and bad about it.

[apaial34]

"There's nothing like it.."

Yeah except the F6 ute.

[KiwiKid4Lyf]

true but holdens just better coz thats the fastest ute in the world where as the F6 just.......... isnt

[apaial34]

Umm... The f6 shits all over everything in the hsv camp.. hence my comment.

[thecrushingstorm]

na man. to be fair, the f6 is a mile off in quality over the maloo

[123dodgecharger]

@apaial34 thats bull shit

[apaial34]

Great response. You even managed to stuff up spelling the word 'bullshit'. True Holden fan if I ever saw one.

[zjako12]

HOLDEN! Yoew!

[Fran1080p]

looks like a subaru baja on steroids!

[sdaugherty1989]

307 kilowatts?

[JustBecauz]

yeah 422 horsepower

[pewpewjinkz]

imo it's the worst looking of all the holdens. nothing ever beats the VY/VZ range. VE is a shit design too.

[Blabbingtits]

Yeah bullshit.

[AustraliaTwo]

Can you really say that after $1000 million was spent on improving the previous VT - VZ series. To top it off the VE is exported to America as a G8 Pontiac and the underpinnings and platform will be the future of all rear wheel drive vehicles for GM - North America and it was all designed and built in Australia both RHD / LHD. Seriously your comment is amateur at best; but I do understand it is a reflection of your limited knowledge.

[burningestate]

i reckon its probly the best stock looking ute in the world.

insaine burnout?

i pray ur being sarcastic bcz it was pussy, a car like the maloo could fucking destroy shit.

[jayc1995]

it is, till the back tail lights...look like crap

[mozaks80]

best looking ute in the world lmffaooo

[Oddish08]

lol there reflectors...XD omgosh. Nice car tho. Mad colour aswell

[PcKSnipE]

i agree what a hoon

[OriginalAtomicSheep]

*put him in prison is what I mean... and soz for the triple post... broswer screwed up and posted the comment thrice. And for the nimwhits who think im serious i would like to state that that was sarcasm.

[godanselmo]

Shut up and go drive your Toyota lawnmower into a tree.

[OriginalAtomicSheep]

^nimwhit... you fucken spell out something and you still get tards commenting... FUCK!

[TdUfAn1]

haha

[Ktran1984]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[cPsm1tch]

hahahahaahahaha this is the best comment on all of youtube

whether you're joking or not.

[BLK03MODULAR]

odd.......

[arthur500500]

wat a sick maloo

[Immysmummy]

love it but the bloke who designed its rear end should be deported

[KiwiKid4Lyf]

they do have these in the US Pontiac G8 GXP i dunno if they have a GXP ute tho

[zoneracer]

no more Pontiac they talkin new el comeno now but with more old shool looks and camero looks

[vteclobe]

sweet, i wish they would market those in the US.

[Insurgent999]

sick ute if you ask me :

[toolmantom263]

Bea-ute-iful

[LonglacMax]

wish we had these wheels in Canada

[addyshinobi]

u can order one of these from any General Motors showroom

[Mechknight73]

@addyshinobi Only Australian or British GM showrooms

[mickkj]

i bet you wish you had this UTE in Canada

[bennings01]

wheel spin from this beast will change the gravitational pull of the earth

[splintercell99]

what job does he have? is it legal and where do i apply

[SRPSKAMURIJA]

yes it is legal working in mines of Gold  Western Australia y. r solary $250 000 to $300 000 AUD

[ecwwerulz2]

all the people that hate this car are just jelious because they cant afford one these are the best utes ever made

[wcecousins]

the best lookin ute in the world,better than those fuckin fpv shit

[theclapolizzi]

wow the best ute holden made was the vy ute and the vz ute the ve looks like a marshmellow big chunky and fucken ugly.

[bryswill]

even so they ruin it by putting the different body kits on them.