GXP Sedan. HSV Managing Director, Mr Phil Harding, said that a long list of standard features and exceptional value for money were the key aims of the two limited edition models, and that the GXP was designed to attract new customers to the brand. The models debut at a busy time for the Aussie performance marque with keen sales meaning some E2 variants are now experiencing a six month lead time.
Today's additions offers a whole new set of customers an affordable entry point to the HSV brand with prices now rivaling those of the VX Series ClubSport circa A unique lip spoiler adorns the bootlid while a revised rear fascia now includes a central air diffuser finished in black and quad-tailpipe assembly finished in polished aluminium. Stoppers come courtesy of Brembo four-pot calipers grabbing mm vented discs up front, and a single-piston unit on mm vented discs up back - both front and rear calipers are finished in silver.
View 50 images. Powering through central Victoria's Macedon Ranges area yesterday it's clearly evident how well the new arrangement works to create an ideal ride and handling combination that is not only very well suited to the car's orientation, but similarly to country 'B' roads where firmer settings usually equate to a choppy ride.
Both the ClubSport GXP and Maloo GXP rides are very well sorted from a handling viewpoint with the compromise actually making the car easier to live with from a day-to-day perspective, without losing the highly favoured grips levels and handling typically associated with the HSV brand.
Headrests and three point seatbelts are offered in all seating positions with the front seats adding pyrotechnic pretensioners. The acceleration of the GXP from a standing start may vary ever so slightly from a regular Clubsport R8 because the GXP gets 19 x 8-inch rims on all four corners, whereas the regular Clubsport R8 gets wider 19 x 9.
To be frank, though, there's still ample grip. But feedback from dealers and customers led HSV to fit the new E2 Series front bumper with daytime running lights, the silver-finish wheels from the Series One Clubsport, and the front fender vents from the regular models. The GXP editions also get chrome mirror covers, chrome trim on the door handles, and chrome highlights on the fender vents.
Part of the cost savings are because of what the GXP models don't get. Leather is not available. And the launch control system and bi-modal exhausts that were introduced on the E2 HSV range are also off the list. Also, the GXP sedan doesn't get the Clubsport R8 tail-lights, bootlid spoiler, rear bumper and side skirts. Instead, the GXP sedan gets the export edition's subtle bootlid 'lip' spoiler, tinted tail-lights the same as those fitted to the SS-V and a more aggressive rear lower bumper insert.
And in lieu of the four-piston, red caliper HSV brakes front and rear, the GXP editions get four-piston, silver-painted Brembo brakes up front and standard SS vented discs on the rear. If the machined exhaust tips on the GXP looks familiar, you'd be right. They're borrowed from the Series One Clubsport. The suspension on the GXP sedan is carried over from the set-up developed for the export edition.
Thus the GXP sedan was a relatively cost-effective model for HSV to build as the engineering work was effectively done. It also takes less time to build.
A GXP sedan spends a lot less time on HSV's Clayton production line because the brakes, badges, exhaust system and rear bumper and spoiler are already fitted at the Holden factory. There's ample space front and rear and generous levels of adjustment in the sports seats and sports steering wheel. Indeed, you wouldn't know the difference between the regular Clubsport R8 and the GXP edition because it comes with the same genuine HSV cloth sports bucket seats with Clubsport logos , the cluster of gauges, premium sound system and dual zone air-conditioning.
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