Holden Torana Gtr Xu2

The original hb series torana was released in 1967 and was a four cylinder compact vehicle closely based on the british vauxhall viva hb series of 1966 1970. The name comes from an aboriginal word meaning to fly. But now the nsw police have caught on to it and theyre using xu ls in ordinary old gtr bodies with a couple of driving lights.

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At release it retailed for 3214 which was excellent value for money.

Holden torana gtr xu2.

Fred james the holden engine engineer had the pink v8 lj gtr prototype in his control at gmh due to fred did the xw7 engine that was fitted into it and fred had to test his new xw 7 308 v8 engine.
The holden torana gtr xu 1 is an easy car to drive if you let it know whos boss and the tremendous low down torque and acceleration make it a lot of fun in traffic carve ups.
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Brock at the time raced a v8 powered lj in a rallye offroad class but this was not the xu2.

The xu2 was in fact a leaked designation to throw off the attention to the new upcoming lh torana which was in fact the v8 torana that was leaked.
In fact it was one of the best small performance available anywhere in the world although many examples had their fair share.
When the lh was released we then had a strange mix of models the slr the slr 5000 which is referred to as production option number xu 2 the slr 5000 l34.
Initially holden was to have 2 different sports models the slr the xu 2.

Even then there is confusion.
The holden torana is a mid sized car manufactured by holden from 1967 to 1980.
The holden torana gtr xu 1 was at the time arguably the best small performance car then available in australia.
The xu2 torana was in reality a furfy.