GTP Cool Wall: 2004-2006 HSV Senator (Z Series)

[GranTurismo916]

2004-2006 HSV Senator (Z Series) nominated by @ToyGTone

Engines: 6.0L V8 (GM LS2)
Power: 392 hp
Torque: 391 lb-ft.
Weight: 1750 kg
Transmission: 4-speed automatic
Drivetrain: Front engine, rear wheel drive
Body Styles: 4-door sedan​

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[Thomas__633]

It will get a cool... but the newer ones look better.

 

[Murcie_LP640]

Still looks incredibly aggressive as all HSVs do, but the Z-Series Senators do at least look a bit more handsome than its predecessors and indeed the Clubsport.

Cool.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

6.0 litre V6?

I'll give it a cool. Seems like a brash, relatively 'grassroots' version of an M5 in a way, only without the expected downsides such as badge snobbery.

 

[JR98]

Looks as fast as it goes and it has a 6.0 V6! Cool.

 

[Nexus]

Ugh, that bodykit...

Looks as fast as it goes and it has a 6.0 V6! Cool.

It's a typo, it has a V8

 

[JR98]

It's a typo, it has a V8

Oh, EVEN BETTER!!!

 

[Doog]

It's got a boy racer exterior, but a business interior. That's not how you do it. That's not how you do it at all.

 

[mustafur]

Uncool, was good when it came out but is now in the hands of bogans.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

Seriously uncool. Pushrod V8, heavy and 4-speed auto for crying out loud.

 

[mustafur]

Seriously uncool. Pushrod V8, heavy and 4-speed auto for crying out loud.

What is uncool about a Pushrod V8?

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

Too much reciprocating mass and low power from all that displacement.

 

[mustafur]

But it's an LSX, that can be changed, like no other engine can be.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Aged poorly design wise - uncool.

The last gen HSV Senators are my secret bogun car crush though.

 

[Thomas__633]

Considering the modern HSV's make 340kW they have improved a lot.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

But it's an LSX, that can be changed, like no other engine can be.

And that mentality is yet another reason why it's seriously uncool. As soon as the low specific output is brought out, LSwhatever fanboys are crying about cams and bolt-ons and whatnot as if it would erase the fact that the starting point is still a pick-up truck motor.

 

[Thomas__633]

And that mentality is yet another reason why it's seriously uncool. As soon as the low specific output is brought out, LSwhatever fanboys are crying about cams and bolt-ons and whatnot as if it would erase the fact that the starting point is still a pick-up truck motor.

Pickup trucks don't exist in Australia.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

Oh right, you guys have ute's which still are trucks.

 

[Thomas__633]

There is actually a large difference. Many utes are based off car designs (the HSV Maloo GTS being the 580hp example) while generally pickup trucks are their own design. Also even the biggest utes are the size of small pickups i.e the Chevy/Holden Colorado.

 

[Roger the Horse]

Senator​

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Whose bright idea was this?

 

[Thomas__633]

Its called a Senator. However I rather picture a senator owning a 5 series...

 

[Wiegert]

A dated Commodore that isn't sure if it wants to be a more grown-up family car or a bogan magnet (while muddying the name of one of Opel's finest). Then ends up looking like the Aussie equivalent of a Vauxhall with an Irmscher kit.

At least the HSV Clubsport knew what it wanted to be without looking ungainly.

Seriously Uncool.

 

[mustafur]

A dated Commodore that isn't sure if it wants to be a more grown-up family car or a bogan magnet (while muddying the name of one of Opel's finest). Then ends up looking like the Aussie equivalent of a Vauxhall with an Irmscher kit.

At least the HSV Clubsport knew what it wanted to be without looking ungainly.

Seriously Uncool.

The Opel Senator was sold in Australia as the Holden Statesman/Caprice essentially the LWB version of this.

Difference being we got American engines.

 

[jeffgoddin]

Pontiac GTO with automatic? Meh.

 

[Adamgp]

Name is a bit odd. But I like the understated looks and the GM OHV V8.

Cool.

 

[Murcie_LP640]

Pontiac GTO with automatic?

And extra practicality. This was HSV's sports-luxury line anyway, based on the Holden Calais; manuals weren't exactly a staple of the segment.

 

[Grayfox]

That car must belong to one of the australian GTP mods or admins.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

There is actually a large difference. Many utes are based off car designs (the HSV Maloo GTS being the 580hp example) while generally pickup trucks are their own design. Also even the biggest utes are the size of small pickups i.e the Chevy/Holden Colorado.

It has a bed = Pickup truck. Just like El Camino, Ranchero..

 

[Thomas__633]

I am just saying there is a big difference between an Aussie one like a HSV Maloo and an American one like a Ford F-150 Raptor.

 

[The87Dodge]

A powerful and stylish Aussie sedan.

Cool.