Holden Torana GTRX 1970
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The Holden Torana GTR-X was designed during the era of the LC series, and was seriously considered for production in the early 1970s. The GTR-X had a wedge-shaped fibreglass body featuring a hatchback rear access, and the prototype cars had LC Torana GTR XU-1 mechanical components.
The GTR-X looks similar to iconic sports cars of the 1970s, such as the Maserati Khamsin, Ferrari 308 GT4, Lotus Esprit, and Mazda RX-7. At its heart was an inline-six 3.0-liter engine developing 160 hp (119 kW) at 5200 rpm and 190 pound-feet (257 newton-meters) of torque from 3,600 rpm delivered to the road via a four-speed manual gearbox. The relatively strong engine corroborated with a lightweight construction helped the concept sprint to sprint to 100 km/h in a decent 8.3 seconds before maxing out at of 210 km/h. The Torana GTR-X in production would have been the first Holden car to be factory fitted with four-wheel disc brakes.
With a design that would turn heads even today, the Holden Torana GTR-X was born at the wrong time and had to be killed even though at least in conceptual form the wedge-shaped coupe had tremendous potential. Unable to justify the high costs of production in relation to the small market for such a car, Holden decided to pull the plug, even though it had planned to produce the coupe for eight years. To get an idea of how close it was to production, Holden released promo pics and videos, and it even created a brochure which was handed out during several car shows. Holden made three of them, but only one still exists today and can be found at the firm’s headquarters in Melbourne, Australia.
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The Holden Torana GTR-X was designed during the era of the LC series, and was seriously considered for production in the early 1970s. The GTR-X had a wedge-shaped fibreglass body featuring a hatchback rear access, and the prototype cars had LC Torana GTR XU-1 mechanical components.
The GTR-X looks similar to iconic sports cars of the 1970s, such as the Maserati Khamsin, Ferrari 308 GT4, Lotus Esprit, and Mazda RX-7. At its heart was an inline-six 3.0-liter engine developing 160 hp (119 kW) at 5200 rpm and 190 pound-feet (257 newton-meters) of torque from 3,600 rpm delivered to the road via a four-speed manual gearbox. The relatively strong engine corroborated with a lightweight construction helped the concept sprint to sprint to 100 km/h in a decent 8.3 seconds before maxing out at of 210 km/h. The Torana GTR-X in production would have been the first Holden car to be factory fitted with four-wheel disc brakes.
With a design that would turn heads even today, the Holden Torana GTR-X was born at the wrong time and had to be killed even though at least in conceptual form the wedge-shaped coupe had tremendous potential. Unable to justify the high costs of production in relation to the small market for such a car, Holden decided to pull the plug, even though it had planned to produce the coupe for eight years. To get an idea of how close it was to production, Holden released promo pics and videos, and it even created a brochure which was handed out during several car shows. Holden made three of them, but only one still exists today and can be found at the firm’s headquarters in Melbourne, Australia.
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