2008’s allocation of 90 cars sold out in three weeks.
This is the car HSV always wanted to build – the W427 -- and now we just have to wait and see whether they’ll get to build 427 of them.
What we do know is that 2008’s allocation of 90 sold out within three weeks.
After it debuted at Melbourne Motor Show earlier this year, more 1500 expressions of interest were taken from dealer and website enquires.
Applicants supplied information about themselves, and were essentially auditioned for their chance to buy the car.
Of the first 90 cars, 57 were allocated at one each to the 57 HSV dealers around Australia. But if a dealer has 15 orders, he’s been forced to decide which lucky customer will get the car.
The cars will be built to order only, not built for stock, and that means there’ll be no test drives at the dealership.
All vehicles will be delivered with a W427 certificate and a letter from Tom Walkinshaw, and all owners will be invited to HSV’s production line at Clayton to view the build process, and given special W427 desk sets so that even people who haven’t seen the owner’s garage will know what’s in there.
And some of those cars are destined to stay in those garages, undriven, with the buyers betting they’ll simply rise in value.
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