Comments on: Holden Unleashes Thunder Ute

By: dirtsettlers

dirtsettlers — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:51:57 +0000

I’m about to buy a Thunder. I can afford to buy the new 2007 model (and it’s about time) but I hate the mags on the 2007 model. The 2006 has way better mags. Silver colour for me. Nothing so ‘loud’ as yellow. The new VE Ute has a crappy back design.
If it’s not one thing it’s another. Crap mags on some, crappy interior colours on others and they all sit to high…ya gotta lower the mothers even further. I love Holdens but I think they have to many different people working on different design aspects…who has the last word.

By: saddles

saddles — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 03:41:03 +0000

how do u open the tailgate?
from the inside there is a handle
u have to open the tonneau cover then the tailgate
probably the best ute ive ever owned
drags off that rice burner crap easily hahahah
aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi

By: yozzie

yozzie — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:08:43 +0000

What’s up Ozzzie – I’ve tried to tell the Yanks that it’s beaut to have a root in a ute, but they don’t get it lol

By: Summerwolf

Summerwolf — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:34:58 +0000

I love the thing to death….have since I seen it in a magazine with GTO styling, an LS1, a T56, and a truck bed…

now they put a LS2 behind it….retarded fun

Theres a quad cab and a 4wd version using normal truck motors?? I’d like to see those

By: Ozzzie

Ozzzie — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:45:24 +0000

Yes the holden ute is considered a good car by our standards, americans might see this differently, and find it a sucky thing, but we australians love it, its probably the best local car we can get, you hate it fine, but we love it…:/

By: yozzie

yozzie — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:48:51 +0000

Oz didn’t get the Baja, but the old Brat sold its butt off there, and so does the Holden Ute. It’s useful for carrying large amounts of stuff, and the sports models are the Australian guy’s equivalent to Mustangs, Camaros, etc, which we don’t get – two doors, big motor, rear-drive. Check out the hot-rod model, the Maloo, at hsv.com.au, which will kick the ass of just about any American factory muscle car currently on the market, bar the Z06.

You could make a decent business case for the US by pointing out that it’s a truck, which Americans seem fond of, but rides, accelerates, handles and gets mileage like a traditional American car. The double-cab model is pretty useless, though – awful rear seat and a prick to park. The four-wheel-drive model takes all those bad qualities and adds lousy mileage.

And you open the tailgate by lifting the tonneau cover (which is a little douchey-looking, but it’s based on the tonneau from a speedster-style Ute concept a few years back) and using the handle inside the tailgate itself.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:09:40 +0000

Oh yeah, and how do you open that tailgate? That’s a Holden logo on the back, not a door handle.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:08:24 +0000

That thing looks goofy. If Subaru sold the Baja in Australia, I’d like to know how it did there. Then, I could decide whether a modern day El Camino would make a good business case here.

By: yozzie

yozzie — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:21:32 +0000

Hey Manny – 260kw works out to about 400hp. Put that through the rear wheels, with only a pickup bed over it, and you have the recipe for fun, fun, fun…

By: manny

manny — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:03:00 +0000

loooks a little funny, but tell me what 260 kW is in horsepower and i might buy one, ifi had the cash…

By: Summerwolf

Summerwolf — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:47:25 +0000

well, without the GFX the holden UTE is a beautiful car….the thunder version, I don’t like its GFX, but you can always do away with those….its a gourgeous car, and something with an LS2 and a T56 would be fun to drive no matter what its in

By: captain america

captain america — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:40:27 +0000

thunderugly…as with the gto it looks like its from the early 90s..no buy

By: JD

JD — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:25:48 +0000

Practical? Probably. Fun? Possibly. Appealing to look at? Certainly not.

By: Summerwolf

Summerwolf — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:47:41 +0000

but its not a truck….its a car with a truck bed…its both practical AND fun

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:03:28 +0000

ugly just like every other trucks out there

By: Summerwolf

Summerwolf — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:26:24 +0000

Well, the holden UTE has been sold in australia for a while now with some success…. GM needs to bring it here, maybe not call it an el camino, but have a Chevy or more like I said a Pontiac version of this (since its based pretty much off the current GTO) I would buy one in a heart beat. 400 HP, T56, and a limited ability to be somewhat practical with a half ass truck bed….I’d love the sh*t out of it

By: JD

JD — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:03:31 +0000

If there’s an automotive deity out there, please keep the El Camino in it’s grave.

By: Summerwolf

Summerwolf — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:28:06 +0000

WHY wont they bring this thing here!!! I’d be first in line to buy a new el camino. Keep the GTO rims, keep the GTO looking front end, market it as a GTO with a truck bed same hood scoops same everything just a truck bed. Put a 400 HP motor in it with a T56 and some T-tops….I’d grow a mullet and lay down the greenbacks….no problem

By: Beavis

Beavis — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:28:01 +0000

As stupid as the SSR…

By: TW

TW — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:06:38 +0000

Maybe GM should move to Australia.