2008 HSV ClubSport R8 Tourer

Holden Special Cartage has launched the new HSV ClubSport R8 Tourer into the Australian market, with all the achievement characteristics of the HSV cast in a able and comfortable new package.

The HSV ClubSport R8 Tourer is the company's aboriginal wagon back the all caster drive Avalanche was appear in 2003.

"According to HSV's General Manager of Sales, Darren Bowler, the Tourer is a accustomed addendum to the accepted HSV ambit of affluence and achievement vehicles. We were actual afflicted with the Sportswagon artefact our colleagues at Holden accept appear and accept the HSV ClubSport R8 Tourer takes the abstraction to the abutting level", Darren Bowler said.

"The Tourer is powered by the aerial achievement LS3 agent bearing 317kW of ability and 550Nm of torque, authoritative this one of the best able wagons produced anywhere in the world."

"The Tourer additionally has absorbing administration and ride characteristics and HSV's astronomic brakes and assurance amalgamation we apprehend this artefact to address to a ambit of customers, including families who will adore the versatility this HSV brings to the garage."

HSV's Chief Engineer Joel Stoddart said barter would acknowledge the active acquaintance of the Tourer aloof as abundant as the HSV auto range.

"We've congenital on our ability acquired back the barrage of the E-Series ambit in August 2006 decidedly in anatomy development and affability accompanying with the all new LS3 engine, to aftermath one of our best anytime products", Joel Stoddart said.

"The HSV ClubSport Tourer R8 is a able and acutely acknowledging package."

HSV has produced a scattering of wagon variants over its 20 year history. Prior to the Avalanche, the aggregation congenital 27 VT Senator Signature Estates in 1997.

HSV will body about 120 ClubSport R8 Tourers for the Australian bazaar in 2008. A chiral HSV ClubSport R8 Tourer is priced from $65,990, which is aloof $1000 added than the agnate ClubSport R8 sedan.

Automatic manual is an added $2330. Barter accept the advantage of abounding covering seats for $2490 and can customise their Tourer alike added with a 20 inch caster and tyre amalgamation for $2500.