[King T]

Originally Posted by matt55

Don't Jackie Chan me ..
So with a paint job , trans swap and new (bigger) wheels it would be a Holden with a bow tie
I DID think the lower front fascia was different. My bad :-(

No problem matt55!

For a lot of people that think that the Holden SS-V looks "way better", there a reason for that. It's because it is a "Show Car" and doesn't fully represent the production version of the SS-V. It's full of a lot of one-off things:



SS-V Concept Show Car

True to tradition, the SS V-Series show car is designed for maximum look-at-me impact.

The performance show car is a custom-finished, 'amped up' pointer to the VF sports range, to be launched mid-2013. It's muscular design is enhanced with a bespoke paint job in brilliant metallic orange, contrasted against glossy black multi-spoke wheels.

Striking exterior treatment aside, the preview gives prospective buyers an idea of what to expect when Holden's VF sport luxury range makes its showroom debut.

Under spotlights, the show car's glowing finish emphasises the more sculpted, layered surfacing and bolder graphics that give the VF SS V-Series Commodore a powerfully different sports design character and complement its classic rear drive performance car proportion.

Peter Hughes, Holden's Design Manager, Exteriors, said the creative team relished the task of preparing a hero show car version of the upcoming VF SS V-Series Commodore sedan.

"We wanted to put something out there that made a bit of an impact," he said.

"The SS V show car isn't too far removed from the final design intent – we've just amped it up a little.

"The gloss black paint on the hand-machined double five-spoke wheels is a custom finish, while the cool gunmetal chrome detailing on the front fascia and the vertical fender vents is less overt, more in tune with this car's luxury persona," she said.

"With the fusion of gloss black elements, the gunmetal chrome and that sensational orange metallic finish, we wanted to blur the boundary between luxury sports tourer and dramatic sports machine".

SS V-Series show car exterior feature highlights:

- Custom Kandy 'Fantale' metallic paint finish

- Twin five-spoke 20-inch wheels, hand-machined in billet aluminium, custom finished in gloss black

- Front Brembo brake calipers finished in gloss silver

- Wide, dominant front fascia features traditional sports grille and a prominent lower air intake, both laced in custom gunmetal chrome

-Sculpted, jewelled halogen projector headlamps with black bezels curve into prominent front fenders, flared, aero-modified wheel arches

- Muscular lower fascia incorporates LED daylight running lamps and black bezel fog lamps, custom gunmetal chrome accents, outboard extensions integrated into sharp sports rockers

- Low, wide VF rear sports fascia – streamlined graphics with integrated tail lamps, aluminium decklid, body-colour bib spoiler, custom gloss black finish sports valance incorporating licence plate and quad V8 exhausts

- In profile, vertical fender vents and window surrounds are finished in custom gunmetal chrome

Here's what one actually looks like


(Notice the matte black front bumper and rear diffuser)

-The nice glossy rear lower valance is gone, replaced by a standard matte black one.

-Gone are the 20 inch billet aluminum wheels replaced by 19 forged aluminum wheels.

-The custom "gunmetal chrome" trim pieces have been replaced by regular chrome.

-The smoked tail lights are back to normal

-Gets chrome door handles on the production car compared to the nice body-colored handles of the SS-V show car

-That one-off metallic orange paint has been replaced by a more realistic production orange color