A 36-year-old Holden Commodore HDT VK Group A just found a new owner at an auction in Australia. Modest-looking, but powerful and fast, the car brought in 1,057,509 AUD, putting it on the second place in the ranking of the southern continent’s most expensive locally made passenger cars.
The Commodore is the fifth out of 500 homologation units made. Its 4.9-liter V8 uses a five-speed manual gearbox to hit the rear wheels with 263 PS (259 hp / 193 kW), getting from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) in six seconds flat. It has a top speed of 220 km/h (136 miles per hour).
The original owner of the car was none other than local racing driver Peter Brock, triple champion of Australia. He also took part in designing Holden sports cars. The seller claims the car never needed restoration because of its low mileage: around 78,000 kilometers (48,467 miles) since 1985.
The selling price fell just a bit short of the country’s absolute record: a 50-year-old Ford Falcon XY GT-HO Phase III went under the hammer this February, fetching 1.15 million AUD.