HSV is taking final orders for its heavy hitter, the W427. The deadline for buyers is the close of business, April 28. Previously, the company had planned to close orders from June of this year (more here).
The decision to cap production at just 200 units was a far cry from the bold plan to build as many as 427 units (more here) and suggests that the 7.0-litre behemoth was just the wrong car for the prevailing market conditions.
Similar money will buy the Nissan R35 GT-R, a car of equally iconic status (if not more so) -- the W427's commemorative value notwithstanding.
While the W427 has the potential to be a GT-HO for the 21st Century, the jury's out on whether posterity will be as kind to the HSV, but company MD Phil Harding is taking an upbeat view.
"The purchase of a W427 might represent a savvy investment opportunity -- as well as delivering a driving experience that is pure exhilaration and excitement," he was quoted as saying in the press release officially announcing the end of production.
"Who knows what the market for exotic muscle cars will look like in the future?" Harding asks.
'Exotic' and 'muscle cars' -- now there you have two memes not usually seen in the same sentence.