HI i have a 2/6/2000 model VS series 3 holden ute fitted with a 5 lt . This would have to be one of the very last holdens fitted with the 5 lt motor? When was the last 5lt motor fitted to a holden?

When I bought my VSIII V6 manual S on Xmas Eve 2000 there were no V8's available, mine was the second last manual S in captivity but plenty of auto S and auto Holden utes left (in both column and console shift), no manual Holden ute though which is why I got the manual S. From memory VU volume production began in October 2000. I'm pretty sure I'm with Dr Terry on seeing an 8/2000 V8 at one stage.

Yes. There was a VSIII Statesman too but the Holden utes went significantly longer.

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I actually recall seeing VSIII as new car runouts well into 2001. By then I think most were column auto Holden ute but they were also very cheap. You can imagine the choice faced by a buyer, a totally different vehicle in most ways. Normally a run out of an older series like VUII runout while VY was on sale it at least is an apples for apples comparison. But in the end the right price I guess saw them moved eventually. I also remember a local Holden dealer almost pleading me to buy an old stock V2III CV8R they had, it was well into VZ availability. They were as low as $40k, but still not as cheap as the low km 2.5 year old V2 I ended up buying. I think they ended up registering the CV8 R and using it as a dealership car for a while before selling it as a used car.

Edited by user Tuesday, 18 June 2019 1:33:33 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

For some reason people liked the fluff on the VZ CV8 like the proper dual exhaust and bonnet scoops. The VZ did have a higher advertised power rating too. Look at prices people want for them, eventually it will turn around and the first of the V2 will be what people want just like a HK. I preferred the V2 over any of the others as I liked the dash better and it didn’t have the awful reverse sensors in the rear bar. I liked the standard V2II/III wheels though which I put in mine, I still have the original V2 Enkei rims.

The car was a V2III CV8R not a V2II, fixed my post.

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Same wheels anyway aren't they? Except for V2II CV6.

If it was a CV6 it is a V2II.

If it was Purple Haze, Hothouse or Vespers it is a V2II.

If it was Impulse, Barbados or Cosmo it is a V2III.

If you could see the trim and it was Purple Haze or Vespers it is a V2II. Likewise if it was Cosmo or Bermuda trim it is a V2III. But if you could see inside you could probably see the steering wheel which is different.

But I think you are after the lack of an external antenna in a V2III, assuming you could walk around it.

Oh, if either were a CV8R the colour would give it up first!

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