Holden's Efijy in HOT ROD

[TitoJones]

Did you guys see that thing? I am blown away by the craftmanship on that car, and the amazing ideas put into the vehicle. The chassis is from a C6, with cantalevered Air Ride shockwaves, 22" wheels, a Harrop supercharged LS2, killer interior (with wood flooring) and an amazing headlight design. It's right hand drive to boot.
Check this thing out:
http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/action/conceptcar?modelid=20001

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Tyler

[Steve Chryssos]

Well if you like that, You gonna LOVE this place

http://www.carbodydesign.com/index.php

[Samckitt]

It reminds me of something I would have seen in the movie "Who framed Roger Rabbit".

I like the outside design except I think the "tail" is a tad too long. Don't care for the interior.

Scot

[Bill Howell]

Tyler,
Funny how in one of your pictures, the speedo is on 53. When I saw it in HR, I was thinking it was a highly modified 49-54 chevy. It is a very cool piece. :bananna2:

[preston]

I'm amazeed at the shine they got on that paint given that it's fiberglass. I guess that really doesn't matter, but its just hard to wrap my head around fiberglass being that smooth and flawless.

Beautiful car, I'd be afraid to take it out of a garage anytime anywhere.

The interior blows me away.

Would have been that much cooler to fabricate that body out of metal.

[Steve Chryssos]

53

The digital speedo is way to big. Sometimes I don't really want to know how fast I'm going.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

WOW! That thing is beyond cool.

[trapin]

Those pictures were floatin' around GM last Summer. It's a great design. But the bean counters down on Jefferson would cringe at what it would cost to stamp those fenders. You'd have to break them up into 2 or 3 pieces. Also...the backlight would need to grow in size, totally destroying the overall design of the greenhouse. It's basically a "what if" concept, nothing more.

......fun to look at though.

[MangeMD]

Yep, "Obviously not intended for production, EFIJY has been a passionate side project for some Holden Design team members otherwise dedicated to creating the all-new 2006 Commodore."

[shmoov69]

That thing is freakin' awesome! Are those exterior pics really pics or are they computer gen pics? It don't even look real!

[Mean 69]

Sometimes I don't really want to know how fast I'm going.

A few weeks back I did an HPDE event at Willow Springs. I asked the instructor how fast he went through turns 8 and 9, he said flat out. I asked how fast that was. He says "I don't look at the speedometer, it scares me." One of those classic one-liners that I'll never forget.

Darned nice car, I am just amazed at how the craftsmanship of all of these top hitter cars has progressed recently, it is truly amazing what these foks are capable of doing. Just amazing.

M

[preston]

yeah it takes the wind out of the sails of the backyard guy - seemed like 10-15 years ago a backyard guy with a lot of pluck could build some pretty nice cars, and you still can, but they're not even in the same league as these big time cars anymore !

[ilovefirstgens]

It's right hand drive to boot.

umm its australian....



Someone needs to stop makin parts and watch some mad max!!!

But the car is amazing!!! what i would give to see that in person...

[wiedemab]

http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/holden_efijy.asp

[Kevin@W2W]

Simply beautiful.

[Diognes56]

I love that car, when it first came out I search all over the place for all of the info I could find on it. I can't wait untill my issue of Hot Rod gets here.

David