Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, Australia


For years and years, avid American car enthusiasts thought of a certain Holden as the Holy Grail. In hushed tones and with furtive looks, we let each other know that, yeah, the BMW E39 M5 is pretty dang sweet, but there's this Australian car... a four-door with a six-speed and a Corvette motor... and it's... dare we say it... better? However, it remained a piece of Automotive apocrypha not only because we couldn't have it, but because no one could remember the name (HSV GTS, of all the nonsensical, alphabet soup letter combos Holden could have selected).

We mention the legendary HSV GTS because Australian Camaro fans might now be experiencing what us muscle car-starved Yanks went through at the beginning of the decade -- withdrawal! Because not only are there are no right-hand drive Camaros (Aussies still insist on pretending they're British/Japanese), but the 2010 update to the original Mustang competitor is based almost totally on native Holden underpinnings. Ouch!

But fear not, Performax International has figured out how to move the steering wheel to the opposite side of the transmission tunnel and will sell those of you living in the Land Down Unda a right-hand drive Camaro SS for just $139,000 AUD. That's $128,500 U.S. American dollars to you and me. Which is... psychotic, says us. Especially considering that in America, a Camaro SS costs $33,745. But despite what we think, half a dozen customers have already placed orders with Performax International for a Aussie-spec'd Camaro.


Gallery: Review: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS



[Source: Carscoop]Right-hand drive Camaro available in Australia for a measly $128,500 USD originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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So just reverse the photo and you get right-hand-drive?

 

That does appear to be what happened here, doesn't it?

 

The "Bow tie" is backwards

 

Yep, and the SS badge is too (not to mention that it's on the wrong side, although that might actually be the case on an Aussie version).

 

being a drive-by-wire car, wouldnt it be very cheap to do this for GM?

 

It's only throttle by wire. The steering and brakes are traditional hydraulic systems (thank goodness!).

Regardless, I'm pretty sure it still has to go through all of the same validation tests, and that costs millions.

 

id like to see a rhd camaro.