Holden does not build many cars like the Holden Coupe 60: a 2-door coupé with 6.0 , built from 2008 in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Its designer of record is Ewan Kingsbury under Tony Stolfo.
The story
The Holden Coupe 60 is a concept sports coupe developed by Holden. It was unveiled at the 2008 Melbourne International Motor Show, alongside the HSV W427. It featured a pillarless design, and utilised Holden's rear-wheel drive Zeta platform. It celebrates six decades since Holden built the Holden 48-215 at the Fishermans Bend plant in Port Melbourne, Victoria. It cost AU$2.5 million to manufacture.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 6.0 . The gearbox is a 6-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2858 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Triumph Roadster. Nearby in the Holden catalogue sit the Holden 48-215 and the Holden Adventra.