The buzz around OZ this morning is that Holden is taking significant steps to go green. The first step in going green is to reintroduce a 4 cylinder engine that will not doubt bring flashbacks back to those who remember the sluggish flight of the 1984 Holden Commodore. However, unlike the 4 of 1984, the possible upcoming will likely have a turbocharger that should allow the bird to crank out more power than the current 3.6 liter V6.

Nick Reilly, General Motors Group VP stated that in addition to a smaller power plant, other environmentally friendly technologies are also being researched including diesel, CNG (natural gas) and hybrid, and quickly confirmed that a hybrid Commodore would be on sale sometime around 2010.

Since the Holden Commodore is build on the Zeta platform shared by it’s American brother, the Pontiac G8, any powertrain that is made for the Commodore, will easily slide into the G8 engine bay. When Holden does finally go green, there is a strong possibility that the Pontiac G8 will go green as well in the form of a Hybrid Pontiac G8 (ahem…we told ya so) or a turbocharged 4-banger. Buy your Pontiac G8 this decade folks!

[Source: Drive.com.au]

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So the 2008 Pontiac G8 GT with 361 hp isn’t enough for ya huh? You’ve decided to wait and “settle” for the 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP with its 400+ hp, but you still have a hankering for another 150+ ponies under the hood. Well wait no longer. The smart, power hungry folks at APS engineering have done it again. They have spec’d a 2008 G8 GT and its Aussies sibling, the Holden Commodore with 557 hp!

All of this extra power is being produced by their Stealth Intercooled turbocharger setup with two water-cooled turbos. The APS crew is stating that the entire setup can be installed as a “simple bolt-on”. As tempting as it would be to have 557 hp and 583 lb/ft, pricing has not yet been announced, pricing and availability details have not yet been announced.

Check out the details of the twin turbo 557 hp Pontiac G8 GT & Holden Commodore at the ASP web site.

[Source: APS Engineering]

[Photos: APS Engineering]

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