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Valuation · HSV · VF Gen2 · 2017

HSV Maloo R8 SV Black

6.2L NA V8 (LS3) · 340 kW / 570 Nm · 6sp manual/6sp auto · RWD
CONSIDERRated within the over $100k band · 31 of 104 at this money
Research estimate
$110,000
Must gain each year to break even
+5.4%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
66/100
Scored against the over $100k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Researched
No Australian transaction of any kind
$110,000
$88,973 lowhigh $223,045
Researched, no recorded transaction
$70,221average
$170,000high
$15,187low
Holden Maloo market: average $70,221, recorded high $170,000 (2017 car, Feb 2026), low $15,187. SV Black is a final-run limited edition so it sits at the top of that band; the four GTSR W1 Maloo utes ($1.05m-$1.2m) are a different model
Measured across this library, a value with no Australian result behind it runs high about seven times in ten, by a median of ten per cent. Read this one as a ceiling rather than a midpoint.

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Should make, typical example
$110,000
At about 40,000 km. Enter an asking price to compare.

No Australian sale stands behind this value, so treat the figure as indicative.

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Price history

Today $110,000 · modelled median at five years $139,250
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $112,804 to $183,326
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($88,973 to $223,045). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.

The verdict

A defensible case with reservations. Scores 66/100, ranking 31 of 104 in the over $100k band. Scarcity is the strongest input, liquidity the weakest.
Running it costs about $5,300 a year (4.8% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $650 a year.
The model's five year median is $139,250, a +26.6% move, with the tenth percentile at $88,973.
Value is research, not a measurement. Treat the level as indicative and the structure as the analysis.
Evidence
Researched0 recorded sales
Off its peak
at peak
Value band
wide
An external source, but no itemised transactions. Indicative only.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$650 a year all in, +26.6% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$110,000

Recorded sales

No individual sales are logged for this vehicle.
The value is supported by the aggregate evidence noted at the top of this report, but the underlying transactions are not itemised here.

Score breakdown

Against the over $100k band median
104 cars in band · ink tick marks the median
Ownership economics30% of total
64/100-5
Scarcity25% of total
98/100+33
Demand durability20% of total
78/100even
Liquidity15% of total
0/100-32
Risk resilience10% of total
64/100+30
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 66/100. Medians are computed live from the 104 cars currently in the over $100k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
64/100
Baseline80 pts
− 4.8% of value a year to run-16 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)64 pts
Scarcity25% weight
98/100
Baseline78 pts
+ Only 60 SV Black Maloo utes built, the final HSV special edition+20 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)98 pts
Demand durability20% weight
78/100
Baseline58 pts
+ Final locally-built HSV performance ute, strong collector demand+20 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)78 pts
Liquidity15% weight
0/100
Baseline6 pts
− Extremely thin market, 48 days on market for a rarely-traded model-12 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)0 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
64/100
Baseline56 pts
+ LS3 well proven, low-km garaged examples the norm+8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)64 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.

What it costs to own · about 4,444 km a year

Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$5,300a year
Share of value per year
4.8%
Scheduled servicing$95018%
Tyres, annualised$1,50028%
Registration and CTP$85016%
Insurance$1,35025%
Sinking fund (failure table)$65012%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$114,400
Running costs × 5 years$26,500
Median exit, net of selling cost$137,650
All-in annualised over 5 years$650/yr
Share of value per year0.6%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
5.4%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
+4.8%a year
The projection falls 0.6 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$110,000
Stamp duty$4,400
Running costs x 5 years$26,500
Selling cost at exit, 1.5% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$142,980
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.

Specification

Engine6.2L NA V8 (LS3)
Power / torque340 kW / 570 Nm
0-100 km/h4.9 s
Transmission6sp manual/6sp auto
DriveRWD
Kerb weight1,855 kg
Built worldwide60
Delivered to Australia60
Effective AU survivors55
Australian sales / year6
Typical days on market48 days
Launch price$72,990

What moves the price on this model

Colour hierarchy
Phantom Black+8%
Sting Red+2%
Options
SV Black option pack verified+4%
Original hard tonneau and sports bar+2%
Odometer sensitivity±1.8% per 10,000 km vs 40,000 km
Applied on top of these

Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.

Projected value in five years

Projected value at five years
$139,250
+26.6% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $110,000.
Even odds it lands between $112,804 and $183,326.
$88,973 lowhigh $223,045
The shaded range is even money and 63% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A stronger five year outlook than 93% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: +$29,250 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $26,500.
Duty and expected selling costs: $6,000.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $3,250, or $650 a year.
The projected value rise offsets part of the running cost. It does not make the car free to own.

The case for and against

The case for

One of the final locally-built HSV specials, with just 60 SV Black Maloo utes produced before local manufacturing ended. Most surviving examples are low-km and garaged, and values have climbed steadily since launch on strong collector demand.

The case against

The extremely limited production of 60 units means the market barely trades, so a sale can take real patience despite strong underlying demand. Buyers need to verify genuine build numbers carefully given the collector premium attached to authenticity.

Known faults and risks

Risk 1Verifying genuine build number/provenance
Risk 2Limited comparable sales for valuation
Risk 3Ute body style narrows the buyer pool versus sedan HSVs
Build provenance verificationdocumentation
Clutch replacement (manual)$1,300
Suspension bush refresh$700

Similar cars, and what they cost to run

Evidence behind this valueResearched · 0 recorded sales
Carried value
$110,000
Historical price
2017 · $74,0002026 · $110,000
Researched
An external source, but no itemised transactions. Indicative only.
A note on the photograph, which has been removed

The Commons file this record used showed an earlier Maloo, not the 2017 Gen-F2 SV Black it describes. A wrong car is worse than no car on a page whose whole purpose is telling one variant from another, so it renders as a typographic plate.

Read the rest of the evidence notes (2 more)
Two replacements have been considered and neither is usable yet

A Commons file of a 2011 E Series 3 Maloo R8 SV Black is the wrong generation again - HSV wore the SV Black badge more than once. A press image from a motoring publication is not licensed for use here: every other photograph in this library is a Wikimedia Commons file reproduced under the licence its photographer chose, and the photo credits page states exactly that in public. One all-rights-reserved image would make that sentence false, which costs more than a missing picture.

The open question is the record, not the photo

This entry describes a 340kW LS3, 60 built, launched at $72,990, which is a Gen-F2 car. Whether HSV badged a Gen-F2 Maloo 'SV Black' at all, or whether that name belongs only to the 2011 E Series 3, decides which of the two is wrong - the picture or the badge.

What we will not sell you
We will not price a HSV Maloo R8 against an advertisement.

No Australian transaction stands behind this value. A spec-adjusted figure built on it would look precise and would not be, so the report is refused instead of sold with a caveat. That goes for this car and 87 others. Everything above is free and stays free.

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