With GTS production quietly and sadly due to wind up in the not-too-distant future (prior to production of the GTSRs) your only option if you want a hot sedan – sub-$100K – from Holden Special Vehicles will shortly be the Clubsport.

And so it makes sense that HSV has moved the much-loved (and last all-Aussie) Clubbie more into GTS territory as part of its recent round of 30th anniversary updates.

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While the brilliant Magnetic Ride Control is still off-limits for Clubsport, the fixed dampers still offer a well-judged ride/handling balance in a car that’s been subtly improved rather than dramatically overhauled.

While the power increase simply makes it feel the tiniest bit more eager – like you’d only just started putting 98 into it instead of 91 (and boy will you be putting some 98 into this thing) – this is still a seriously fast car.

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It sounds better, too, with HSV fiddling with the bi-modal exhaust to seemingly remove the odd ‘chuffing’ sound of the old model as the valves opened. HSV has put the price up $2K, now $82,990 for the manual, the price also inching further into GTS territory.

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