Had a 95 Impala ss years ago. I wan't one of these Caprice's. Chevy really screwed up not marketing this platform for the public. As in the Chevrolet ss. This caprice should have been the modern Impala ss. They might have even saved Holden from going down under. All that will be left will be the C8 corvette. Pathetic blazer just came out, while Ford is bringing what looks to be a winner in the Bronco.
I wanna get the Chevy SS automatic center console shifter, as well as the Camaro SS automatic steering wheel. I can then figure out what to do with both paddle shifters AND the shifter with manual mode.
Thanks for sharing that fact. I'm in the research stages of getting a "Caprice" PPV. I love Aussie muscle.....the GTO, G8, Chevy SS. Would LOVE to have the money to afford a Maloo Ute conversion from lefthandutes.com
I looking into the 9C3 "Detective Trim".....but starting to think I can have more fun with a 9C1 "Police Cruiser" trim messing with the car guy crowd when they gather......pull up on em all slow and methodical. Maybe give me a flash of the spot light and them that "Oh shit!" moment. 😂 I know some would find it funny while others not so much.
It’s great, and alway a blast to drive, and yes it funny to watch people break check thinking your going to get them for speeding and just fly by them lol
I've got a 2012 9C3 detective trim with 56K miles and only 300 idle hours. It was never in police service. No holes in the body. And yes, it's an absolute blast to drive.
i have a 2015 with the luxury looking interior and even though its the v6 model its only .2 seconds slower then the v8. if you have the v8 6.0L OHV its an l88 which is what the g8 has the v6 3.6L DOHC in a lot of cars like camaros buicks and other cars so most of them upgrades can be done. for interior look up Australian Holden that where this car came from i learn that the hard way looking for caprices and there nothing but the holden has everything. hope this helps you
I like it its just a chevy ss but longer wheel base , but are the parts easy i was looking at another RUclips channel and the guy said that it was more expensive to maintain but I don't think thats true !
That is one heavy car at 4222 LBS. Had a 1968 Caprice a all iron 325HP 396 BBC all stock 2 door back in the day and it was a boat and it weighed 4320 LBS with a 175 LBS person in it. My stock 2007 base vette with a LS2 and M/T weighs in at 3195 LBS with no driver. Around here the Caprice PPV are overpriced with far to many hours on them they idle those cop cars a lot. So the mileage my not be the true picture of run time.
Kerry M ya my C6 Vette was the light weight till I pick up another project now it’s in the middle, I daily drive the caprice and there’s the cam vid / new exhaust vid / and afew more update videos on the way
What you don't see though is the abuse and idle hours these things get....these things hit speed bumps and go from off to 90 on a daily basis.....my department uses a lot of them, but we've also had a lot of problems with them not standing up to what we need them to
I love this car. 1 question, is the turn radius really any better than any other ordinary sedan? After all the wheel base is a couple or 3 inches longer. Wouldn't that make the radius a larger circle?
Body panel parts yes, but mechanical, engine, trans, drive line is shared with the previous generation Camaro and G8 and parts are easy to get. It isd a LS based engine, parts are everywhere.
They share parts with the zata platform. Think of it as a four door Camaro/Cadillac. The ctsv diffs are a straight bolt in. Engine and trans can be mixed and matched with the other cars, wheels and tires swap over, a vast majority of suspension components ( eBay lowering springs ) . The main thing you want to do is get rid of the afm and the soft cam .
@@C1CMotors Have many of these around where I’m at. I just hate the idea of it looking like a cop car. I’d demand the dealer selling my strip it down before I take order lol.
Why would anyone want to deal with the problematic Displacement on Demand system plus the price and availability of parts. That being said, the Caprice is an impressive ex police vehicle
@@ratiotuner5776 --Holy shit , how many miles ? I think you can set the computer to V8 only mode, have no clue how, but on mines menu, it said at idle "V8mode"
@@ericwsmith7722 63000 with a slight ticking I have the range plugged in to turn off the AFM but still ticking. Maybe it's just me being paranoid I hope
@@ratiotuner5776 Its odd they would sell it with only 63000. mines got about 135,000 have no mechanical issues . A $3000 repair is nothing for a municipality ( out tax money, go figure ) if someone said it needed it it would have been done, and not sold off , could be a exhaust leak ?
@@throwercherrick No problem, the caprice is gone and still miss it from time to time but we have lots of Semi’s and Corvette and Shortbox Chevy content in progress
Not really they would pull up and ask what division of enforcement I was I always responded civilian the next question was how do you get your hands on that, lol.
Government auction only , or at least a auction company that does government auctions , they were never sold new to the public . Only about 17,000 imported into the US.
@@ericwsmith7722 Steal of a deal! These in VA were the 93C with 88,000 miles. But the way these engines last I'd buy every one i could find for $4200. Did you buy it on public surplus auction?
Sort of, the evolution of the Holden Commodore and exactly how they translate to the equivalent Pontiac and Chevrolet models takes more than few words to explain. The longer wheelbase and different rear are the major visible differences for the PPV.
I got mine through "auctions international " and got super lucky and found a 2013 for $4200, and was only like 20 miles from my house, but try state or county liquidation or surplus auctions, not easy to find .
@@cvpiDOTnetAlot dude 😂 we are pretty much the largest buyers outside North America and we actually buy gt's unlike europe and we also got rhd zl1 camaros only thing we are really missing out on is challengers other than that there are 2 mustang gts on my block and 1 zl1 and a new edge cobra(also got them) and tons of older consumer rhd conversions
This the type of car GM should have built in North America after they stopped the B body Caprices way back in the 90s.
dude , i don't know how your page came up.. but you put a smile on an old mans face!!
ben williams glad I could help
It’s a Holden Statesman / Caprice.
We need another video
Tyshawn Price it in the works
Had a 95 Impala ss years ago. I wan't one of these Caprice's. Chevy really screwed up not marketing this platform for the public. As in the Chevrolet ss. This caprice should have been the modern Impala ss. They might have even saved Holden from going down under. All that will be left will be the C8 corvette. Pathetic blazer just came out, while Ford is bringing what looks to be a winner in the Bronco.
I wanna get the Chevy SS automatic center console shifter, as well as the Camaro SS automatic steering wheel. I can then figure out what to do with both paddle shifters AND the shifter with manual mode.
It’s been done just takes time
The 2011s have one flaw and you cant turn stabilitrack off like the 12+ models fyi lol. Just goes into "performance mode"
Thanks for sharing that fact. I'm in the research stages of getting a "Caprice" PPV. I love Aussie muscle.....the GTO, G8, Chevy SS. Would LOVE to have the money to afford a Maloo Ute conversion from lefthandutes.com
Performance mode automatically turns off the stabilitrack. Realistically the 12+ has the flaw of having to hold down the button for 10 seconds
i have a 2012 holden caprice/v and love it!
How hard is it to get parts for these?
I looking into the 9C3 "Detective Trim".....but starting to think I can have more fun with a 9C1 "Police Cruiser" trim messing with the car guy crowd when they gather......pull up on em all slow and methodical. Maybe give me a flash of the spot light and them that "Oh shit!" moment. 😂
I know some would find it funny while others not so much.
It’s great, and alway a blast to drive, and yes it funny to watch people break check thinking your going to get them for speeding and just fly by them lol
I've got a 2012 9C3 detective trim with 56K miles and only 300 idle hours. It was never in police service. No holes in the body. And yes, it's an absolute blast to drive.
Outside is the same, the only thing the 9c3 adds is carpet, cloth back seat, and a console shifter.
@@user-oi5fl5se5n that's what I'm wanting....a more civilian interior. Don't like the police trim consoles setup for computers and whatever else.
sartorius73 You lucky dog!
I just brought a 2012 Chevy Caprice V6, model for $900 cash with 136k miles, sweet deal!
Just bought a 2014 with no manual and only 3300 engine hrs....trying to learn as much as i can
i have a 2015 with the luxury looking interior and even though its the v6 model its only .2 seconds slower then the v8. if you have the v8 6.0L OHV its an l88 which is what the g8 has the v6 3.6L DOHC in a lot of cars like camaros buicks and other cars so most of them upgrades can be done. for interior look up Australian Holden that where this car came from i learn that the hard way looking for caprices and there nothing but the holden has everything. hope this helps you
Chris Bicknell are you in America? Because in America, they don’t offer a V6
@@PeRRXX yes they do
@@PeRRXX in America both the v6 and v8 is offered, the v8 is just more prevalent
We're made in Adelaide,my city.South Australia! GM Plant now closed, pity!
Thanks for the info, I’ve really enjoy this car but it’s time to move on
Awesome... and Thank you very much!
I like it its just a chevy ss but longer wheel base , but are the parts easy i was looking at another RUclips channel and the guy said that it was more expensive to maintain but I don't think thats true !
The G8 is a Chevy SS and the Caprice is longer than them because they were made for law inforcement so they are a bit longer
The g8 is a little bit slower then the ss and caprice. G8 makes 300 whp. Ss and caprice make 330 and 340
No you are wrong they are longer because they are a Statesman nothing to do with being a police vehicle
This is on my list, gotta get one of these!
3 Wheels & A Block it’s worth it
HEY mate i have Australian mod/HSV Grange you can get some cool HSV bits down here.
I love the HSV Grange
Basically. It's a badd ass car..a rarecar. Real rare...I just bought a 2015 caprice. Loving it
Agreed
That is one heavy car at 4222 LBS. Had a 1968 Caprice a all iron 325HP 396 BBC all stock 2 door back in the day and it was a boat and it weighed 4320 LBS with a 175 LBS person in it. My stock 2007 base vette with a LS2 and M/T weighs in at 3195 LBS with no driver. Around here the Caprice PPV are overpriced with far to many hours on them they idle those cop cars a lot. So the mileage my not be the true picture of run time.
Kerry M ya my C6 Vette was the light weight till I pick up another project now it’s in the middle, I daily drive the caprice and there’s the cam vid / new exhaust vid / and afew more update videos on the way
1:12 - yep, I think they have the biggest back seat room of any vehicle... definitely of any I've ever owned
Agreeded
What you don't see though is the abuse and idle hours these things get....these things hit speed bumps and go from off to 90 on a daily basis.....my department uses a lot of them, but we've also had a lot of problems with them not standing up to what we need them to
And what cars do you have that "Would stand up to what you need them to" ? Are the tahoes better for what you need?
@@gunshipproduct2 yeah actually, we haven't had any problems with our fleet of tahoes
@@user-oi5fl5se5n What abuse does the caprice "yield" to? Is there a glaring issue?
AFM/DOD delete and they run great
@@DevilDolphin734 it’s to late by the time you buy one
You're quite a bit shorter than me but whats the driver's seat leg room like?
Lots of room you won’t have any issues, I don’t know how tall you are but I’m 6’4” and had no issues, hope this helps
@C1CMotors appreciate the response! I'm 6'10" so finding things to fit in is fairly difficult
@@njzoucha Gotcha, any other questions you might have just ask
Have you taken the 2nd battery out of the back yet ? ( passenger side ) Chipping away at the weight on mine now (2013)
I love this car. 1 question, is the turn radius really any better than any other ordinary sedan? After all the wheel base is a couple or 3 inches longer. Wouldn't that make the radius a larger circle?
Honestly, I don’t know the answer, but I’ve made several u turns and whipped it around with ease.
Great video. I hear parts can be difficult to find and/or expensive? Thanks for the video. 👍. Love the drone shots at the end.
+Greg K Thank you
Body panel parts yes, but mechanical, engine, trans, drive line is shared with the previous generation Camaro and G8 and parts are easy to get. It isd a LS based engine, parts are everywhere.
Greg K I've heard the L77 in these PPV's is 96% the same as a U.S. LS engine
They share parts with the zata platform. Think of it as a four door Camaro/Cadillac. The ctsv diffs are a straight bolt in. Engine and trans can be mixed and matched with the other cars, wheels and tires swap over, a vast majority of suspension components ( eBay lowering springs ) . The main thing you want to do is get rid of the afm and the soft cam .
Was there a year of the ppv caprice that was better than the others 2011 - 2017 ?
2014 they updated the dash
Not sure about us market, but in Australia the 2015-2017 had LS3
@@TheBraddles82 Thanks
So when it comes to oil changes and tune ups and general maintenance since it was only a Government fleet vehicle how that all work?
End of the day it just a cross between a G8 and Chevy SS and is LS at the end of the day it’s easy to work on
@@C1CMotors Have many of these around where I’m at. I just hate the idea of it looking like a cop car. I’d demand the dealer selling my strip it down before I take order lol.
The problem is they all need new top ends from idling
Doing a Cam fixes that issue lol
Is it true that parts for this car are very hard to get because these cars come from Australia?
Yeah, importanted straight form Holden. However, the L77 is pretty interchangeable with other LS based engines.
As an Aussie who has owned lots of Holden’s I can tell you they are very reliable
Why would anyone want to deal with the problematic Displacement on Demand system plus the price and availability of parts. That being said, the Caprice is an impressive ex police vehicle
Just do a DOD delete kit. But I’d be willing to wait for parts because these things aren’t super common in the US
How much is e85 ?
This was so long ago I don't even know anymore
Why would anyone want to deal with the Displacement on Demand Cylinder Deactivation time bomb 🤔🙄
Yeah I wish I did more research. It's going to co$t me like $3000$ to fix it
@@ratiotuner5776 --Holy shit , how many miles ? I think you can set the computer to V8 only mode, have no clue how, but on mines menu, it said at idle "V8mode"
@@ericwsmith7722 63000 with a slight ticking I have the range plugged in to turn off the AFM but still ticking. Maybe it's just me being paranoid I hope
@@ratiotuner5776 Its odd they would sell it with only 63000. mines got about 135,000 have no mechanical issues . A $3000 repair is nothing for a municipality ( out tax money, go figure ) if someone said it needed it it would have been done, and not sold off , could be a exhaust leak ?
@@ericwsmith7722 yeah I hope it's just a exhaust leak
What type of push bar is that
I don’t remember to be honest
About to grab one finally my self any tips lol
There a lot of fun and don’t buy one with damaged parts or lights they are getting hard to find and expensive
Ok thanks for the tips. Definitely will be watching more of the channel.
@@throwercherrick No problem, the caprice is gone and still miss it from time to time but we have lots of Semi’s and Corvette and Shortbox Chevy content in progress
Of course yes I feel ya my first was the 95 caprice classic miss that one as well digital dash lol
Has the police ever give you trouble for driving a retired cop car?
Not really they would pull up and ask what division of enforcement I was I always responded civilian the next question was how do you get your hands on that, lol.
@@C1CMotors That's good to know they're not bothering you
Nope a lot of looks though, lol.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE CAN I BUY ONE! I AM IN ILLINOIS.
Robert Moy you can buy mine for 10k
Government auction only , or at least a auction company that does government auctions , they were never sold new to the public . Only about 17,000 imported into the US.
Google :public surplus auctions", there were 2 in Virginia that sold today for around $8000
@@swackhammer2139 --I got my 2013 with 135,000 miles with all auction fee,s for about $4200. ...couldn't pass it up
@@ericwsmith7722 Steal of a deal! These in VA were the 93C with 88,000 miles. But the way these engines last I'd buy every one i could find for $4200. Did you buy it on public surplus auction?
A budget ss
Exactly
Its a chevy ss aka g8 but cheaper.
Sort of, the evolution of the Holden Commodore and exactly how they translate to the equivalent Pontiac and Chevrolet models takes more than few words to explain. The longer wheelbase and different rear are the major visible differences for the PPV.
I want to buy one. Where can I get one?
I got mine through "auctions international " and got super lucky and found a 2013 for $4200, and was only like 20 miles from my house, but try state or county liquidation or surplus auctions, not easy to find .
@@ericwsmith7722 wtf how so cheap
Bt1
Thankfully I like my girls a little on the bigger side
Everyone has there thing, LOL.
embarrassing.
all u got is a aussie commodore statesman lmfao we see them every where here
oldtimerbloke we hardly see these thing here in the us but I really wanna make a trip over there soon
@@C1CMotors well. If U do come over let me know an can show you around
oldtimerbloke stupid foreigners
You want a cookie? Same with the G8 and GTO, imported Holden. So how many factory (Not converted) RHD Mustangs you have in Australia?
@@cvpiDOTnetAlot dude 😂 we are pretty much the largest buyers outside North America and we actually buy gt's unlike europe and we also got rhd zl1 camaros only thing we are really missing out on is challengers other than that there are 2 mustang gts on my block and 1 zl1 and a new edge cobra(also got them) and tons of older consumer rhd conversions