The Pursuit is a model that has me somewhat perplexed. It was not particularly successful in a market that teems with high powered utes such a SS, Maloo and of course XR6 Turbo and XR8.

I remember driving the first one that came out and for a shot time considered it instead of my GT-P but the low tech interior put me off. A couple of years later the BFII Super Pursuit was released. A huge step up from the Pursuit it had everything I wanted except by then the F6 was out and although it was much quicker than the V8s it suffered from the same "basic" interior as the Pursuit so I bought a F6 sedan. For me the most important factors in driving a car are performance and interior comfort and technology but obviously this in not the case for most as in FPV the basic GT has been the top seller and the XR utes and SS holdens are all quite basic.

The Pursuit and SP had more than enough performance for most people and look pretty good so why did they not succeed?

Was it the lack of GT badge?
Was it the price?
Was it the ute culture with its fairly strong pro holden bias?

Now we have the GS ute with the 315kw 5.0 litre engine but everything else basic as in the previous XR8. It is a bit ironic that the most powerful ute ever has the lowest level of braking capability but I am sure FPV marketing have a plan.