HOLDEN Special Vehicles (HSV) has ruled out using the incoming Holden ZB Commodore as the basis of a modified sedan, leaning instead towards vehicles such as the Colorado pick-up.

Speaking with journalists at the launch of the HSV Colorado SportsCat in Queensland, HSV managing director Tim Jackson said that a power-up for the incoming imported ZB Commodore was not as obvious as first thought.

“The right solution hasn’t presented itself as yet,” he said. “So typically the next question, are you looking at it ... we’re always looking at different things but we haven’t gotten a solution on the (Commodore) yet.”

While HSV has marketed lightly modified models such as the Astra VXR in the past, its staple product since its launch in 1987 has been performance variants of Holden’s large four-door Commodore, which ended Australian production in October 2017.

Mr Jackson told GoAuto that plans had not really shifted for the company, despite the recent news that Opel products – which will build its Insignia sedan as a Commodore for Holden – could potentially be shifted onto architecture belonging to its new owners, PSA Group, by 2024.

“Nothing in particular has changed given the news on the car,” he told GoAuto.

He also confirmed that offering a Commodore in a similar vein to the SportsCat – which features suspension and ECU changes, along with enhanced exterior and interior elements – is not in the company’s plans.

“We don't have a solution (for modifying the Commodore),” he reiterated.

“That is not necessarily a