HOLDEN has worked steadily at adding an extra dimension to its utes since the Commodore-based VG version was launched in August 1990. The company figured that not all utes were used as pure workhorses and that, in fact, some people used them for recreational purposes as well. So the new ute was given a softer, more comfortable side where the pleasure of driving was also factored in. The most eloquent statement of this new vision came when the HSV Maloo ute was launched a couple of months later. Today, we have the ultimate expression of the sports ute, the 5.7-litre SS that rolls straight off the Holden production line and is actually the fastest Holden out of the factory.