The Holden HSV VL is a sports car whose shape has been refined across decades. On Tinvibe, the HSV VL lives on as a laser-cut steel silhouette — the single clean outline that lets the model's real proportions do the talking. Right now our catalogue captures the 1988 example in our range.

Design language and the silhouette

A balanced two-seat shape with a low roofline and wide haunches. Because we cut every Tinvibe piece from 2 mm steel to the car's true outline, the traits that make the Holden HSV VL recognizable — its roofline, stance and key details — are exactly what the metal keeps, in matte black powder coat across five sizes from 50 cm to 140 cm.

Why the HSV VL endures

The shape sells the dream long after the numbers look small. For the Holden HSV VL that combination has kept the name in conversation well beyond its production run.

Production and sales: what we can and can't say

Tinvibe is a design studio, not an archive: we do not publish production totals, sales figures or exact launch dates for the HSV VL, and we would rather say so than guess. For verified figures, the manufacturer's own heritage pages and model archives are the reliable source. What we can vouch for is the design itself — the silhouette our artists work from is drawn to the car's real proportions.

The HSV VL in the Tinvibe collection

We cut the Holden HSV VL as a single, clean outline in matte black. The design below are drawn directly from our catalogue for this nameplate — covering our catalogue captures the 1988 example.

Pieces we cut for the HSV VL