2008-2015 HOS Vilna (VII) - Trims: -SE (Starting at: £18,975) -HSE (+SE: £2,490) -DE (+HSE: £3,490) -HDE (+DE: £4,544) -GT (+HSE: £8,010) Options & accessories: -Rear privacy glass delete (N/C - HDE, GT) -Chrome pack 1 (chrome strips on front and rear bumpers, side trim & window trim - £600 - GT) -Chrome pack 2 (as Chrome pack 1 with chrome side vent cover - £695 - GT) -HOS CONNECT® SOS system (£1,995 - SE, HSE) -Parking pack 1 (rear parking sensors - £300) -Parking pack 2 (front and rear parking sensors - £750) -Rear television screens with headphones (£995) -'Doble siete' alloy wheels (£500 - SE) -'Cinco lados' alloy wheels (£899 - DE) -GRIPTRONIC® AWD system (£2,995 - I6 & V8) -Metallic paint (£995) -Pearlescent 'Beautiful' paint (£3,999 - GT) -Tow bar with electrics (£500 - All exc. GT) -Heated front seats (£300) -Massaging front seats (£1,950 - HDE) Body types: -4dr saloon Engines: (petrol) -HI4T - 2.1 190PS I4 turbo (SE to HSE) -HI6NA - 2.6 225PS I6 (SE to DE) -HI6BT - 2.6 280PS I6 twin turbo (HSE to HDE) -HV8IINA - 4.2 380PS V8 (DE to HDE) -HV8IISE - 4.2 500PS V8 supercharged (GT) (turbodiesel) -HI4TD - 1.9 130PS I4 (2008-2010, SE to HSE) -HI5IITD - 2.7 180PS I5 (SE to DE) -HI6IITD - 3.0 240PS I6 (HSE to DE) -HV8BT - 4.0 340PS V8 twin turbo (DE to HDE) Transmissions: -5 speed manual (HI4T) -6 speed manual (exc. HI4T) -6 speed automatic -6 speed automatic with fingertip controls (GT) Drivetrains: -Front engine, RWD -Front engine, AWD (GRIPTRONIC® AWD system) Dates sold: August 2008 - 2015 Prices used (2025): £550 to £1,250 (spares/very rough) £1,800 to £8,000 (fair condition) £8,000 to £22,000 (good condition) £18,000 to £30,000 (great condition GT's)
Song featured: David Morales - How Would U Feel Thanks to @HuuuugeOnion for drawing the brochure inside the project, selecting the song and various assistance to make this project good. - Click the car, use the arrow keys or press the space bar to explore the high aiming Vilna from the late 2000's. - The millennium breakout plan for HOS worked well, by the mid 2000's it put them back on the map as a respectable car maker. The entire lineup was as good as it could be... And that was the problem, HOS was strapped for cash so, although the new cars were as good as they could be, they weren't as good as HOS wanted them to be. So with profits earned from the major brand shake-up, the Vilna VII was the car they wanted to produce all along. Built on the floorplan of the old car, the new car featured better ergonomics, better engines, more comfort and a vast array of new features (some taken from the short-lived Magnate IV). HOS customers loved the car right from its introduction in late summer 2008. It was clear the designers had started working on the new model as soon as the old one left the factory floor - every part from the seat design to the shape of the dashboard was adapted to be as good as it ACTUALLY could be (now with a good amount of money in the bank). Then something... significant... happened a month after launch and private sales plummeted. If this was 10 years prior, HOS would have been down the drain... but with a new found market share in the company car market, there was enough demand to keep the car going just enough throughout the financial crisis. Apart from issues outside HOS' control, the actual car didn't have many notable problems. The standard wheels on HSE models were known to crack, centre caps often fell off on all wheels and more significantly, the touchscreen display on DE & HDE models had a wide array of problems ranging from losing colour to auto-resetting the language to Mandarin. Nowadays, most models you'll find will be SE diesel ex-company cars with mega mileage and aftermarket wheels - but it won't take long to find a decent HSE or DE owned by... shall we say, an older individual?
