Quote Originally Posted by Innuendo View Post
That is Holden adding confusion. The R would typically mean engine type I.E: 253 if reading off the VIN thin tag.
On this plate it means Right Hand Drive. At a guess this plant was likely building the LHD export models also.
HX Sydney utes are 8WM80XR on the tags. That's on my Sandman 253 ute and on my 6 cylinder Kingswood HX.