So the HT must handle better than the understeering pig of an HQ, yet it was the most prolific selling model Holden ever. Australians must have only begun appreciating handling in the late 70s as all three scrambled to make their charges handle decent toward the end. Holden with RTS, Ford with tweaks to an already decent handling XC model to suit radial tyres, and Chrysler with their locally developed handling package introduced during the last year of CL production, ready for the upcoming CM model. The Valiant reportedly stunned journalists with the transformation to dynamics. Some said it matched or exceeded the other two.
