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Maybe it was a Statesman mule - it was Left Hand Drive after all - so it didn't have Holden insignia or name badge.

But trust me - it had a HUGE rear end.

Most likely. Many LWB models will go to middle East, China (even longer than Australia's with more chrome etc) and Korea.

M-E mainly use statesman, they are also LHD.

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wink very nice pic....thanks.

Where did you get it? Should be a couple more days till the unveiling :(.

Anyway thanks.

Got it off the Motoring section of http://forums.overclockers.com.au/

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Come on, can't be all bad.. Half the country owns one, they don't look too terrible (agressive even) and they can clock up many hundreds of thousands of km, often never serviced, can be upgraded for more power fairly easily.. and they do have a high power-weight ratio compared to most other cars out there. The new ones don't even chew that much fuel for their size.

If we didn't have commodores I don't know what else everybody would be driving. Large oversized, overfueled and overpriced 4WD ? Korean cars. 10+ year old japanese imports? camrys? magnas?

They serve a useful purpose, and even though I'm not a huge aussie car fan, I have some respect for what they do given circumstance.

Chris Rogers my experiences with the VE have been different. I’ve recently compared the panel gaps with the new Camry and IMO the gaps seems to be smaller on the new commodore (especially around the doors, bonnet and A pillar). The Camry impressed me with the window seals and also the rubber seal on the front bumper.

Overall both look good. The VE obviously have a more muscular look (like comparing a R34 to a Silvia - one muscular the other sleeker). The best thing with the VE was its stance and wheel positioning. It could be just me but I LOVE SHORT OVERHANGS :(:):).

MintR33 what exactly are you saying? Holden’s are popular yes. Not all Holden owners are bogan bums though, same as not all skyline (and other import owners) are teenage hoons. I cant imagine the homeless buying HSV's and Holden v8s........stay off the stereotypes!!!!!

I was saying the new commodore is an over rated hyped up ugly and tiresome vehicle that without the propaganda from local publishing media would have died 20 years ago.

Honestly who can believe in 2006 we are comparing panel gaps "especially around the doors, bonnet and A pillar" to other vehicles that ironed this sort of build quality out when jesus was playing fullback for Nazareth.

Yes the Commodore has it's place, but take away the fact that it is an Australian built car (if it can be called that now) and the that it can be had relatively cheap, what actually makes it so much f*ckn better than everything else?

Mint do a little more research.............type in zeta platform on google.

As a fellow car enthusiast you should have an open mind. Your embarrassing other import owners (including myself) with your stereotypes and your refusal to believe that Australia and Australians can make a good car (not the greatest but a great car none the less).

This afternoon I compared they NEW Camry, the NEW commodore, the NEW Chrysler and also the NEW BMW. BMW first, Holden/Toyota tied, and the Chrysler last in terns of pannel gaps.

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alloycrap v6 engines are a joke any company who puts a vehicle to market with an engine that unrefined is looking for trouble and anyone who believes that this is ok because it is a marketing gimmick is a fool. who wants to drive a car that is a marketing exercise for the next model. manufacturers strive to produce the best product that they can with the budget that they have and then constantly improve the engine over its life cycle by doinbg research not by downspeccing the engine so that it looksas if they have made an effort on the next model. if thats holdens idea of good marketing then they are doomed or is this just a fanboys claims founded on bullsh$t

alfa romeo and saab do use alloytech engines from holden they use the block only and the importnant parts of the engines ie the heads and all other engine ancillaries are made in house by saab and alfa romeo.

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