Comments on: Modern Lotus Carlton could birth twin-turbo Commodore

By: francis brett

francis brett — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:30:19 +0000

same family of v cars

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:56:50 +0000

Dave,
if they kill the commodore name,
with it will go a lot if its loyalists.

the Torana name wont be that great of a name to attract the family buyers.
Torana is a bogan name, and very few consumers would be able to see past it

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:34:47 +0000

Please Holden – It sounds great, but make it a TT Torana not Commodore!

Torana (relatively large midsize) is the car for the future where as the very large commodore is the car of the past.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:24:45 +0000

you got a bit carried away there didnt you???
ha ha ha ha ha

i know how excited you get when you talk about the possibility of the upcoming “Torana” platform

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:11:51 +0000

Thanks Andrew – Yeah I remember; the Magna AWD is one of them which is why Tom Phillips wanted to have a go at making the 380 AWD as well as RWD – but Tokyo said No

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:58:42 +0000

wheelnut,
an aussie AWD family sedan has already been done.

By: Richo

Richo — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:42:17 +0000

heard that fred, dunno if it was for V8′s though was it?

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:46:05 +0000

Richo,
Word has it GM and Ford are looking at sharing engine development

By: Richo

Richo — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:01:59 +0000

i doubt holden will ever market a turbo 6 in australia again. Holden has always based their performance car heritage around V8s and i really doubt that will ever change. The only thing i can see changing is holden perhaps moving to smaller more efficient V8′s sometime in the future. GM have decided against doing a replacement for the northstar V8 in the states and instead are looking for a partner to develop a new DOHC smaller capacity V8 engine with, and there are strong rumors that the partner may be BMW. So its not beyond the realms of possiblity that in the future holden may run a smaller capacity DOHC BMW developed V8. Maybe around 4.4 or 4.6l capacity

By: PoisonEagle

PoisonEagle — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:30:08 +0000

If they use the Commodore platform, Ford are screwed because when the v6 arrives they will lose the cachet of the inline six. Then where are the unique selling points?