Comments on: Holden Commodore engine updates revealed

By: Rob Cook

Rob Cook — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:34:19 +0000

Nice looking small car, also good to know about his fuel efficiency.

By: nesa

nesa — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:14:32 +0000

Great!!! but where is the manual cars??? why can’t i get a good family car ( holden or ford) and enjoy driving it. i just want a manual.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:45:06 +0000

Devil,
once you firstly check your maths, you must then realise the argument of torque per litres doesnt matter squat when you need a certain amount to move something.

Would you say a 1.0L V6 would also be adequate if it pumped out an “impressive” 97nm for that litre???

maybe they do have the nm per litre balance right, but that just means they need more Litres then

By: Motorhead

Motorhead — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:38:57 +0000

I wouldn’t say most fleets have a no 6 policy but many certainly do & that number is still increasing but at a slightly slower rate then it was when fuel prices were sky high & the global warming hysteria was in full swing.
Holden have been doing a pretty good job tho of getting out to the fleets to educate the decision makers on the facts & what they’re doing about it now & in the future.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:09:51 +0000

Golf are you letting people get to you? Your normal, worthy comments have become heavily laden with sarcasm. Stop it! It doesn’t suit your style. You have let the halfwits grind you down.

By: OldieHoldie

OldieHoldie — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:29:13 +0000

The most frugal small petrol car is the Suzuki Alto at 4.8Litres per 100km. $325 is all you save over a large car? My ass!

By: Deco

Deco — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:47:44 +0000

To follow on from luv local industry, if you say $325 big deal, well you are making an ass of yourself even talking about fuel economy. That is all you save buying the most frugal of petrol powered small cars, so why bother then if it is no big deal?

By: Luv Local Industry

Luv Local Industry — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:50:04 +0000

“Annual fuel savings of $325″…….BIG DEAL!

Thats big money for fleet companies, 1,000 cars x $325 = $325,000 per annum.

By: Ningbo

Ningbo — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:12:24 +0000

This engine is heaps large enough, the VL had a 3L/6 and it went very well and was frugal [remember him?:-)] on fuel if you did/nt hammer it.

No mention on the turbo 6, leave that for the future [shhhhh, mums the word!]

LPG looks the business, Ford want to get a hurry on with its LPi.

What about a test on Falcon LPG v Commodore LPG?

B//

Do i smell a rat, NO informations on the baseline Ute in the above graphs?

Once again [not just lack of safety kit] us commercial vehicle owners get screwed…..

Just think, another 10% reduction in fuel use, 15% less emissions if they fitted MultiAir……

C//

Before you go all gaagaa here is what outgoing CEO M/R of Holden mentioned on the new 3L/6:

“Annual fuel savings of $325″…….BIG DEAL!

All this hoopala to save just $325 dollars p/a.

Just get LPG fitted and you can save THOUSANDS per year…

Get back to us Holden when your @ UNDER 7L/100km

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By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:20:47 +0000

Holden have just signed the Commodores DEATH WARRANT. Most fleet purchases in Australian now have a NO V6 POLICY! Not only is the V6 not economically viable, it is not environmentally viable. In addition, what message do fleet businesses want to send out to their potential customers? In a word “GREEN”. And all this before I even mention the carbon emissions trading scheme. Then you have private buyers, the Holden faithful are turning to more economic and green cars in their droves.