http://www.caradvice.com.au/593/holden-ve-fuel-usage-consumption-figures/ Australian Resource for Car Reviews, News, Advice Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:14:20 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.caradvice.com.au/593/holden-ve-fuel-usage-consumption-figures/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Holden Go at istartedsomething Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:57:09 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/593/holden-ve-fuel-usage-consumption-figures/#comment-796 [...] Hover over image to see comparison Starting with the car. It is becoming clearer and clearer that in the 21st century, car designers don’t start from scratch. I don’t know exactly which part of the $1 billion went to designers, but they were obviously overpaid. Putting the design aside, the only other aspect of cars anyone cares about these days is fuel efficiency, and Holden has really outdone themselves here. That is, they’ve done absolutely nothing. Holden, it’s great that you can make a heavier car with more power using the same amount of fuel, but who cares when it’s still drinking 14L/100km and traveling the same amount of distance. [...] [...] Hover over image to see comparison Starting with the car. It is becoming clearer and clearer that in the 21st century, car designers don’t start from scratch. I don’t know exactly which part of the $1 billion went to designers, but they were obviously overpaid. Putting the design aside, the only other aspect of cars anyone cares about these days is fuel efficiency, and Holden has really outdone themselves here. That is, they’ve done absolutely nothing. Holden, it’s great that you can make a heavier car with more power using the same amount of fuel, but who cares when it’s still drinking 14L/100km and traveling the same amount of distance. [...]

]]> http://www.caradvice.com.au/593/holden-ve-fuel-usage-consumption-figures/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Holden VE Commodore Fuel Consumption &raquo Australian Car Advice & News Blog Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:53:48 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/593/holden-ve-fuel-usage-consumption-figures/#comment-446 [...] Holden has released the Fuel Consumption Figures for the Holden VE Commodore Range. Click here to see the figures So yesterday saw the launch of the new Holden VE Commodore and with it came a ton of information from Holden’s PR team. Most of that was covered in this post. However one of the vital pieces of information that went missing from Holden’s press release was the Fuel Consumption figures. Mysteriously left un-mentioned, Holden seems to have left a little window of opportunity for rivals to home in the “Fuel Crisis” talk and walk all over Holden. [...] [...] Holden has released the Fuel Consumption Figures for the Holden VE Commodore Range. Click here to see the figures So yesterday saw the launch of the new Holden VE Commodore and with it came a ton of information from Holden’s PR team. Most of that was covered in this post. However one of the vital pieces of information that went missing from Holden’s press release was the Fuel Consumption figures. Mysteriously left un-mentioned, Holden seems to have left a little window of opportunity for rivals to home in the “Fuel Crisis” talk and walk all over Holden. [...]

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