Comments on: Commodore wins Middle East award

By: Duck

Duck — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:13:46 +0000

Holden deserves to win the award because from spending a billion dollars on the VE!

By: Tonyn

Tonyn — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:53:21 +0000

yeah i am looking at a mocha with pure beige trim, sunroof and dyna audio option! just awaiting a price…

I worked for volkswagen for 5 yeard, there staring to get more adventurious

By: Cobra 302

Cobra 302 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:38:42 +0000

Too true mark. The ss is known for a pretty weak bottom end. Let me think…where was this award presented again…oh thats right the middle east! Who gives a fuck. They have won a fair few awards over here but give it up. Its all sorts off cars put into 1. Here r the cars holden nocked development/styling cues from: Ford, Audi n BMW. There influence EACH was 33% leaving the other 1% to put on there oversized badge on. Someone is clearly tring to make up for something LOL!!! Go the blue oval. Real men drive FORDS

By: mark

mark — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:26:53 +0000

i worked out how come the crapodore won this award, while they were testing it the V8 dropped so much oil that the middle eastern judges eyes went $ at the idea of if the sales go up of the car then oil sales will go through the roof. oh its a harsh reality that thing dumps more then me the day after i have Indian take away.

By: golfschwein

golfschwein — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:20:26 +0000

Passat’s now available in a quite handsome mocha metallic. Your choice, by any chance? That’d be a good looking car!

By: golfschwein

golfschwein — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:57:03 +0000

Positively dreary, tonyn. When I bought mine, you could have a white or metallics in silver, black, grey (WOW!!!) or a muddy red or blue. Yawn. Greens, yellows, oranges, purples etc nowhere in sight.

I love the wild colours you can buy the Fords and Holdens in.

By: Tonyn

Tonyn — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:36:09 +0000

yeah vw are not the bravest with colour selections hey!

By: golfschwein

golfschwein — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:34:20 +0000

haha…that caused a shock wave, didn’t it. Nah, I couldn’t do that to the little jigger. I’m keeping him for at least another two years, which will be a record-breaker for me. Truth is, I’ll probably get a Mk6 Golf and I’m just hoping and praying that VW funk up the colour range by then.

By: Tonyn

Tonyn — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:22:01 +0000

oh my god golfschwein! what are you doing to yourself!

I have just been up and priced a V6 passat wagon!

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:57:54 +0000

Your going to do what Golfschwein…………poor little golf!

By: golfschwein

golfschwein — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:37:17 +0000

Fightin’ words from Alec. Beautifully said, mate.

If I have a good year, I’ll trade the Vee Dub for a VE Sportwagon. In Morpheous.

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:11:53 +0000

Buy Aussie whenever possible.

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:11:27 +0000

Well said Alec.

By: Stfu

Stfu — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:17:57 +0000

mitchell.yes,mercs have 6.3l v8 but look at their power/kw…it\’s 0.2L more than a commodore but has 29 more kws
as u say the per L of displacements just doesnt pull the most out of the engine/thus the efficiency
and btw…the engine im talking abt belongs to the bmw m3,not the audi

By: alec

alec — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:50:58 +0000

As a Ford fan, I would like to say this.
The new Holden is something Australians should be proud of!! As we should be of the current and upcoming Falcon.
No where else in the world are Rear Drive large cars available at such a price with such high levels of handling dynamics, quality, safety and value.

Anyone who dismisses a Holden Commodore or Ford Falcon purely because of the manufacturers they come from, OR the market segment (large car) they compete in OR that typical cynical aussie dinosaur rubbish… NEEDS TO WAKE UP!!
For a country of such a small population, we have done well… REALLY WELL!
The ford VS holden thing can be healthy for competition, but generally is destructive of the perceived image of each brand between the losers who continually speak cr/ap about their chosen ones competitor!!
I drive a Ford, but would happily drive a Holden any day over majority of the other cars available for the same RRP!

And before everyone starts up with the reliability bull/cr/ap, My experience is that EVERY make has its LEMONS and DOGS. That includes Japanese, European, Korean.

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:59:49 +0000

Stfu, yes the old pushrod LS series engines arn’t all that competitive per L of displacement these days, i think you would find the fuel consumption figures are pretty close anyway, and because of its alloyhead, the LS engines are actually light aswell, they rev freely and have stacks more torque than that Audi engine… So who really cares about the size?

Non-Bogan, you must think you’re pretty clever with a name like that, because obviously only bogans could like these Commodores. Let me guess, you would think a small turbo engine would be best to fit under the hood? I think you should go speak to Mercedes about that, tell them their new 6.2L V8 is too big, because as we know, only bogans can drive cars like that.

By: Non-Bogan

Non-Bogan — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:47:14 +0000

Oooops i meant 40 litre. 20 litre is just too small don’t you think?

By: Non-Bogan

Non-Bogan — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:19:43 +0000

i just wanna know when is the 20 litre 1200kw HSV commin out. thatll beat a veyron, haha. isnt that holdens answer to everything?

By: Stfu

Stfu — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:26:43 +0000

lol…yet another market who loves fuel guzzling fat bogan.
look,i admit i dont know much abt cars..but by using common sense,some1 will think theres sth “wrong”:
the s65 has a 4litre v8 that produces 309kw
and the commodore ss 6litre v8 on produces 270kw
and even tho the LS2 6litre v8 that is in the HSV only produce 307kw..big cc engine but no use

By: crazychook

crazychook — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:44:42 +0000

Who cares how they drive or who is driving them. One third of the vehicles Holdens makes are exported to the M.E. Its good for our economy. Any how most of the vehicles exported are the WM Caprices.