HOLDEN’S Statesman and Caprice may not enjoy the status they once did, but they still have relevance in this big, sunburnt country. Where else can you buy so much car for the money? The latest WK versions are getting quite refined too, with much of the electronic trickery you’ll find in European luxury cars, as well as ever-improving standards of finish. The 5.7-litre V8 might be relatively crude, but it’s effective and doesn’t require high-octane unleaded fuel to produce its 245kW. And it handles the four-speed automatic transmission quite nicely. Dynamically, there may not be a lot of finesse, but the big Holden does most of the things most people need. And it looks pretty sharp too.