Road TestCar reviews - Holden - Commodore - SS-V Redline sedanHolden modelsCommodore Acclaim sedan Acclaim wagon Berlina 3.0 sedan Berlina sedan Calais sedan Calais V Calais V Sportwagon Calais V V8 sedan Calais V V8 Sportwagon Calais V6 Calais V8 sedan Evoke Executive LPG sedan Executive sedan Executive wagon LPG range LT Liftback diesel Omega MY10 sedan Omega sedan Omega Sportwagon range RS 2.0 turbo S Supercharged sedan Sportwagon Sportwagon SSV Redline SS sedan SS V SS V Redline SS V sedan SS-V Redline sedan SV6 sedan SV8 sedan Vacationer 5-dr wagon VXR Research Holden OverviewThe SS-V Redline is quite the send off for the Aussie-built Holden Commodore9 Mar 2016 By TIM ROBSON IT COULD be all too easy to get parochial and misty-eyed about the demise of the rear-wheel-drive iteration of the Holden Commodore. Dropped onto an unsuspecting Australian public by the pragmatic European boss of Holden, Peter Hanenberger, in the late 1970s, the Commodore was – along with the Ford Falcon – the car that truly dominated the Australian market for a good 20 years. It’s also tempting to label the VF II as merely a marketing department’s attempts to polish up an old nail with a bit of body work and a ‘look at me’ exhaust note. After all, the VF is not far removed from the previous generation VE, itself more than a decade old now, and you have to squint long and hard to identify the differences between the Series I and Series II VF cars. It only takes a brief drive, though, to put both notions aside and acknowledge that Holden has managed to piece together quite a special bit of kit in the SS-V Redline, and one that is more than a sum of its parts for those brave enough to snap up Holden’s gloriously fading star. Click here for the full review... GalleryClick to see larger images Model release date: 1 October 2015 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen |
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