2018 Holden Commodore details released - Page 9

roddy1960 · 11-12-2016, 10:20 AM

G'day...Slightly off topic but on the news this morning Re Holden factory..They want to grow 800 million dollars worth of legal pot on the site for medicinal purposes..
Why didn't anyone think of that earlier..
Sales might of gone through the roof.. LET'S GO THERE , get our pot and get a free car with it..
It might go from being a car plant to a 'pot plant '. and it wouldn't be the first time someone has said "You'd have to be on drugs to buy a Holden"
Go figure... Cheers Rod..

roddy1960 · 11-12-2016, 11:26 AM

G'day.... I suppose this is it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXpk9XueYso, different trims levels tweaks most likely ..It's okay but it isn't a commodore the same a a Mondeo isn't a Falcon.. At least Ford acknowledge that and sell the Mondeo as exactly that..Cheers Rod.

danzvtil · 11-12-2016, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by roddy1960

G'day...Slightly off topic but on the news this morning Re Holden factory..They want to grow 800 million dollars worth of legal pot on the site for medicinal purposes..
Why didn't anyone think of that earlier..
Sales might of gone through the roof.. LET'S GO THERE , get our pot and get a free car with it..
It might go from being a car plant to a 'pot plant '. and it wouldn't be the first time someone has said "You'd have to be on drugs to buy a Holden"
Go figure... Cheers Rod..

PFFFFT! They're in Elizabeth, there is at least $800 mill worth growing in bedrooms and sheds within a 5 k radius of the factory.

**73 4V XB** · 11-12-2016, 07:51 PM

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Yuck, better write in my will that I will not ride in an abominable commodore post-mortem. doh

We've also done 2 mercs as well, imagine an old digger riding in the back of one of them

Bossxr8 · 11-12-2016, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 73 4V XB

I look forward to ripping it to pieces, cutting it up and rebuilding it.
This is what I do to VF's.
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I wouldnt be seen dead in one

Sprint XR8 · 31-12-2016, 11:00 AM

Pics of the base model.

XRtowcar · 31-12-2016, 11:53 AM

Too many strange design styles going on.
It looks like the car has bad proportional size.
Long front, short back, wacky roof line.
Still don't get the rear door to wheel arch.
Looks like three car cut and shut into one.
Have to see one in the flesh.

naddis01 · 31-12-2016, 03:06 PM

Wow what a dreary looking car from those angles.

au2000 · 31-12-2016, 05:03 PM

I'll reserve my judgement until I see one in real life, does not look much like a commodore without interceptors and a unit sticker on the window

Nikked · 31-12-2016, 05:08 PM

futura · 31-12-2016, 07:12 PM

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This base model pic looks 1000 times better

**Mechan1k** · 31-12-2016, 07:24 PM

No offence Nikkid .... your Photoshop skills are excellent and have always loved your work.
But even with your skill .... it's still nothing to get excited about.

Definitely can't polish a **** with this one.

Terror_Tree · 31-12-2016, 08:41 PM

Just another FWD sedan.

.:4:. · 31-12-2016, 08:43 PM

The odd window line looks strange against the line in the body. Maybe if it becomes a mainstream staple I will think otherwise, but at the moment it just looks awkward to me

ozrunner · 31-12-2016, 10:50 PM

Yuk, from the door handle the rear looks terrible and out of balance.

Mother may have trouble with space in the boot for groceries

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Going to be interesting to see where a Supercar spoiler will have to be positioned to be of any use.

MethodX · 31-12-2016, 11:46 PM

Not bad at all
A better version of the mondeo

**DJM83** · 01-01-2017, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MethodX

Not bad at all
A better version of the mondeo

Beauty is in eye of the beholder i guess, the original images in this thread look real nice but imo the Mondeo still looks better

**Mechan1k** · 01-01-2017, 08:49 AM

The range of Teslas out there are better looking than this ... and most of them are not pretty at all.

eb2fairmont · 01-01-2017, 09:16 AM

Povvo spec one looks appropriate for a cop car

The Stylist · 01-01-2017, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Sprint XR8

Pics of the base model.
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I know that's a base model (and we probably won't see it that lowly specced down under), but my gosh thats a boring, insipid, damp rag on wheels. Least the outgoing VF2 has better proportions.

far_ken_beauty · 01-01-2017, 08:34 PM

Would be good to see one in the flesh.

Bossxr8 · 01-01-2017, 09:22 PM

Puke worthy. If that's what they serve up here it truly spits on the commodore name.

Franco Cozzo · 01-01-2017, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Sprint XR8

Pics of the base model.
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Look at how big the sidewalls are on the tyres, looks like 1985 again

Express · 01-01-2017, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sprint XR8

Pics of the base model.

I love it and I wouldn’t change a thing about it, well maybe some Gold Chev badges but that’s all.

malazn mafia · 02-01-2017, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Look at how big the sidewalls are on the tyres, looks like 1985 again

Looks like a spiritual successor to the mid 90s Holden Vectra, those wheels would look right at home in 1995. Funny how two decades later, Holden would try to pass off a Vectra as the new commodore, and Ford would put the dowdy Mondeo which has been around since that period as the only horse in the stable.

Yellow_Festiva · 02-01-2017, 07:44 AM

Saw some pics of an apparent ute version, looked like a Proton Jumbuck.

Probably just some photoshopped image, making a ute from that will probably never be economically viable.

whales · 04-01-2017, 04:06 PM

Got to give it to Holden, They already have everyone talking about the next commodore which is still at least a year away.
Ford on the other hand have no one talking about the models they are trying to sell now. Surely the Mondeo is not the replacement for the Falcon but whats in the pipeline.....Nothing!!

CobraJet351 · 04-01-2017, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by whales

Got to give it to Holden, They already have everyone talking about the next commodore which is still at least a year away.
Ford on the other hand have no one talking about the models they are trying to sell now. Surely the Mondeo is not the replacement for the Falcon but whats in the pipeline.....Nothing!!

Besides the Commodore I don't think there is a single Holden anyone is talking about. Ford are doing pretty good with their line up post Falcon I think, the Ranger is selling very well.

**DJM83** · 04-01-2017, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by whales

Got to give it to Holden, They already have everyone talking about the next commodore which is still at least a year away.
Ford on the other hand have no one talking about the models they are trying to sell now. Surely the Mondeo is not the replacement for the Falcon but whats in the pipeline.....Nothing!!

Funny you say that, few people are talking about this i think.

Nikked · 05-01-2017, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by whales

Got to give it to Holden, They already have everyone talking about the next commodore which is still at least a year away.
Ford on the other hand have no one talking about the models they are trying to sell now. Surely the Mondeo is not the replacement for the Falcon but whats in the pipeline.....Nothing!!

Plenty of talk about the Focus, Mustang and Ranger. Mondeo's are popping up in numbers now too.

Replacement for the falcon?

Take your pick from the above, that's why we don't have a Falcon anymore, people have been choosing other cars.