Holden Commodore (VL)

Holden does not build many cars like the Holden Commodore (VL): a 4-door sedan / 5-door station wagon with 2.0&nbsp, built from 1986 to 1988 in the age of turbocharging and the first electronic engine management.

The background

The Holden Commodore (VL) is a mid-size car that was produced by Holden from 1986 to 1988. It was the final iteration of the first generation of the Holden Commodore and included the luxury variant, Holden Calais (VL). Between February 1986 and August 1988, 151,801 VL model Commodores were built.

The engineering

Under the skin sits 2.0  other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1250 -. The gearbox is a 5-speed manual / 3-speed automatic / 4-speed automatic. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2668 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Where it sits

Where it sits in Holden's history is not in doubt: the Holden Commodore (VK) came before it; the Holden Commodore (VN) followed it; it was built at Adelaide, South Australia (Elizabeth). On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Jeep Wrangler, the Ferrari F40, the BMW 5 Series. Its Holden stablemates include the Holden 48-215 and the Holden Adventra.

The money

There is no federal ownership record for the Holden Commodore (VL) — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.