Holden Commodore (VZ)

The Holden Commodore (VZ) is a 4-door sedan / 4-door station wagon / 2-door coupe utility from Holden, built from 2004 to 2007, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Under the bonnet: 3.6&nbsp. Mike Simcoe drew it.

Where it came from

The Holden Commodore (VZ) is a full-size car that was produced by Holden from 2004 to 2006 as a sedan and to 2007 as a wagon and Ute sold alongside the new VE series. It was the fourth and final iteration of the third generation of the Commodore and the last to spawn a coupé variant. Its range continued to include the luxury variants, Holden Berlina (VZ) and Holden Calais (VZ).

Under the skin

Power comes from 3.6  other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1569 -. It shifts through a 4-speed GM 4L60-E transmission / 4L60-E automatic (V6, V8 5.7 L) / 4-speed GM 4L60-E transmission / 4L65-E automatic (V8 6.0 L) / 5-speed GM 5L40-E transmission / 5L40-E 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 2788 mm (sedan) / 2938 mm (wagon, utility). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

In context

Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Holden Commodore (VY); its successor was the Holden Commodore (VE) / Holden Commodore Calais Tourer (ZB) (for Adventra); assembly was at Adelaide, South Australia (Elizabeth), Australia. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Hyundai Tucson, the Suzuki Swift, the Ford Mustang — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Holden catalogue sit the Holden 48-215 and the Holden Adventra.