This is what Aussie car culture was all about, awesome looking cars, brutal V8 euphoric sounds, fantastic RWD performance. And now, we’ve become nothing but a boring nation of blokes who think Ute’s are some sort of performance vehicle and soccer mum SUV’s.
I am glad that I was able to buy a 2014 Red Commodore/Chevy SS. I had a C6 Corvette before & the Commodore is the only one that is close to my Corvette performance.
I get soooo mad when I see what the Australians get!....why GM brings Americans the lesser vehicle is beyond me!....I swear! as my mid-life crisis car ima import something from "The Land DownUnder!".
How could you australian dudes let this happen???? Like there was enough better cars out there!!! This vehicle doesn't even need facelifts, it is perfect.
@@yurieu5872so sad 😭😭😭😭😭 GM took our governments money, hundreds of millions of dollars and took it back home to America. They promised black and blue they were here for the long run but intentionally let Holden wither away. I will never buy another GM product ever again l
And like any Ford Holden bloke out there about 40 years old. This is sadder the we dare to think about. I wish the performance division could stay, even with subsidy, but must be Australian owned. No offshore company taking the handouts, that's how we lost the, folks. Unions played their part but they were not as smart as the parent company who strung us all along, in general. Great cars for Australian conditions.
I rented one in 2017, even had the choice of white Be red. I choose white. Brilliant car and drive. Can't imagine why you would buy foreign. If only they could change the sound of the blinker, it would be perfect. One drive is worth a thousand road tests.
Im thinking of getting one next year. Just not sure on Auto VS Manual gearbox. Is the Auto any good and what would be the better box for the long term and resale value?
update-based a 20percent off deal I could not wait until the end of the year. I've been driving the US version for 3 months with manual and love it. I drive in packed traffic jams in the morning and evening but I still would not trade it for the auto.
what a nice detailed review, i might buy one, but i hear whispers that there's going to be a series 3 VF commodore thats going to come out with the LSA supercharged V8 engine thats in the current VF GTS as standard on the very last V8 commodores, is that possibly true?, keep up the great videos, cheers.
Going out with a bang unlike Ford. Are you going to review the final Calais? I don't know what I'm going to drive in a few years with Ford and Holden stopping making my fav cars 😭🐠
+MaZEEZaM Don't worry, Ford will be certainly going out with a Bang! Just wait till the XR8 sprint and XR6 Turbo sprint are released. I will still be driving a falcon in many years to come, always have and always will!
Final Model FGX has been released yes, but they will be next year releasing a Xr8 sprint and a XR6 Sprint which will be likely using the old FPV F6 running gear. Have been told by a few ford employees, that ford will be defiantly going out with a bang!.
Ha ha and three years after your comments ford went out with FUCK ALL, a shibox dedicated gas ute, the last car Down the line for ford tragics. As usual no money spent and for decades played catch-up to Holden in chassis engineering brakes and above all styling. Ford were notorious tight arse dickheads who only ever spent a dollar when the motoring journalists bagged they’re products. El ef s all blew head gaskets xd xe s all broke cheap nasty door handles, total shitboxes all of them. The commodore was a superior handling car from day one with better ergonomics and engine choices. The last car down the line for Holden. An ssv redline, and for HSV, the mighty W1. By by ford and good riddens. Now all your bogan fan boys can play with they’re turbo taxis.
Great car for the price, really powerful, more than most people would ever need but they dont sell many compared to other brands like corolla or hyundai i30, i guess most people just want cheap transport. this car would use twice as much fuel as the aforementioned, maybe thats the problem, to be honest i couldnt afford to put fuel in it at that rate either, but a nice dream car would love to test drive it :)
True. But whoever buys this kind of car obviously isn't that concerned about fuel consumption. The best bang for youre buck that Holden has ever released.
I'm guessing that people are so in debt these days with bloated mortgages that they cannot afford these cars. So its premium German saloons for the rich and cheap pacific rim dog meat for the low and middle class.
When is the last chance to put money down on an ss redline sedan. Please help if you know. I may do it. I dreamed of this car as a kid. Most GMH Brock supporters did. The ss was the one then the VN Clubsport. But the SS was the stuff.
This is the Last Making of the Holden VFll Commodore Range. They may change new faces and into seperate places and never Send together and forever back.
I've got the older L98 6.0ltr in a VE SS manual and it just makes my balls feel much bigger when I drive it!!......just get one you'll never regret it.
Van gard there not closing down buddy. whats happening is we won’t be making cars in aus anymore. There getting built over seas then shipped over here.
There are many reasons, +Damien Beckett and +MaZEEZaM covered off on a few of them but one of the main ones is that the cars from European and Japanese manufacturers are a much more attractive choice, and offer better performance while using much less fuel. The American car industry can't keep up with the technology and engineering advancements happening in the rest of the world, and even new companies from their own nation such as Tesla.
Sounds like a wet fart. Why can't they have given it the same 340kw as the HSV LS3? It's got less grunt than the VE clubby, and still less torque than an FG XR6T! Over hyped much?
2004PontiacGTO the SSV is 5 seconds faster around any track than the Ford XR8 Sprint. SSV is the full package not just a straight line warrior like the Ford.
What is it with Holden and their sports variants ? They spend a fortune on shaping and sleek styling , appearance , then destroy it all by having the cars sitting up like four wheel drives with 6 inches of plug ugly guard clearance . Always been the same . So the customer ends up paying 50 -60 k and having to go lower the car to make it look half decent .... Never understood it ?
Not talking about dumping it in the weeds here , dropping the ride height 1 inch is all it takes , and doesn't make it illegal or a problem on most roads . Bit shit the customer has to drive out of the showroom and go get it done themselves ..
I agree the ride height could be slightly lower but as it already out performs the XR8 in cornering on the track its prob not that necessary. The extra road clearance helps especially with tricky driveways.
Aussie P - OK mate if you're happy with a sports series variant sitting up like a 4WD no worries . Definitely a big negative looks wise in most peoples opinion ...
It was reviewed at Holden's proving ground, with every road surface imaginable it might be the best place to review a car and you can drift without breaking the law ;)
Don't be fooled. for all their technical advancements It's business as usual with these Commodores After dropping the best part of 60K on a brand 'NEW' Redline that has yet to clock 5.000k's, it has developed a massive engine oil leak , leaves a foot round oil leak on the drive over night . Another trip back to the dealer for some 'Shit Happens' attitude. Thought buying a new car would give me a break from this sort of crap at least for a couple of years :-(
Depends where the leaks coming from if it's rocker cover, sump, it's pretty much 'Run of the mill' for commodore . All my Commodores in the past have been second hand with average K's on the clock , all had engine oil leaks but nothing major , all serviced properly . I thought maybe this, being a new one, would be free of this sort of issue , at least for a few years , very disappointing .
The 11 down arrows are definitely from angry ford owners that just wasted there money on a new falcon gtp with that tiny pip squeak engine they came out with that wouldn't even see the taillights of a real car like this!!!!! Don't worry angry people ford has something up there sleeve too I'm thinking bigblock with a blower but let's wait & see it's not 2017 yet.
Mate, you're living in dream land. My stock xr6 turbo with 275's on the rear is still quicker than these things. Nice car all round, but don't pretend it's quick.
A future classic unlike the fg which was an outdated pile of shit the moment it was released with its rubbish cheap interior and ugly as shit looks. The only thing I hear the ford boys harping on about is your beloved Barra crap. Gone are the days when ford boys would bullshit on endlessly about the so called mighty 351 which was thrashed countless times at Bathurst by the Holden 308 and years later while everybody does v8 conversions on 4wdts and anything that needs a heart transplant it's the 5 litre injected Holden motor or chev. Ford tried with its wheezy boss crap but they were a heavy gutless pig and nobody goes near them. If you ford boys want to hear a real six cylinder go to the Phillip Island historic racing and listen to an Ian Tate built 202 in an xu1 at 7800 down the main straight.
This is what Aussie car culture was all about, awesome looking cars, brutal V8 euphoric sounds, fantastic RWD performance.
And now, we’ve become nothing but a boring nation of blokes who think Ute’s are some sort of performance vehicle and soccer mum SUV’s.
I am glad that I was able to buy a 2014 Red Commodore/Chevy SS. I had a C6 Corvette before & the Commodore is the only one that is close to my Corvette performance.
One of the best videos I've seen for one of these cars.
Thanks Mate!
I get soooo mad when I see what the Australians get!....why GM brings Americans the lesser vehicle is beyond me!....I swear! as my mid-life crisis car ima import something from "The Land DownUnder!".
Audiwan Kenobi Unfortunately 'we' won't be making cars much longer.
Chevy was lucky to get this car as the SS
You got ssv . The redline has black mags
@@coopsnz1 best sedan to ever wear the plastic bow tie
when i visit melbourne a while back this car caught my eye. i was in love, the sound and the look. i wish i could import this thing into my country..
What country do you live in?
*****
Malaysia
T Hafiz Beautiful country. I wish I had visited the tea plantations in the highlands. Maybe next time.
by holden cheers for the good memmories of better times for everyone
I love watching these videos while going number 2. 😳
3 years after your comment and I'm doing the same thing.
@@denisj3447 me too!!!
7 years after your comment, I was doing the same thing too 😂
I love this i am buying this Holden commodore
How could you australian dudes let this happen???? Like there was enough better cars out there!!! This vehicle doesn't even need facelifts, it is perfect.
Blame GM usa
@@randallk2556 6 years Time Machine, I went full Korean lol
@@yurieu5872so sad 😭😭😭😭😭
GM took our governments money, hundreds of millions of dollars and took it back home to America. They promised black and blue they were here for the long run but intentionally let Holden wither away. I will never buy another GM product ever again l
Very excited but also saddened that Holden is coming to an end......
I like this car by looks
best car. want one so bad
Keep up the good videos
+leihmmal Thanks!
+Drive.com.au Wait then how will you buy the car once they move away?
304kw is a tip of the hat to the last Aus made V8 in a Commodore. The 304ci motor.
Touching stuff
Who told you that shit king
And like any Ford Holden bloke out there about 40 years old. This is sadder the we dare to think about. I wish the performance division could stay, even with subsidy, but must be Australian owned. No offshore company taking the handouts, that's how we lost the, folks. Unions played their part but they were not as smart as the parent company who strung us all along, in general. Great cars for Australian conditions.
now after this aus have nothing to proud 😭😭
I rented one in 2017, even had the choice of white Be red. I choose white. Brilliant car and drive. Can't imagine why you would buy foreign. If only they could change the sound of the blinker, it would be perfect. One drive is worth a thousand road tests.
One beautiful sounding Swan Song. Aawwwww
What is the drop in power; in comparison to the HSV variant of the LS3 due to? Exhaust manifold vs headers, tuning or simply marketing purposes 😉?
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Im thinking of getting one next year. Just not sure on Auto VS Manual gearbox. Is the Auto any good and what would be the better box for the long term and resale value?
Most people I speak to who have the manual LOVE IT. I'm looking to get the us badged "Holden Commodore" later in the year.
update-based a 20percent off deal I could not wait until the end of the year. I've been driving the US version for 3 months with manual and love it. I drive in packed traffic jams in the morning and evening but I still would not trade it for the auto.
so in AUD what did you roughly pay and what options?
pafalzon about 50k AUD with 20 percent and additional dealer coupon. Traded my 7 year old Pontiac G8 GT for additional reduction.
There are only two options in the US. Spare/or sun roof. I got one with both.
What abt the 2018 commodore or new torana concept car
The 2018 Commodore will be a rebadged European crapbox made overseas.
I luv the redline ssv. How much should I pay for it? Cheers
depends, used or brand new
what a nice detailed review, i might buy one, but i hear whispers that there's going to be a series 3 VF commodore thats going to come out with the LSA supercharged V8 engine thats in the current VF GTS as standard on the very last V8 commodores, is that possibly true?, keep up the great videos, cheers.
F for Holden
Going out with a bang unlike Ford. Are you going to review the final Calais? I don't know what I'm going to drive in a few years with Ford and Holden stopping making my fav cars 😭🐠
+MaZEEZaM Don't worry, Ford will be certainly going out with a Bang! Just wait till the XR8 sprint and XR6 Turbo sprint are released. I will still be driving a falcon in many years to come, always have and always will!
I thought they had already released the final models? I cant afford to change my car often so I will be driving my 2008 Falcon for years yet.
Final Model FGX has been released yes, but they will be next year releasing a Xr8 sprint and a XR6 Sprint which will be likely using the old FPV F6 running gear. Have been told by a few ford employees, that ford will be defiantly going out with a bang!.
Well that would be nice I thought the current models were a bit of a let down compared to what they brought out with Holden.
Ha ha and three years after your comments ford went out with FUCK ALL, a shibox dedicated gas ute, the last car Down the line for ford tragics. As usual no money spent and for decades played catch-up to Holden in chassis engineering brakes and above all styling. Ford were notorious tight arse dickheads who only ever spent a dollar when the motoring journalists bagged they’re products. El ef s all blew head gaskets xd xe s all broke cheap nasty door handles, total shitboxes all of them. The commodore was a superior handling car from day one with better ergonomics and engine choices. The last car down the line for Holden. An ssv redline, and for HSV, the mighty W1. By by ford and good riddens. Now all your bogan fan boys can play with they’re turbo taxis.
Great car for the price, really powerful, more than most people would ever need but they dont sell many compared to other brands like corolla or hyundai i30, i guess most people just want cheap transport. this car would use twice as much fuel as the aforementioned, maybe thats the problem, to be honest i couldnt afford to put fuel in it at that rate either, but a nice dream car would love to test drive it :)
True. But whoever buys this kind of car obviously isn't that concerned about fuel consumption. The best bang for youre buck that Holden has ever released.
I'm guessing that people are so in debt these days with bloated mortgages that they cannot afford these cars. So its premium German saloons for the rich and cheap pacific rim dog meat for the low and middle class.
Ok I know Australia's been metric since 1974 but give me the engine output in horsepower and torque in foot pounds, please.
When is the last chance to put money down on an ss redline sedan. Please help if you know. I may do it. I dreamed of this car as a kid. Most GMH Brock supporters did. The ss was the one then the VN Clubsport. But the SS was the stuff.
+Bernievids
june /july 2017
+markalan1two thanks mate.
This is the Last Making of the Holden VFll Commodore Range. They may change new faces and into seperate places and never Send together and forever back.
Cylinder deactivation destroys camshaft lobes. LS3 is the go-to V8.
In reality its 12.1 litres per 100 meters
😂 get 12 to 100km out of my 550hp ls2
Nice Chevy
I've got the older L98 6.0ltr in a VE SS manual and it just makes my balls feel much bigger when I drive it!!......just get one you'll never regret it.
Finally will be import to Brazil by Chevrolet!
Think U .Priced Yourself Out Of The Market.Which Was SAD. im in UK Brought a VXR8 /HSV .6.0 but Over here its 420bhp Stock . Long Live The V8
407 hp isnt enough it should have 450 like the xr8
450 xr8, fuck of clown. Get back to your ford forums.
So sad.
its going to be a sad day when ford and holden close down
Van gard there not closing down buddy. whats happening is we won’t be making cars in aus anymore. There getting built over seas then shipped over here.
It is shut down
Why are Holden and FPV Stopping makeing these cars?
+Chrstian “Driver” mrclep Long story...
Lack of support from our Liberal government and low vehicle sales.
Plus the high cost of manufacturing in this country making it difficult for them to compete with imported cars.
MaZEEZaM Both Liberal and Labour.
There are many reasons, +Damien Beckett and +MaZEEZaM covered off on a few of them but one of the main ones is that the cars from European and Japanese manufacturers are a much more attractive choice, and offer better performance while using much less fuel. The American car industry can't keep up with the technology and engineering advancements happening in the rest of the world, and even new companies from their own nation such as Tesla.
If goona get one better hurry before greenies ban em'!
Sounds like a wet fart. Why can't they have given it the same 340kw as the HSV LS3? It's got less grunt than the VE clubby, and still less torque than an FG XR6T! Over hyped much?
2004PontiacGTO the SSV is 5 seconds faster around any track than the Ford XR8 Sprint. SSV is the full package not just a straight line warrior like the Ford.
mayby not the 340 kw because thats too close to the clubsport but the 325 would of been good
I’m sad now
What is it with Holden and their sports variants ? They spend a fortune on shaping and sleek styling , appearance , then destroy it all by having the cars sitting up like four wheel drives with 6 inches of plug ugly guard clearance . Always been the same . So the customer ends up paying 50 -60 k and having to go lower the car to make it look half decent .... Never understood it ?
They design the vehicles by taking in account of Australia's shit pot-hole filled roads.
Not talking about dumping it in the weeds here , dropping the ride height 1 inch is all it takes , and doesn't make it illegal or a problem on most roads .
Bit shit the customer has to drive out of the showroom and go get it done themselves ..
+Andrew Gallagher hahaha!😂😂
I agree the ride height could be slightly lower but as it already out performs the XR8 in cornering on the track its prob not that necessary. The extra road clearance helps especially with tricky driveways.
Aussie P - OK mate if you're happy with a sports series variant sitting up like a 4WD no worries . Definitely a big negative looks wise in most peoples opinion ...
why do a review on a race track when most people will drive it on the road at 60 km/hr lol
It was reviewed at Holden's proving ground, with every road surface imaginable it might be the best place to review a car and you can drift without breaking the law ;)
Don't be fooled. for all their technical advancements It's business as
usual with these Commodores After dropping the best part of 60K on a
brand 'NEW' Redline that has yet to clock 5.000k's, it has developed a
massive engine oil leak , leaves a foot round oil leak on the drive
over night .
Another trip back to the dealer for some 'Shit Happens' attitude.
Thought buying a new car would give me a break from this sort of crap at
least for a couple of years :-(
Sounds like you were very unlucky.
Depends where the leaks coming from if it's rocker cover, sump, it's pretty much 'Run of the mill' for commodore . All my Commodores in the past have been second hand with average K's on the clock , all had engine oil leaks but nothing major , all serviced properly .
I thought maybe this, being a new one, would be free of this sort of issue , at least for a few years , very disappointing .
you were unlucky....mine still perfect
The 11 down arrows are definitely from angry ford owners that just wasted there money on a new falcon gtp with that tiny pip squeak engine they came out with that wouldn't even see the taillights of a real car like this!!!!! Don't worry angry people ford has something up there sleeve too I'm thinking bigblock with a blower but let's wait & see it's not 2017 yet.
Mate, you're living in dream land. My stock xr6 turbo with 275's on the rear is still quicker than these things. Nice car all round, but don't pretend it's quick.
+Larry Punter lol nice try your Piece if shit economy car toyota well never catch up a SS(in america thats what the commadore is called) with a LS3
A future classic unlike the fg which was an outdated pile of shit the moment it was released with its rubbish cheap interior and ugly as shit looks. The only thing I hear the ford boys harping on about is your beloved Barra crap. Gone are the days when ford boys would bullshit on endlessly about the so called mighty 351 which was thrashed countless times at Bathurst by the Holden 308 and years later while everybody does v8 conversions on 4wdts and anything that needs a heart transplant it's the 5 litre injected Holden motor or chev. Ford tried with its wheezy boss crap but they were a heavy gutless pig and nobody goes near them. If you ford boys want to hear a real six cylinder go to the Phillip Island historic racing and listen to an Ian Tate built 202 in an xu1 at 7800 down the main straight.