Holden Commodore to come to America

Since I'm not a baller like you guys (at least not yet ) I have to stick to more affordable cars. So I'm excited that Pontiac is bringing the Commodore over, as a competitor to the vulgar 300C/Charger.

I know many people will scoff, and cite the GTO as an example of this being a bad strategy, but I liked the car for what it was. It was a luxurious GT, not a reincarnation of the ****ty (by todays standards) LeMans based GTO.

I hope it does well, and I would be pleased if they gave it a badge like the "Parisienne"

 

The new Commodore is said to be a great car. I can't wait to see it here. Give me the 3.6 VVT + 6-speed transmission, would be a great commuter car.

 

Pics?

I actually tossed around the idea of picking up a GTO. I've pretty much decided against it. But I actually like them because their so unique and no one has one.

 

As long as you get an 05 or newer 6-spd, the car is great for the money. The pre-05s have the weaker engine (still strong, though), and the auto is realtively uninspired.

 

I really think if GM would have put the hood scoops on at launch, dressed up the body kit a little and it would have been a huge hit. The most recent car is a ton of bang for your buck but the depreciation is painful.

$23,000 bucks for this one....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-GTO-manual-6-speed-low-mileage-887-Mi_W0QQitemZ150040489140QQihZ005QQcategoryZ7244QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

check out the horsepower this guy got out of it...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2005-GTO-6-0-LS2-525hp-MONSTER-Motor-MUSCLE-CAR-6-speed_W0QQitemZ170032850369QQihZ007QQcategoryZ7244QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

here's a link to Holden's site with pics, I'd expect the Commodore to have a different nose and a different name also. Bob Lutz said all will be revealed at the Chicago auto show
http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/jsp/campaigns/vecommodore/newcommodoreframe.jsp

 

Assuie cars coming here to the states?.

Heck the next thing you know GM will release the Elcamino based on that one Holden thats like a GTO/truck and rebadge it a Chevy. I forgot the name of it.

 

Its really a buyers market for the GTO. The 04 car has the LS1 which loves spray and with H/C, ported fast 90/90, and bolt ons you can be very close to 500rwhp. the 6.0 LS2 has a 10.9:1 compression ratio so it loves the head/cam as well but I havent seen what it can do on the bottle. Chevy builds some good n/a engines but because of the high compression when adding a blower the limit is about 10lbs of boost.

 

Ute

 

I love my 2004 GTO. Holden builds a great car. Great fit and finish inside and out for a $30K car.

 

Far out thats cheap!! US$23,500 is AU$31,500. We get screwed over on our own locally built cars. What a disgrace! A HSV GTO here with around the same mileage(like new in this case) costs us AU$75K+!!! Thats a US$55K!! Unbelieveable! Blame the goverment and taxes!! Im moving to the US!!

 

The expensive 'Aussie' GTO.
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If only the gto came to market with that nose. those freakin bean counters who said "no" to the hood scoops at launch probably said no to that nose.

 

Indeed.

 

holden commode-doors are taxis and government and police cars here

here's a monaro (GTO) doing a burnout in front of a bunch of exotics: http://www.lulu.tv/?p=3691

(this pic by dingo - hi-res available here: http://ozcarsightings.com/update3c.html )
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