Holden Commodore

  • 2016 HSV Maloo R8 LSA with left-hand drive - Photo credit: Mecum

    The HSV Maloo is an Aussie-built sport truck powered by a supercharged V-8, and you can own one converted to left-hand drive.

  • Holden Torana TT36 concept
    Early design document for VE Holden Commodore shows small sedan, coupe variants

    When designing its VE Commodore in the early 2000s, Holden came up with multiple body styles that sadly never saw the light of day.

  • 2019 Holden Commodore
    Holden Commodore will be retired in 2020

    Holden will retire the Commodore next year after a run spanning more than four decades.

  • 2020 Opel Insignia Grand Sport
    Buick Regal's Opel twin given an update

    The Opel Insignia is sold in the United States as the Buick Regal but we won't see the updated model as the Regal will soon be dropped.

  • 2021 Buick Regal leaked - Photo credit: Autoweek.nl
    2021 Buick Regal leaked

    Buick's Regal is about to undergo a facelift but we may not see the updates reach the United States.

  • HSV’s final Holden Commodore-based model is a 2017 GTSR W1
    HSV builds its final Holden Commodore-based super sedan

    Australia’s semi-official tuner to Holden, HSV, has made a name for itself over the past three decades by churning out meaty muscle cars based on successive generations of rear-wheel-drive, V-8-powered Holden Commodores. All of that has come to an end, however, as HSV on Wednesday announced...

  • Last Holden Commodore to be built in Australia - October 2017

    It’s a sad day for automotive enthusiasts in Australia, and a few in other parts of the globe, as the country’s car industry comes to a grinding halt. On Friday, General Motors’ local subsidiary Holden turned the lights off at its plant in Elizabeth, South Australia, ending 69 years of Holden production in the country. The brand will live on, but exclusively with cars imported from overseas, including a next-generation Commodore. The last car, a 2017 Holden Commodore SS-V Redline, which is similar to the Chevrolet SS sold in the United States, is thought to have been...

  • 2018 Opel Insignia GSi Sports Tourer
    Wagons ho! Opel Insignia GSi Sports Tourer revealed

    Hot wagons are a rarity in the United States but over in Europe they’re all the rage, outselling their sedan equivalents in many cases. Opel will use this week’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show to introduce its latest high-performance wagon, the Insignia GSi. We’ve already seen the car...

  • 2018 Opel Insignia GSi Sports Tourer spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Opel Insignia GSi Sports Tourer spy shots

    Opel’s new Insignia GSi, which we’re getting as the 2018 Buick Regal GS, has just been spotted testing in its wagon body style, which Opel refers to as a Sports Tourer. We’re only getting the Regal GS as a fastback sedan but Opel will offer both fastback sedan and wagon versions...

  • 2018 Holden Commodore VXR
    Buick Regal GS does double duty as Holden Commodore VXR, Opel Insignia GSi

    Buick on Wednesday unveiled a new Regal GS for North America, but elsewhere the car will be badged a Holden Commodore VXR or Opel Insignia GSi or Vauxhall Insignia GSi. The Commodore VXR will serve as the performance flagship for the latest Commodore which is essentially a rebadged Buick Regal sold...

  • 2018 Holden Commodore Australia Supercars race car
    Holden Commodore racer for Australia Supercars revealed--and it has a V-8

    Holden has a new Commodore coming in 2018, though the car is really a rebadged Opel Insignia Grand Sport (a Buick Regal Sportback to us Yanks) that will be sourced from Germany, as opposed to made locally. Nevertheless, the front-wheel-drive, V-8-lacking fastback sedan will continue to serve as the...

  • 2017 Vauxhall VXR8 GTS-R
    Vauxhall gets final run of VXR8 super sedans from Down Under

    General Motors’ British outfit, Vauxhall, has received its last batch of VXR8 muscle sedans. The final version is the VXR8 GTSR, which is just a rebadged version of the GTSR from semi-official Holden tuner HSV. The GTSR is based on the VF-Series Holden Commodore, a version of which is sold...

  • 2018 Opel Insignia Country Tourer

    Last night we were treated with the reveal of the 2018 Buick Regal TourX, a wagon—yes, a new Buick wagon!—with all-wheel drive, a raised ride height, and underbody protection. It’s not unique to Buick, however, as General Motors will sell the vehicle in Europe as the Opel Insignia Country Tourer (Vauxhall Insignia Country Tourer in the United Kingdom) and in Australia and New Zealand as the Holden Commodore Tourer. Both the Opel and Holden models were revealed today. Opel and Holden also get the Regal TourX minus the soft-roader qualities, labeled the Insignia Sports Tourer...

  • 2017 Opel Insignia Grand Sport, 2017 Geneva auto show
    2017 Opel Insignia Grand Sport revealed

    Recently, we saw Holden unveil its redesigned Commodore. At this week's 2017 Geneva auto show, we have our first look at Opel’s version of the car, the Insignia Grand Sport. Apart from their badges—and whether the steering wheel is on the left or right—the two cars are virtually...

  • 2017 Opel Insignia Sports Tourer
    Wagon body style added to 2017 Opel Insignia range

    General Motors’ European unit Opel will start selling a new generation of its Insignia mid-sizer later in 2017. We’re already seen the redesigned Insignia in Grand Sport liftback form, and over the weekend the first photos of the car’s Insignia Sports Tourer wagon body style were...

  • 2017 HSV GTSR lineup
    HSV reveals last of its rear-wheel-drive Commodores

    General Motors’ Australian subsidiary Holden is set to wind up production of its rear-wheel-drive Commodore range in October. There will be a new Commodore arriving in 2018, but this will be a front-wheel-drive model twinned with the Opel Insignia Grand Sport and, perhaps most tragically, no...

  • 2017 HSV GTSR W1
    HSV reveals Corvette ZR1-powered GTSR W1 super sedan

    General Motors’ Australian unit Holden is set to end local production in October, and along with the end of production will be the demise of the rear-wheel-drive Commodore, the current version of which is sold here in high-performance trim as the Chevrolet SS. A new Commodore is coming...

  • 2017 Holden Commodore Motorsport, Director and Magnum special editions
    Holden rolls out special editions to mark end of Aussie-built Commodore

    General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] Australian division Holden will shutter its plant in October, ending four decades of Aussie-built, rear-wheel-drive Commodore tradition in the process—as well as resulting in the demise of the Chevrolet SS. A redesigned Commodore has been revealed, but...

  • 2018 Holden Commodore

    Holden on Tuesday revealed its redesigned Commodore sedan, a slightly revised version of which will be sold in the United States as the 2018 Buick Regal (shown below). The only real difference between the Holden and Buick versions will be a more conventional notchback sedan shape for the Regal instead of the Commodore’s fastback look. The latest Commodore, referred to internally as the NG, also previews Opel’s new Insignia Grand Sport which will be revealed soon and is due for a debut next March at the 2017 Geneva auto show. The two cars will share a production line at...

  • Teaser for 2017 Opel Insignia Grand Sport debuting at 2017 Geneva auto show
    Opel previews new Insignia Grand Sport’s chassis technology

    Opel is working on a new generation of its Insignia mid-size sedan, a version of which will eventually make it into Buick showrooms as the 2018 Regal and into Holden showrooms as the 2018 Commodore. The outgoing Insignia is already a competent handler, particularly in OPC trim, but Opel engineers...

  • Teaser for 2017 Opel Insignia Grand Sport debuting at 2017 Geneva auto show
    Opel teases new Insignia Grand Sport’s matrix LED headlights

    The Opel Insignia will be redesigned in 2017, with the new model to also serve as a replacement for the existing Buick Regal and Holden Commodore in General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] global fleet. Opel on Tuesday gave a glimpse at the headlight design of the new car and confirmed it will...

  • Teaser for 2018 Holden Commodore
    2018 Holden Commodore first details

    Though it was hardly a secret, General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] on Wednesday confirmed that the next-generation Opel Insignia will serve as a Holden Commodore in the Australian and New Zealand markets. Its arrival will mark the end of four decades of Australian production of the Commodore, as the...

  • 2015 Red Bull Racing Australia Holden Commodore Australia Supercars race car-based drift machine
    Red Bull turns Australia Supercars Commodore into wild drift machine

    The powerful rear-wheel-drive machines of the Australia Supercars Championship are already prone to drifting, but imagine taking one and modifying it for the specific goal of going sideways. That’s exactly what top team Red Bull Racing Australia did with its multiple race-winning Holden...

  • 2017 Opel Insignia spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2017 Opel Insignia spy shots

    Opel engineers are out testing a prototype for the next-generation Insignia sedan. Though destined to compete in the mid-size sedan segment, the new Insignia looks to be growing in size, so much so that it may rival some larger models. It also looks like the design team has adopted a sloping...

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