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  • Walkinshaw Performance W375 Package for HSV’s Gen F range

    If a rear-wheel-drive sports sedan powered by a LS3 V-8 isn’t enough to get your heart rate pulsing, Walkinshaw Performance’s new W375 Package should do the job. Walkinshaw Performance is a spinoff of famed performance group TWR which was formed by the late Tom Walkinshaw and went bankrupt in 2002 after the failed running of the Arrows F1 team. Currently, Walkinshaw Performance is involved with various forms motorsport and also the manufacture of high-powered Holden Commodore sedans. The company’s latest W375 Package is designed for the already extreme HSV Gen F range, based...

  • Richard Ferlazzo
    Holden Gets New Design Chief As Former Head Moves To Cadillac

    Richard Ferlazzo, the man responsible for 2006’s stunning Efijy concept (pictured above), has been promoted to head of design at General Motors’ Australian outpost Holden. He replaces Andrew Smith, who heads to North America to run the design team at Cadillac as part of a major shakeup...

  • 2013 HSV GTS commercial
    HSV shuns the fun police in new ad for 580-horsepower GTS sedan

    HSV, official tuner to Holden in Australia, has released its first television advertisement for its new flagship, the 2013 GTS sedan. The car sits atop the latest Gen-F range of high-powered sedans, utes and wagons and comes to the market with a supercharged LSA V-8 engine delivering 580 horsepower...

  • 2013 Holden Commodore SS V Ute at the Nürburgring
    Holden sets Nürburgring ‘record’ with VF Commodore Ute

    A version of the latest VF-Series Holden Commodore, the high-performance SS V Ute, was recently taken to the Nürburgring in Germany for some final tuning and one very important test. That test was to see how fast the car could lap the famous German track’s full Nordschleife, which Holden...

  • 2014 Chevrolet SS in Holden's ad for the VF Commodore
    2014 Chevy SS Stars In Holden’s Ads For New Commodore: Video

    The 2014 Chevrolet SS doesn’t hit showrooms until this fall, where it will wear a pricetag of $44,470, but the car’s Australian cousin, the new VF Holden Commodore, has just launched in its own market. These are two of the television ads for the VF Commodore, both of which make mention...

  • 2013 HSV GTS
    Supercharged LSA-powered Commodore heads to UK, is the US next?

    You’re looking at the latest flagship from Holden tuner HSV, the 2013 GTS super sedan, which is based on the Australian VF-series Holden Commodore that’s due to go on sale later this year in U.S. showrooms as the 2014 Chevrolet SS. The GTS, which packs a supercharged 6.2-liter LSA V-8...

  • 2013 Holden Caprice

    Holden has revealed an updated version of its Caprice sedan, which readers in the U.S. will recognize as the upmarket version of the Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV). The car is essentially the long-wheelbase version of Holden’s mainstream Commodore, which itself was recently updated. While the exterior of the latest Caprice remains identical to the outgoing model, the interior has received a complete overhaul. There are only two trims, the standard Caprice and range-topping Caprice V, and both offer a suite of world-class technology including a semi-automated parking...

  • 2013 Holden Commodore Calais V Sportwagon
    VF Holden Commodore Ute and Sportwagon revealed, US sales of wagon not ruled out

    Following the reveal of the new VF Holden Commodore, a car that--in performance trim--will be sold in the U.S. as the new 2014 Chevrolet SS, comes the reveal of its additional bodystyles, the Ute and Sportwagon. The new Ute and Sportwagon retain much of the styling of their VE Commodore-based...

  • 2014 Chevrolet SS
    2014 Chevrolet SS Debuts At Daytona International Speedway

    After years of conjecture and rumor, a new, rear-wheel-drive performance sedan has finally been unveiled for the bowtie brand, and it’s called the 2014 Chevrolet SS. The new sports sedan makes its debut today at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida, where it will be showcased...

  • 2013 Holden Commodore SS V
    2014 Chevy SS gets closer with reveal of new Holden Commodore SS V

    This is our best look yet at the upcoming 2014 Chevrolet SS sports sedan. The car is the new VF Holden Commodore SS V, the Australian cousin of the Chevy SS that will make its debut at Daytona International Speedway this Saturday. THE 2014 CHEVROLET SS HAS BEEN REVEALED. CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE...

  • 2013 Holden Commodore V8 Supercars race car
    VF Holden Commodore V8 Supercars race car revealed

    Just one day after General Motors’ Australian subsidiary, Holden, unveiled its handsomely-styled VF Commodore, teams campaigning the car in the 2013 V8 Supercars touring car series unveiled their various versions. Featured here is the car from Holden’s official factory team, the Holden...

  • 2013 Holden Commodore Calais V
    VF Holden Commodore revealed, previews 2014 Chevy SS

    The long-awaited VF Holden Commodore rear-wheel-drive sedan has been revealed, previewing the look of the 2014 Chevrolet SS that’s set for its own debut this coming week. So far only the upmarket Calais V model has been revealed, though the shape of the car, the lights and most of the...

  • 2012 Holden Commodore

    Holden boss Mike Devereux has confirmed that a next-generation Commodore will be launched once the latest model, the VF, to be revealed on Sunday and sold in the U.S. as the 2014 Chevrolet SS, ends production in 2016. There were fears that Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors Company [NYSE:GM], was going to drop the Commodore from its lineup after the VF had run its course due to declining sales, but Devereux has now put those fears to rest. The Holden exec didn’t go so far as to reveal what bodystyle the new Commodore would feature, though a switch to a crossover, which...

  • VE Commodore production line at Holden plant
    Holden Starts Work On Body Shop For Next-Generation Cars

    General Motors’ Australian subsidiary Holden has started work on a new body shop that will be used to build two future models, the first of which, the next-generation Cruze compact car, will enter production in 2015. The second model will enter production in 2018 when the upcoming VF...

  • HSV ClubSport R8 race car developed with Walkinshaw Racing - Image courtesy of Drive
    HSV Tests KERS Hybrid In Commodore Racer, Could Lead To Production Version

    Holden’s performance division HSV is working on its own racing series together with motorsport firm Walkinshaw Racing, using the Holden Commodore-based ClubSport R8 as the basis for a new one-make series aimed at India and several other markets in Asia. HSV has now revealed that it is...

  • 2012 HSV GTS 25th Anniversary Edition
    HSV testing supercharged V-8 for new F Series, could feature in Chevy SS

    With the introduction of an updated VF Holden Commodore pegged for early next year, HSV, official tuner to Holden, will be introducing its own new models based on the car in the form of the F Series range. Prototypes for HSV’s F Series are already testing in Australia, and according to...

  • 2014 Chevrolet SS spy shots
    2014 Chevrolet SS Spy Shots

    UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Following official confirmation back in May that an updated version of the Australian designed and built Holden Commodore will be heading to U.S. shores, this time wearing a Chevrolet bowtie, a prototype for the new...

  • 2012 HSV Clubsport sedan
    HSV Updates Lineup For 2012, Revives ClubSport And Maloo Names

    Official tuner to Holden, HSV has introduced a range of updates to its lineup of high-performance sedans, wagons and utes, with the updates coinciding with the company’s 25th anniversary taking place this year. HSV’s model lineup, sold primarily in Australia though available elsewhere...

  • 2012 Holden Commodore 'Thunder' Ute

    General Motors’ Australian subsidiary Holden called on its Facebook fans to come up with a new advertising slogan for its latest Commodore ‘Thunder’ Ute. And the fans delivered, coming up with the slogan “No Backseat Drivers.” The more than 300,000 fans on Holden’s Facebook page were even given the chance to pick the winning slogan from three finalists, providing a fun and somewhat creative means of generating conversation and sparking interest on the page. And the slogan, which is quite fitting considering the Commodore Ute has only two seats, has since...

  • 2014 Chevrolet SS in NASCAR guise
    Chevy SS and VF Commodore to make simultaneous debut during Daytona 500

    Chevrolet has already confirmed that its new 2014 SS sports sedan, the American cousin of the upcoming VF series Holden Commodore, will be making its official debut just prior to the Daytona 500 next February. Now it’s been revealed that the long-awaited VF Commodore will be revealed at the...

  • 2014 Chevrolet SS in NASCAR guise
    2014 Chevrolet SS Confirmed As VF Holden Commodore: Official

    UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Chevrolet, together with officials from fellow GM subsidiary Holden, has confirmed today that the Australian designed and built Holden Commodore sedan will return to U.S. shores as the 2014 Chevrolet SS. A racing...

  • Chevrolet Lumina SS based on the Holden Commodore
    2014 Chevrolet SS Performance Announcement Due Soon: Report

    UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. It was only two months ago that Chevrolet first announced it was ditching the Impala in next year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup in favor of an all-new model, one that would also be joining the brand’s passenger...

  • Design team at Holden
    Inside Look At Holden’s Design Center: Video

    We recently ran a post detailing some design processes utilized by the Buick team when penning new models. Today, another General Motors subsidiary, Holden, is in the spotlight. On the world stage Holden is usually recognized for just one vehicle, the Commodore, but the Australian arm of the GM...

  • Chevrolet Lumina based on the Holden Commodore
    LHD Holden Commodore testing in Oz; Is it the 2014 Chevy SS?--Update

    UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been confirmed as the VF Holden Commodore. Click here for all the details. A prototype for the facelifted VF Holden Commodore has been spotted testing in Australia ahead of its local launch pegged for early next year. While it’s normal for Holden to test...

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