The "ve" Thread

[Full Spectrum]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

He was a long time Holden employee, worked as an engineer on the 253 project. His bias is quite obvious. He always recommends the Kluger over the Territory because his sister has one and she likes it :

Actually a women done the article. SAMANTHA STEVENS. Who does work with Wheels mag also.

[rushing on acid]

another part of their $1billion dollars spent on telling australians that the 6.0 litre is fuel efficient?

[Phex]

Is this it? A mate sent it to me.

[uranium_death]

Volvo?

[Dilan]

Looks like a Saab 93 sportswagon. But I guess the VE wagon will look similar cos Saab is part of GM.

[XR8-260]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

Volvo?

The rear looks a bit like the Volvo V50 wagon.

[uranium_death]

If that is the new Commodore wagon and assuming that all goes well, I see a fast drop in Falcon wagons. It looks very nice from the back. But the body doesn't look Holden. Looks similar to a Mitsubishi Wagon. So once again, it's a case of waiting and seeing.

[Danny]

It's a SAAB 93 Wagon Thats all.

[05MkIIFutura]

Originally Posted by Danny

It's a SAAB 93 Wagon Thats all.

Given away by the SAAB badge on the rear

[Kobayashi]

Dammit, they need to bring out the dodge magnum here Drove it when i was working in the states, and the SRT hemi version is the most kickass wagon i have ever been in, lol.

[SpoolMan]

another VE thread merged.

[XR8-260]

It's about time Holden and Ford made their wagons more appealling :

[uranium_death]

Originally Posted by 30487256

It's about time Holden and Ford made their wagons more appealling :

Station wagons are cars built for a purpose -for carrying stuff. They aren't made to be showpieces.

I think the Holden wagon looks fine. I don't like the rear of the Falcon. The rear window looks retarded and the back lights are also not to my liking. Pre-AU wagons were fine. Used to have an old XF. Sold it to some lady who wanted to pull horses.

[MITCHAY]

Holden had the SS wagon. I reckon that looked great although I would never buy a wagon. To me there is no point in owning a wagon unless you have a use for it. It does however offer a person with the use for a wagon but wants the looks/performance of a sedan to have a choice.

A B series XR wagon would be quite good I reckon, if for nothing else for cosmetics.

[XR8-260]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

Station wagons are cars built for a purpose -for carrying stuff. They aren't made to be showpieces.

Utes are built for carrying stuff. But look at all the crewmans, SS and Pursuit Utes out there. Why not tart up the wagon like the Europeans do?

[XR8-260]

But I guess there is no real buyer appeal for aussie wagons like there is for utes...

[David See]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

Sold it to some lady who wanted to pull horses.

Yuck! Horrible mental image!

I agree. I have always like the bulk and balance of the Holden Wagon. But I must say it is confusing that a car company capable of designing the attractive Territory, with its chunky, bulky rear end, is happy with their effort on the Falcon Wagon. What a mess! That rear end is bloody awful and doesn't suit the front. Even more noticeable now there has been a facelift.

[uranium_death]

Originally Posted by David See

Yuck! Horrible mental image!

I agree. I have always like the bulk and balance of the Holden Wagon. But I must say it is confusing that a car company capable of designing the attractive Territory, with its chunky, bulky rear end, is happy with their effort on the Falcon Wagon. What a mess! That rear end is bloody awful and doesn't suit the front. Even more noticeable now there has been a facelift.

Not THAT type of pull! :hihi:

Wanted to pull a horse in its float...oh wait...that still doesn't suffice. The float would be a little sticky.

She wanted a car that was able to tow a float where a horse would reside when being transported.

There we go.

[jd dad]

The only VE`s I`ve seen in the flesh so to speak have been a White and a Dark Grey Omega- man they are dog ugly imo. Mate has ordered an SSV I hope its a huge improvement on the base models

[Wally]

I have owned a VE Calais 6 litre for the last three weeks. It is noticeably a better car than the previous model. I didn't much like the ride and noise of the six, but the eight performs very nicely.

[uranium_death]

I saw a Clubsport R8 about 1.5 hours ago. Looked nice in the flesh. I still think those little vents near on the front-quarter panels front look crap though.

But it looked pretty good.

[ClevlndStemer]

Well the commodore has been nominated for World car of the year

Holden's new VE Commodore, developed at a cost of more than $1 billion, has been nominated for the World Car of the Year Award and is the only Australian-made vehicle among the 28 finalists.

The award, presented by a worldwide jury of motoring journalists, is judged according to styling, performance, handling, comfort, value, safety and environmental responsibility.

To be eligible, a new car must be available in a minimum of five countries on at least two continents.
http://www.news.com.au/business/stor...51-462,00.html

I say well done Holden, all the best.

[MITCHAY]

Didn't you know they somehow payed off the rest of the world now! Can't get much unbiased than that!

Good on them, nice to see one our Aussie cars up there.