Instead of bringing all members of the new Commodore VF family out in the open at once, Holden has chosen to release the separate models in stages.
GM's Australian subsidiary began with the regular sedan and the more luxurious Calais, which were followed by the SS V and its American counterpart, the 2014 Chevrolet SS, and now, we have the Sportwagon and Ute models.
Both the station wagon and the pickup truck version of the Commodore VF series benefit from the same exterior re-skin and a new interior, with all body styles sharing their V6 and V8 engines, though, Holden has yet to release any details about the performance specs.
The Commodore SportWagon pictured here is the more premium Calais variant, while the Ute is the SS V model, likely sporting the Chevy SS's 415hp 6.2-liter LS3 V8.
Holden confirmed that all three Commodore body styles – sedan, Sportwagon and Ute – will go on sale at the same time.
Will we see any of the other body styles making it to North America? According to former Holden boss and now GM North America chief Mark Reuss, there's a possibility that one of the two body styles presented today could join the Chevrolet SS.
“It’s a little bit late for Ute,” Reuss told Australia's Drive. “[But] some people think it would really a really cool thing to do. It’s not too late for the wagon,” he added, leaving the door open for a SS Sportwagon model.
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Yeah GM, screw with borrowed boring styling another classic model-name - El Camino... Good luck with that!
psiqtas, what are you trying to say? Your post has confused me.
I definitely prefer this over the Vauxhall Insignia
I hope the Ute comes up here. I always wanted to put a Corvette engine in an HHR SS and convert it to a pick up. That Ute would be cool.
The wagon would be better with less power. There's no need for it. it would be over powered and over priced. We need the Cruze wagon.
The cruze wagon is a totally different quality car - This commodore is nothing like the GM Korean crap in the rest of the line up
The Aussie designed UTE and Sportwagon would be perfect timing for the 2014 American Market ... if GM doesn't mess up the marketing
That' these lazy GM's bean counters screw any new performance model, which potentially could be a seller on their market. Come on, the last GTO was boring, G8 a stop-gap, and now the SS is just & only rebranded Aussie - what the hell should that means, are they thinking that American customer looking for a performance sedan are stupid? Where have been all the people who design the CTS-V or the Camaro ZL1??? Predict no big career for SS - in my country they say "getting from rain under the drain-pipe"!
I'm totally curious: the present Chrysler 300 didn't sell in Europe, where it is actually only rebranded (stupid badge-engineering) as Lancia Theme (beside UK) - I even haven't seen a one on the roads! Same way with the 200 (Flavia) and the Town & Country (Voyager)... They're now absolutely "dealer's-showroom-fillers", quite nobody buy them anymore, because people aren't stupid and like US brand more. GM made that same way again with Holden... very curious!
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