A certain group of enthusiasts will always appreciate the late Pontiac G8 GXP and its Australian sibling the Holden Commodore lineup. Many wagon lovers will also miss the Holden SS-V Special Edition Sportwagon, which shares the same front face of the Pontiac G8. Even though the 362-hp V8 powering the Holden SS-V Special Edition Sportwagon [...]
It seems like Bob Lutz just can’t let the Holden Commodore based Pontiac G8 go. The GM vice chairman is now interested in offering a high-end Chevrolet based on the Holden Commodore as a “four-door Corvette” sports model. Lutz said that after work on developing a Holden based police car was completed, Chevrolet would consider a [...]
While we’re still mourning the death of the Pontiac G8 sedan, Holden has launched two special edition models of the Commodore, which the G8 was based on. The two models, based on the SS V-Series Special Edition sedan, Sportwagon and Ute, get styling treatments that are reminiscent of our beloved Pontiac G8. The models ditch [...]
Just when you thought you were finally getting over the fact that the Pontiac G8 will not be offered as a Chevrolet Caprice or as a Buick Grand National, Holden pops up with its new Commodore based Holden Special Vehicles E Series 2 lineup, which now has more options and upgraded design across the range. What’s [...]
As GM prepares to sell its Swedish and German brand, Opel and Saab, the bankrupt automaker’s Australian brand is safe. After its surgical bankruptcy, the ‘New GM’ will consist of just four core brands including Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick. However, managing director of GM Holden, Mark Reuss, says that the Australian brand will not [...]
Holden’s Commodore is expected to get its smallest engine in more than 20 years as Holden looks to fill demands for more fuel-efficient cars. According to a report by Drive, the Commodore is expected to get a new 3.0L V6 later this September. The smaller capacity V6 will get an advanced direct-injection fuel-system to further [...]
Holden’s chairman and managing director Mark Reuss has confirmed that GM’s Australian division is working on a new compact hatch for global markets. Reuss said that the hatch will be built alongside the Holden Cruze sedan at the company’s Elizabeth plant in South Australia in the third-quarter of 2010. The Cruze-based hatch will be designed and engineered [...]
“We are not going to give up on getting the Commodore into the US,” a Holden insider has told GoAuto. Holden has made it pretty clear that ever since GM announced the death of Pontiac, it is doing all it can to not end Australian exports to the U.S. Insiders say that ever since the death [...]
By now, all of you should know that GM has finalized phasing out the Pontiac brand by the end of 2010 and along with it, the Pontiac G8 sedan which is produced by GM’s Australian unit – Holden. Reports say that Holden, which also makes the Vauxhall VXR8, is going to lose up to $729 million [...]
According to an Australian publication, General Motors has begun engineering work to keep its Zeta family of rear-wheel-drive sports cars competitive by keeping the architecture’s planned lifecycle to 2020. Both, the new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro and the Pontiac G8 use the Zeta architecture. Both vehicles were engineered in Australia, which is GM’s global development center [...]
