Holden says the large car segment in Australia was at its peak in 1998, when it accounted for 217,882 sales. By comparison, it is projected to come in at about 8,700 units total for this year.

The 2018 Holden NG Commodore has been officially revealed, previewing the 2018 Opel Insignia Grand Sport and 2018 Buick Regal.

In late 1982, Holden launched its sportiest model, the Commodore SS, available with a choice of 4.2- or 5.0-liter V-8 engines, the most powerful of which made an impressive 250 horsepower.

Americans are scratching their heads over a right-hand-drive Holden Commodore SS ute that has appeared in an online auction with ID tags from a US police car.

Holden also sources the Astra from Opel. Holden's decision to end sales of the Commodore comes less than a week after we learned that Buick will also end sales of the Regal in North America next year.

He said SUVs and utes represented 76 per cent of Holden sales so far this year in a ''trend we only see continuing''. He said the Commodore and Astra will keep being sold until stocks run out in 2020.

Slated to go on sale in 2018, the Holden NG Commodore is very different from the full-size RWD sedan it replaces. Smaller, gifted with front-wheel-drive, and based on the 2017 Opel Insignia Grand ...

Holden Commodore 2006. The fourth generation Holden Commodore (known as the VE) is the first truly designed and engineered from the ground up in Australia — at a cost of $1 billion.

Holden Commodore Plant Is Up For Sale. Published: 17 May 2017, 14:13 UTC • By: Mircea Panait. 6 photos. Photo: Maynards. Construction of the Holden plant in Elizabeth, South Australia, began in ...

Perhaps Holden learned its lesson, for the next model to make an advertising splash was all about V8 grunt, certainly when it came to marketing the new VH Commodore SS. “To fire your imagination ...

The last Holden Commodore ute made in Australia, 20 October 2017. Picture: Supplied. The biggest selling Holden of all time was the HQ Kingswood from 1971-72, of which more than 485,000 were built.