That may be a little short of the 362 horsepower from the six-liter V-8 in other Commodore models, but I never found the Calais-V Sportwagon wanting for power and appreciated anything to bring up ...

Holden's VE Commodore has received a lot of global airtime recently as the basis of the upcoming North American-market Pontiac G8. Europeans already know a spiced-up version as the Vauxhall VXR8 ...

According to Holden, the five-star rating will also be applied to two different models expected to go on sale in March 2009, Special Edition VE Commodore International Sedan and Sportwagon.