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Holden Sportswagon Delivers Fuel Economy
Holden Commodore produces the best fuel economy of any standard Australian-built car.
Category: Commodore
Holden Airbag Recall
By Stuart Livesey on Dec 01, 2008 in Commodore
Holden will soon be writing to the owners of 8792 Commodores to notify them of a potential defect in the driver’s side airbag.
According to the recall notice “The driver’s side airbag attachment within the seat assembly may not be to specification and may allow the side airbag to become detatched.”
According to one newspaper report the [...]
Holden Recalls the VE Commodore
A frayed fuel hose that could result in a fuel leak that could then lead to a fire has encouraged Holden to issue a recall notice for VE and WM model Holden Commodores.
This recall involves an extensive number of vehicles across a range of Vehicle Identification Numbers. Those involved fall within the following ranges:
VE [...]
Wheels Car of the Year
All I can say is Hmmm.
The Wheels Car of the Year has just been announced and it happens to be the VE Commodore – the modern vehicle that has a fuel consumption slightly worse than my seven year old Hyundai and a spare wheel that is not really designed for Australian conditions.
If I was the [...]
Holden Recalls More VE and WM Series Commodores
11,584 VE and WM sedans and wagons to be recalled
This recall affects all VE and WM model Commodores built prior to 11 September 2006 because of a potential problem with rear seatbelt buckles. A spring within the assembly could be bent and this may cause the belt to release when in use.
Holden says that owners [...]
Holden Recalls the VE Commodore
.. and the WM series as well.
It seems that Holden has discovered a problem with the fuel line and one hose in particular may be faulty and so all Commodores manufactured in July and August this year will be recalled.
Holden says that the problem has the potential to cause a fuel leak although there have [...]
Australian Car Sales Slide
By Stuart Livesey on Aug 03, 2006 in Commodore, Falcon, Ford Australia, General Motors Holden, General News, Kia, Toyota
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries announced today new car sales continue to lag behind sales for the same time last year. 1079 fewer new vehicles were sold during July than for July 2005. That monthly drop now means that 3.1% fewer new cars have been sold so far this year compared to the same [...]
Ford’s Response to the New Holden VE Commodore
‘Check back next month’ seems to be the main response when Tom Gorman, Ford Australia’s president was asked what Ford was planning on doing to meet the new competition.
Ford will be releasing an updated Falcon next month but one thing Ford claims it won’t be doing is cutting prices to keep Falcon sales happening.
VE Commodore Production Under Threat
By Stuart Livesey on Jul 26, 2006 in Commodore
The industrial dispute involving pars supplier Huon Corporation may be over for Ford and Toyota but Holden is still not receiving the parts they need to continue production.
Ford and Toyota both signed on to a rescue package for the troubled parts supplier but Holden has not yet agreed to it.
Workers at Huon’s Bendigo [...]
Holden VE Commodore Pricing and Fuel Consumption
By Stuart Livesey on Jul 25, 2006 in Commodore
Holden have finally announced the fuel consumption figures for the new Holden VE Commodore.
I think most people might have expected better figures than these but most of them are slightly down on the figures for the last Commodore.
The VE Commodore’s fuel consumption varies from 10.9 litres per 100km for the base model Omega with [...]
Holden VE Commodore
By Stuart Livesey on Jul 23, 2006 in Commodore
The Holden VE Commodore is definitely the car on everyone is thinking about at the moment. Even the release of the new Toyota Camry isn’t arousing as much interest – even though it’s more likely to be the vehicle that people would tend to buy in these days of high petrol prices.
If you would like [...]
The New Commodore is Almost Here
Holden’s new VE Commodore has been launched – although you won’t find one in a showroom just yet. This model is said to be the first all new Commodore since 1997 and despite years of work and a lot of testing Holden have not yet been able to produce fuel consumption figures.
Despite some criticism from [...]
What Exactly is Electronic Stability Control?
With Holden’s announcement last week that it would introduce Electronic Stability Control to it’s next Commodore range the Australian motoring public were exposed to some interesting technology has the potential to save a lot of lives.
Aussie Motoring sent feature writer – Russ Egan – out into the World Wide Web to find out just what [...]
Holden Announces Electronic Stability Control
By Stuart Livesey on Jun 21, 2006 in Commodore, General Motors Holden, General News, Holden Special Vehicles
Holden announced today that electronic stability control would be included as standard equipment on it’s new range of VE Commodores, Statesman, Caprice and Captiva modelsdue out later this year.
Electronic stability control helps drivers maintain control of their vehicles and prevent crashes by immediately identifying when the vehicle skids, swerves suddenly or when road conditions [...]
Holden Issues a Recall
Holden has issued a recall that affects over 90,000 Commodore sedans and utilities built between April 2003 and December 2005.
The recall was issued after Holden identified a problem with side airbags that “inflated under circumstances which did not warrant inflation.”
Holden will rectify the problem free of charge through Holden dealerships.
Over 30,000 export Commodres have also [...]
