Thread: The New Holden Commodore is made by Peugeot?

Originally Posted by 87County

Is this real ? or just a wind-up?

It doesn't really make much difference who makes it anyway.
It was never much more than a badge.

Been known for a while.

The Commodore is made by Opal which was sold to the PSA group last year (along with Vauxhall) - PSA is basically run by Peugeot but includes Citroen.

The TDV6 engines in our landies are PSA engines - developed in conjunction with Ford and built by Ford in the UK.

So yes - the new Commodore has no basic current connection with GM but was certainly designed when controlled by GM and is now a Peugeot.

Yeah, it's an Opal dog and sales are in the toilet as everyone knew they would be apart from Holden themselves for some reason. It's like they are deliberately trying to go broke...

April VFACTS: New low for Holden Commodore - motoring.com.au

I do think they at least look good.

I used to be a one eyed Holden lover. Owned so many i could not count. If i was going to buy a car as a kid it was Holden or nothing!

Im glad Land Rover filled that void i have after Holden died.

My faith has just been restored!

Check this out! Harrop doing there thing.

Plenty has been written about the "new" Commodore, plenty of it negative, some deserved, some not.
I know plenty of people knocking it, when they haven't even driven it, in many cases, because it ain't like the VF, and also, because it hasn't got a V8 engine option.
Well, I have driven one, and I ain't saying it's the best car in the world, but IMHO it ain't as bad as many make out.
Ok, it "looks" like plenty of other current offerings, so hard to recognize on the street. The interior is good, comfortable, well finished with a "Euro" feel/look. I drove the AWD VXR version with a 3.6V6 & 8 speed auto,....very nice to drive, nice & compact, a "smaller" car to drive than the VF that we currently own.
I'm going to make sure I have a drive of the 2L turbo Calais with I think its 9 speed auto, which I've heard is the pick of the bunch.
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

Plenty has been written about the "new" Commodore, plenty of it negative, some deserved, some not.
I know plenty of people knocking it, when they haven't even driven it, in many cases, because it ain't like the VF, and also, because it hasn't got a V8 engine option.
Well, I have driven one, and I ain't saying it's the best car in the world, but IMHO it ain't as bad as many make out.
Ok, it "looks" like plenty of other current offerings, so hard to recognize on the street. The interior is good, comfortable, well finished with a "Euro" feel/look. I drove the AWD VXR version with a 3.6V6 & 8 speed auto,....very nice to drive, nice & compact, a "smaller" car to drive than the VF that we currently own.
I'm going to make sure I have a drive of the 2L turbo Calais with I think its 9 speed auto, which I've heard is the pick of the bunch.
Pickles.

Agreed most wouldn't have driven one, there aren't many out there to drive...

I have, and yes it drove fine and in a lot of respects better than the previous model but that's not why I hate it. I hate it because Holden are ****wits and managed the company so poorly that it now basically doesn't exist. I hate it for everything Holden stands for now after being a loyal buyer for decades and an owner of 5 different dunny doors in the past. I also hate how it looks - it's bloody aweful. So, in a nutshell I hate Holden now and everything they make regardless of how good or not it may be. I'm clearly not the only one as the population have turned their back on Holden in a big way. I hope they rot in hell and go broke soon.