1992 Holden Commodore review from Australia and New Zealand

The temp gauge only worked when it felt like it. the odometer just stopped one day, and then a couple of months later it just started up again on its own. The car slowly deteriorated over the 9 months that I had it and it made a myriad of noises from the suspension to the steering the cassette stopped working and the remote central locking only worked sometimes. Not when you want it to work.

The car was fairly quick, but it was a rough ride for a modern car. You would expect more performance from such a big engine, but that's what you get with companies that use out of date technology. Up against Japanese cars of the same vintage and even older this dinosaur just does not cut it. in the hills it handdles like a car of twice its age and has way to much body roll for its own good. All the options in the car started to fall apart and I think that the whole car was built of poor quality all round and is not a car to desire and aspire to own as I found out after I had owned one!. My advice to any one looking at buying a VP, Take your money and buy a japanese car. You can get one for the same price if you shop around and you will get a better package all round. For get "are you a ford or a holden man" it is now "are you a Toyota or a Nissan man" as these cars are of such better quility and all the die Hard Ford and Holden fans would not even know as they are to one eyed to import cars that they would probably not even consider test driving one. Well if you are like that (as I used to be) you are the only one missing out as now that I have seen the other side I will never go back to "Australian" cars ever as they are to inferior for my liking.