1997 Holden Commodore VT review from Australia and New Zealand
"Built like a brick"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
Nothing ever went wrong with this car.
General comments?
The VT was a really good, refined & powerful car. 3 months after I bought it new, I was involved in an accident that wrote off both cars (my VT and a minivan)
I was traveling along a straight road at 80km/h when a minivan who was supposed to give way to me went straight through the intersection and T-Boned my car. I spun right around across the road, through a wooden fence, rolled it 3 times through large bushes and landed on the wheels with the hood of the car crumpled around a large gum tree.
The moral of the story is that the car was totally wrecked. the roof was gone, the back end was gone, the bonnet was totally smashed... It was about as wrecked as a car could be.
I WALKED AWAY from the accident, totally unhurt. The car was so well designed that I had to actually swith off the engine when I got out... it was still running! I couldn't believe that a car could stand up to such an accident and the engine would still run afterwards.
Congratulations to Holden.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Model Year | 1998 |
| First year of ownership | 1998 |
| Engine and transmission | 3.8 V6 Automatic |
| Performance marks | 7/10 |
| Reliability marks | 10/10 |
| Comfort marks | 8/10 |
| Dealer Service marks | |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 7/10 |
| Date of Entry | 4th May, 2005 |