2006 Holden Commodore VE SS-V8 from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

22nd Feb 2007, 13:23

"A tremendous bargain when you look at what you get for your money, power, comfort, on-road presence"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Nothing so far.

General comments?

After owning the car for 3 months now and after 4000 km of driving I am very happy with it so far.

The Holden is a lot easier to drive than the Audi Allroad that I had prior to it. There is plenty of power, and the fuel economy, while it is thirsty around town, is actually pretty good on a long trip (about 11 litres per 100km).

There has obviously been a lot of thought put into the design of the current VE Commodore. For instance, the stereo controls are very intuitive I feel, with the steering wheel controls very easy to get used to. Ditto the cruise control, which I have found pretty useful for keeping the speed down under 110km on the straight bits, as it certainly has plenty of power.

The seats are pretty comfortable, although the lack of fully electrical adjustment of them is probably the only criticism that I would offer.

My wife is also a great fan of the car. She refused to drive the Audi, as she reckoned it made her tired when she drove it. No such problem with the Commodore.


25th Mar 2007, 20:05

I don't have the SSV, but I do have the SS.

And its been excellent have over 15,000 on the odo now.


5th Jan 2008, 21:40

You can't comment on reliability 3000K in and give it 10/10.

I like to see if you can comment the same after your warranty is up. Shame you can't give negative scores.


6th Jan 2008, 19:56

I just covered over 30,000 on my VE SS and has not have any problems with it. So I still rate it as I see it.

Don't like it then bugger off with your negative crap!

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