BASED ON THE 2010 Holden Commodore VE Omega Ute, Victoria Police and Holden have today launched the force’s new divisional van, scheduled to hit the road from November.

With 200 ‘divvy’ vans to join the police force’s fleet, the purpose-built cars will eventually supersede all 160 of Victoria’s existing vans, adding an additional 40 cars [...]

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THE FIRST COMMERCIAL vehicle to offer six airbags as standard across the range, the 2010 Holden VE Commodore Ute is expected to achieve a 5-Star ANCAP safety rating.

Available later this month, the Ute gets curtain airbags for the first time and is expected to be officially tested by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program [...]

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It appears that Mazda is not the only manufacturer enjoying sales success. Holden has today announced that its recently released Sportwagon has out-sold the leading models in the medium SUV segment for the month of August. A result that has returned the Commodore nameplate back to the top of the ’best sellers’ list in the process.

In the Sportwagon’s first full month of sales, 1509 [...]

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Hopes of the famous Chevy El Camino nameplate being resurrected for the Holden supplied Ute in the US appear to have been dashed with new information coming to light. According to Pickuptruck.com the Holden supplied ute will be rebadged as a Pontiac G8 ST, with the ST standing for “Sports Truck”.

As much as many [...]

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Holden has unveiled its much-anticipated VE Ute range today, hoping to jag the interest of more than just the average tradesman. Rather than just a ‘rough and tumble’ workhorse, the new Ute is being pushed as a lifestyle vehicle and this has seen design triumph over more practical considerations such as load-carrying capacity.

Holden has spent [...]

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