SPY PICS: Caught! New Commodore on the road
Holden’s new hope out and about months before launchUndisguised examples of Holden’s new ZB Commodore are now appearing on Australian roads, more than two months before launch.
motoring.com.au spotted this Calais on the Monash Freeway in Melbourne today and last week saw three undisguised ZBs in the city’s south-eastern suburbs.
The new Opel Insignia-based Commodore is the first imported example of the breed, after four generations and 39 years of local production.
Production of the last local Commodores ceased in October.
But while that car was a rear-wheel drive V6 and V8, the ZB will come with a choice of front- and all-wheel drive and four-cylinder and V6 engines when it launches in February.
It will be available in liftback, wagon and crossover (but not ute) body styles, with entry-level, Calais and VXR trim levels, and with front-wheel drive 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol and diesel, and all-wheel drive 3.6-litre V6 powertrains.
But how long the ZB will be on-sale in Australia is now a huge question mark now that new Opel/Vauxhall owner, the French PSA Group, has revealed it is accelerating the Insignia’s transition away from its General Motors architecture to its own EMP2 platform.
The ZB Commodore made its public debut at Motorclassica in October and has been driven and reviewed by Australian motoring media in prototype and pre-production form.
Read our drive of the 2018 Holden Commodore here
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