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the door grab handles and the parking brake
handle replaced with an electric parking
switch. This frees up more room for storage,
including two big cupholders and storage bins
fore and aft on the console, which is lit by “ice
blue” ambient lighting.
Outside, the VF Commodore’s sheetmetal is
all new forward of the A-pillars and rear of the
C-pillars.
The bonnet and boot are now fashioned
from aluminium alloy to save weight, with
the bonnet getting a more prominent raised
profile, while the rear of the vehicle echoes
these stronger lines.
Unsurprising, the effect is rather Chevrolet,
with the American brand getting the same
sheetmetal in its SS version that will be
exported from Australia to North America
later this year.
Holden’s chief designer for creative design,
Work and play: Holden’s latest Ute has a new
nose, but unchanged sheetmetal at the rear.
Richard Ferlazzo, said his team had raised the bar
on the Commodore, keeping the strong elements
of the VE – such as the pronounced front
wheelarches – but adding greater sophistication.
Calais gets a large chrome grille, but other
models, including the SS and base Commodore,
will get unique front and rear styling treatments,
especially around the front air openings.
Mr Ferlazzo said the design had been “tuned
to the nth degree” to improve aerodynamic
performance, and while he and other Holden
executives would not divulge fuel economy
figures, he said engineers had been getting
“some great numbers”.
As expected, the fuel economy will be
enhanced with a new electric-assisted power
steering system that was one of the fuel-saving
features developed for Commodore with a
$39.8 million federal government Green Car
Innovation Fund co-development grant.
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