Holden made its unveiling of the 2016 Holden VF Commodore Series II all about the sedan, though, still dished details about the entire range of Commodore, including the Sportwagon, Ute and Calais.
Instead, Holden debuted the 2016 VF Commodore Series II Ute at an enthusiast at the 17th annual Deniliquin Ute Muster.
Everything to love about the 2016 VF Commodore Series II is alive and well in the Ute body style, including the 6.2-liter LS3 V8, cranking out 408 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque. Completing the sprint from 0 to 62 takes a mere 4.9 seconds, making this the quickest Holden ute ever produced.
Coupled with the new bi-modal exhaust, with Holden designed “Baillie tip”, Holden says the latest Commodore Ute amplifies what every ute buyer loves in the vehicle’s best package yet.
“This has been an especially exciting project as we’ve wanted this engine in this vehicle for some time now so it’s great that it’s finally here and it certainly won’t disappoint,” said Mr. Trubiani.
“It’s a perfect demonstration of how Holden understands the unique needs of Australian ute drivers who want a functional car for the week but with the added performance and character for an engaging weekend drive,” said Holden’s Lead Dynamics Engineer, Rob Trubiani.
As for the 2016 VF Series II Ute, Holden’s Chief Engineer, Andrew Holmes, said the years of hard work developing VFII ensure it is a thrilling and engaging ride, and a fitting car to be launched to the 20,000 strong Deniliquin crowd first.
“We’ve been working on this car for a while now and are excited to see it make its debut at Deni. The new 6.2-litre LS3 engine, combined with its unique sound character makes an already thrilling sports vehicle, even more special,” said Mr. Holmes.
“We have tested the Ute alongside sedan and wagon, completing in the region of 250,000kms of development driving and can say this is absolutely the best car we have ever engineered and we know our customers will enjoy driving VFII as much as we enjoyed creating it.”
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Still don’t understand why GM can’t box up a few thousand of these with V6’s and sell them here as El Caminos.
The same engine, on the same platform, is already approved via Caprice PPV. The demand is guaranteed.
NHTSA testing is not that expensive. Swapping the interior bits to LHD was already done for the Chevy SS.
The number of people that would buy a V6 El Camino – just for the nameplate and body type, is in the thousands day-one. Admittedly, I’m one of those people.
Remember when GM managers had to pull the (admittedly, flippant) promise that if thousands committed to pre-ordering on Twitter, that they would bring El Camino back? Because people actually did it.
Remember when people booked all the Solstice production for 2006, before even test driving it? That.
I don’t get it. The costs with delivering a limited run El Camino are all covered. It’s too late to say “just do it” – but it isn’t too late to remind GM that they screwed up… and that go-fast RWD on the cheap, is still a profitable strategy.
Amen, Christopher Price, Amen. Would out sell the SS big time.