Holden has confirmed the long-running “Calais” name will continue on when the 2018 NG Commodore arrives next year.
Speaking to Performance Drive, Holden’s director of communications, Sean Poppitt, confirmed the badge would remain for the 2018 Holden Commodore. The badge has long represented the upper range of Commodore variants with more premium appointments, first appearing on the 1984 VK Commodore.
What exactly the Calais will represent in the new era of Commodore remains to be seen, however. It’s possible it will be applied to 3.6-liter V6-powered Commodore, which will feature torque vectoring all-wheel drive. But, the badge may find a home on other gasoline and diesel-powered Commodore, too. Additionally, a Calais sportwagon will also be available.
In conjunction with the news, Poppitt also re-confirmed the news of the SS badge’s death. Last year, Holden said it would retire the SS badge, which has always been reserved for V8-powered Commodore; the 2018 Commodore will not offer a V8 or rear-wheel drive.
“The SS belong to the V8 Commodore, so we plan to retire it ever so gracefully in 2018,” he said.
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I guess with the donor car now being French, the new owners will be delighted with the name Calais
I guess this new Commodore is going to be an absolute sales flop, so we don’t care. Holden’s days are sadly numbered in my mind. Thanks a bunch Mr. Jacoby you pompass German asshole…
Thank you for the memories, Thank you for the years.
I’m talking about Australian cars built until 2017.
GM should retire the Holden brand in Australia along with their destruction of the Australian built cars.
None of the cars from 2018 are true Holdens, so just use their original badges such as Chev, Opel, etc.
GM severely underestimated the Australian people’s pride of the Holden marque and GM will pay for that ignorance with their tanking sales in Australia. We will always be proud of Holden’s history and heritage, same as Americans are of Pontiac, Chev, Cadillac, etc. – We are just disappointed of where GM is taking Holden’s future and where the brand is going.
Holden in Australia will cease to exist in a few years.
And yes, I have been a die hard, one eyed Holden supporter all my life, but once Australian manufacturing stops, so does Australians support for anything GM.
GM might survive in Australia if they’re lucky, but not as Holden.
An imported Calais – another insult to the Aussies.