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The Holden VE Commodore is the fourteenth and current model of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car produced by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. Full-scale production commenced on July 13, 2006, and the official unveiling took place at a media launch in Melbourne on July 16, 2006. The VE is the first Commodore model designed entirely in Australia, with previous generations based on Opel-sourced platforms that had been adapted both mechanically and in size for the local market. To date the annualised sales of the VE have failed to match those of the record-breaking VT Commodore from 1997.(more...)