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The Holden Commodore is an automobile produced by the Holden division of General Motors (GM) in Australia, and formerly, in New Zealand. In the late 1970s, Holden established proposals to replace the long-serving Kingswood nameplate with an all-new smaller model. Holden looked to Opel (another GM subsidiary) for inspiration, and based the Commodore on the Opel Rekord. The German marque continued to provide the basics for future generations; however the trend changed when Holden launched the fourth generation model in 2006. This came to be Holden's most expensive project yet, boasting an all-Australian design.

Introduced with a single sedan body style, the range expanded in 1979 to include a station wagon.The lineup expanded for a second time in 1990, when Holden introduced the utility and the long-wheelbase Statesman and Caprice derivatives. Then in 2001, the third generation architecture provided the foundations for a revived Monaro coupé. (more...)

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