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..and the SS-V doesn't too shabby either!]]>Mar 19th 2007 4:05PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 4:25PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 4:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 4:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 4:41PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/
Aftermarket will help clean up the face, the twin grill is terrible. Maybe the Holden parts will bolt on. I'll need the grill and the hood. Oh throw in the fenders and decklid too. Come to tink of it, just send me the Holden and I'll put the Pontiac logo on it somewhere.]]>Mar 19th 2007 5:19PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/

UMMMMM..... WE ARE!!??? (incredulous statement, not a question.) The

Pontiac G8 IS this car. Not like, not similar. IS. slight graphic difference on the front of the car, but that hardly counts as a change, where it really counts.

Granted the complaints about the nose... But how hard is it to order a hood and front apron from Australia???

If the G8 sells well, and I will be disappointed, if it does... I'll bet that there will be companies making regular shipments to bring the SS-V and the HSV GTS body parts to the US, for G8 customers wanting to re-style their G8s back to Holden-spec.

If the G8 doesn't sell well, then I am going to seriously re-evaluate my estimate of the US car-buying public. What about this car is not sale-worthy? Obviously it is getting rave reviews down under, and they have a taste and a history with this sort of car, and wouldn't suffer it if it were a poor offering.]]>Mar 19th 2007 5:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/
There is your Achilles heel right there.]]>Mar 19th 2007 5:37PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 6:12PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 6:51PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/

http://g8gt.com/]]>Mar 19th 2007 7:01PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 7:09PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 7:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/
$35K is a lot for a Pontiac. I'm not quite as sure about this move as I once was. Don't get me wrong, it seems like a great car, but that's pretty upmarket for a division which only stopped the over the top cladding 4 years ago.]]>Mar 19th 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 8:21PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 8:22PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/Mar 19th 2007 8:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/
I guess it isn't that much more than a Bonneville, but still, it's going to be tough to burn up the sales charts with that pricing.]]>Mar 19th 2007 8:41PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/19/in-the-autoblog-garage-holden-commodore-ss-v-series/
You have our permission to put on a couple hundred highway miles and see what kinda gas mileage you can get. Go to the inlaws or something. Keep your foot out of it. A/C is Ok, shouldn't kill the numbers on a V8. Maybe go on an all night bender or something and report back tomorrow.

Thanks in advance.

-the autoblog readers-]]>Mar 19th 2007 9:30PM