Holden reveals Special Edition Commodore SVZ Ute and Wagon
Click image for Ute gallery. Click here for Wagon gallery.
GM's Holden subsidiary has pulled the wraps off a pair of new Commodore special editions. The Commodore SVZ Ute has the General's top-notch 3.6L VVT V6 underhood, pumping 255 horses through an optional 5-speed automatic, or slightly less if the driver is making the shifts through the standard 6-speed manual tranny. The SVZ package includes black leather, exclusive badging, 18" alloys, performance brakes, a full spare and a range of paint colors that includes the color-shifting Morpheous finish seen in the enclosed photos.
Joining the Ute is the Commodore SVZ Wagon, which gets a powered-down 3.6 making 234 horses. Shifts come courtesy of a 4-speed automatic, and the car's list of features includes 17" alloys, foglights, a sport/luxury suspension, black headlamp surrounds, body color roof rails, chrome exhaust tip, and SVZ badging. This makes us want a V8-powered Pontiac G8 wagon to go head-to-head with the Dodge Magnum. Come on, General...do it! (And send the Ute over already while you're at it.)
Complete pricing and specs are in the press release after the jump.
UPDATE: As several have pointed out in the comments, these are both VZ cars, not the new VE models. The VE Ute is rumored to be debuting this summer.
[Source: GM Holden]
Gallery: Holden Commodore SVZ Ute
Gallery: Holden Commodore SVZ Wagon
PRESS RELEASE:
Special Edition Commodore SVZ Ute And Wagon
Holden has released special edition Commodore SVZ Ute and Wagon models offering key extra features and outstanding value for money.
Available now, SVZ Ute offers a six-speed manual transmission from $29,990 and a five-speed automatic from $30,990.
SVZ Ute is powered by the High Output Alloytec V6 engine which produces peak power of 190kW at 6500rpm (automatic transmission) and peak power of 187kW at 6000rpm (manual transmission) and 335Nm of peak torque at 3200rpm.*
Also available now, Commodore SVZ Wagon is priced from $32,490 and powered by the 172kW 3.6-litre Alloytec V6 engine with four-speed automatic transmission.*
Both offers are limited to private buyers only.
Commodore SVZ Ute Specification
Additional content over SV6 Ute:
* 18-inch alloy wheels with full size alloy spare (CV8-R)
* Performance brake package with red painted brake callipers (Holden logo on front brakes)
* Onyx leather seats and door trim with SVZ embroided logo on seat face
* SVZ exterior badging
Colours (metallic paint $400 extra)
* Heron White
* Redhot
* Nickel metallic
* Impulse metallic
* Ignition metallic
* Phantom metallic
The new "Morpheous" metallic colour available on VE Commodore sports models is also available with the special edition SVZ Ute.
Commodore SVZ Ute Recommended Retail Pricing:
From $29,990 - manual transmission (plus dealer delivery and government charges).
From $30,990 - automatic transmission (plus dealer delivery and government charges).
Commodore SVZ Wagon Specification
Commodore SVZ Wagon offers more refined sports styling and outstanding value for money. Features over the current VZ Wagon include:
Exterior
* 17-inch alloy wheels (4)
* Distinctive front fascia with fog lamps
* Sports-luxury suspension
* Chrome exhaust extension
* Body coloured mirror scalps
* Black bezel headlamps
* Body colour rear wind deflector and roof rails
* Roof rack
* SVZ rear badge
Interior
* Anthracite cloth seat trim with leather faced bolsters
* Air conditioning
* 6 disc in-dash CD player
* Front and rear power windows
* Leather-wrap steering wheel, automatic transmission selector and handbrake grip
Colours (metallic paint $400 extra)
Commodore SVZ Wagon includes a selection of the new VE colours such as:
* Provence
* Sandstorm
* Red Passion
* Nickel
* Evoke
* Vespers Blue
* Impulse
* Phantom
* Heron White
Commodore SVZ Wagon Recommended Retail Pricing:
From $32,490 - automatic transmission (plus dealer delivery and government charges).
* Power and torque figures as per ECE regulations
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Dave 3:44PM (5/16/2007)
Awesome. Bring em over, GM.
GM can call them trucks (the EPA classifies the Magnum as a truck) and they will only help GM's CAFE.
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bmoredlj 3:45PM (5/16/2007)
These may be new trims, but they're not new cars. Both are VZ Commodores, while the VE is the current generation. If they bring the El Camino back here, make it a VE ute, please...
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Dave 3:46PM (5/16/2007)
Bring the Ute to North America!!!
I will buy one.
I have been looking for the crossover/pickup/sedan compromise and this one fits perfectly.
I'd even learn to drive from the wrong side...........
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Dave 3:51PM (5/16/2007)
Good point, bmoredlj.
Note - I am Dave 1 not Dave 3. LOL.
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geo.stewart 3:57PM (5/16/2007)
how in the world does the magnum pass as a truck???
Isnt it off the last gen E-class chassis? Is there an open bed anywhere? does it share a chassis with anything that has an open bed? somebody been sucking too much carbon monoxide.
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geo.stewart 4:05PM (5/16/2007)
correction: EPA rates it as an SUV- 2wd.
same class as a PT Cruiser and Chevy Suburban
(no kidding)
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/byclass/Sport_Utility_Vehicle2007.shtml
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Viv 4:07PM (5/16/2007)
Subarban and PT cruiser in the same class? This ladies and gentleman is only possible for the US government.
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Crunkjuice 4:11PM (5/16/2007)
If they put a locking rear differential in the Ute, it might not be so bad. At least you could tow a small boat or something without sitting on the boat ramp & spinning.
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rv 4:35PM (5/16/2007)
Just when you thought the 1980s were over... At least go nineties like McHonda!
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Deezee 4:45PM (5/16/2007)
I normally like Holden's. But I do not like this car/truck. It looks very old.
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Mattias 4:51PM (5/16/2007)
I definitively prefer the cool styling of the Chrysler 300C wagon:
http://chrysler.de/300c_touring/index.html
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80 5:13PM (5/16/2007)
why does the manual make less power??
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Mike 5:35PM (5/16/2007)
That "Ute" is easily one of the ugliest things I have ever seen...
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Ben K. 5:38PM (5/16/2007)
The Holdens need a restyle front fascia and bingo, you would have a Pontiac or Chevy model. Wagon needs a little help, maybe lower rocker mouldings. Wagon looks too much like a Saturn L series wagon. Ute is a no brainer, problem is Holden doesn't have enough capacity to keep adding models for North America. GM needs additional cars, wagons and utes to help CAFE fleet average. The V6 is nice, but i'll take a LS2,6.0 V8 in my Ute(ElCamino). GM needs to build these in the U.S.A.
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Mike 5:51PM (5/16/2007)
That El Caminoesque thing is just gross, I like the wagon.
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D 5:52PM (5/16/2007)
The article neglected to mention that these are just tarted-up run-out models. These are the VZ Ute and VZ Wagon, which are the only VZ models left. They're going to be replaced by a VE Wagon and VE Ute by year's end, or in '08.
That's why they look old. Because they are. Both have been around, with mild revisions of course, since 1997.
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Frank 8:51AM (5/17/2007)
geo.stewart,
This is why you can't believe stories like "automaker X's product line is 62% trucks, they need to make more cars". This is based on what our wonderful US 'gubment' says is a car or truck. I prefer to rate autos by their intended use. That's why I don't count Minivans and luxo SUV's as trucks, especially if the SUV is based off a raised car platform! You think the minivan mom schlepping her kids to school and soccer practice is driving a "truck"? Come on. You think some dude is gonna take his AWD Lexus SUV or Inifiniti F35 on the Rubicon trail or even a dirt road? Hardly.
If you look at automakers' lineup and decide for yourself what is a car and what is really a truck you find that most of them have a true 60/40 to 70/30 split of cars to trucks.
I owned a 1st gen RAV4. Nice car. No way is it a truck. I also owned and old beat up S-10 pickup that would not die (228k miles and now someone else owns it). That was a truck.
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John P. 9:22AM (5/17/2007)
Well. it's always heartwarming to see the U.S. isn't the only home to ugly automobiles. those things are steaming piles.
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David Lawrence 10:28AM (5/17/2007)
I work at Holdens Elizabeth Plant and I can confirm they are run out models. We stop building the VZ utes and wagons at the end of July 07 and start building VE utes and wagon's from the middle of August 07
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bmoredlj 12:00PM (5/17/2007)
Good to know. The El Camino is so nichy, I still have doubts that they'll bring the VE Ute to the States, but one can hope. It's sure as hell more practical than the SSR.
Styling wise, well, the El Camino has always been an acquired taste. I like it, personally, although I prefer the Cams of yesteryear, particularly the '59, '64 and '68 models.
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