Wish-list for a better VE

[Supe]

This is my wishlist for a better VE (Not a complaint list)

1. In the digital dash display, it should allow you to toggle the top line between things like outside temperate, inside temperature, Bluetooth caller ID , actual auto gear currently in use and as it does now, the audio controls.

2. Bluetooth should display the caller ID info just like it does in a Lexus.

3. The climate control buttons need to be redesigned and put up higher in the car so they are not hindered by the auto, and so they've much easier to press when driving, remove the knobs and make it all buttons.

4. Back seats need improving, it looks odd at the angle it's on and people absolutely hate trying to get in and out.

5. Get rid out the roof mount antenna and put it in the glass.

6. Improve headlights, especially high beam.

7. Push button start

8. GPS badly needs improving

9. Allow external USB key or media cards to be inserted into stereo

10. Allow more user input / control over features such as the seatbelt chime, the external leave/return lighting etc

11. Heated front seats

12. Suggest next gear (like in Subaru's) when auto is in manual shift mode

13. Let the stereo display mp3 album art with compatible files

I think that's about it.. Anyone else got anything on their wish-list ???

[Aggro_VE]

Ok 5,7,10 I agree with it.

adding onto list..

14. Friggin full size spare as STANDARD

15. Projector headlights on all models (yep I'm aiming high)

16. LSD standard instead as an option with something else.

17. 5 speed auto with the base alloytec

[CSP]

They can't do everything at once... And they have to maintain a balance with features vs affordability.

I agree with the antenna and was surprised it wasn't mounted in the rear windscreen when the VE came out.

I also want HID headlights.

I also want to choose what is displayed in each window of the trip computer.

Tyre pressure monitoring (like the put in the G8 export model) would be nice too.

Not to mention price parity. For a fully loaded G8 in the USA it's about $34,000 USD. You do the maths and compare it with a fully loaded SSV.

[vicarious]

Ok 5,7,10 I agree with it.

adding onto list..

14. Friggin full size spare as STANDARD

utes get the full sized spare as standard

[AttaBoy]

Smaller front Wheel arch flares!!!!!! GAWD they are huge!!!

You can put a cup of coffee on it with out it spilling LOL

[Supe]

Ok 5,7,10 I agree with it.

adding onto list..

14. Friggin full size spare as STANDARD

15. Projector headlights on all models (yep I'm aiming high)

16. LSD standard instead as an option with something else.

17. 5 speed auto with the base alloytec

Agree with 14 for sure !! I had to source my full size spare on ebay. Saved me $400 so it was well worth it but still, I shouldn't have had to do that.

[Supe]

They can't do everything at once... And they have to maintain a balance with features vs affordability.

I agree with the antenna and was surprised it wasn't mounted in the rear windscreen when the VE came out.

I also want HID headlights.

I also want to choose what is displayed in each window of the trip computer.

Tyre pressure monitoring (like the put in the G8 export model) would be nice too.

Not to mention price parity. For a fully loaded G8 in the USA it's about $34,000 USD. You do the maths and compare it with a fully loaded SSV.

Tyre pressure monitoring would be excellent, or at least a low pressure alarm in the dash, while we're at it, lets have it tell us when a bulb is out too, or replace the blinkers/brake bulbs with LED's.

[andrewmac]

I would like to see more options. You should be able to option things like climate control and high quality stereo into cars like the sv6. You cant get the 6 with a manual and a decent interior. Simple options like front parking sensors, hid headlights, electric seats etc... Granted it would add alot of complexity but there should be at least a few extra options

[CSP]

Choice of gearbox across the ENTIRE range would be nice too...

When I bought the VE Calais in November 2006 I was disappointed I couldn't option it with a manual box.

At least HSV are giving owners the option of manual on the Senator later this year

[Wombat]

Choice of gearbox should be a simple choice across the whole range...they are all basically the same car.

The spare is a sore point even with Holden dealers...the one here says he is fitting every new Commodore he sells with a full sized matching spare. After looking at the huge deep spare wheel well with the tiny space saver sitting way down in the bottom of it, I don't know why, apart from saving a few bucks, the don't fit normal spares to every car...even a matching size spare with a plain steel wheel would be acceptable, as long as it has the same size and rating of tyre on it as the rest of the car has for safety.

I was honestly surprised that the SV6 doesn't come standard with the 6 disc stereo...however, it does have an auxiliary jack for an ipod, so that isn't so bad.

And a "sports" model like the SV6 not having an LSD standard? Come on...

What do I really like? I like the way they have dropped the price (locally at least) to $39,990 on the road for a manual SV6...that means that now we can fill out the list of options we like...I am pretty close to ordering an SV6 manual in Atomic Metallic color, maybe silver track stripes, 18x8 Challenge wheels, 6 disc stereo, sunroof, and LSD, and still pay what, a month or so back, we would have paid for an on-the-road standard SV6 with only one or two minor options...

[Holdfast]

Airstrike Plus

[Troy711]

You should invest in a HID conversion Supe

did you end up getting yours done?

anbd id like to see a decent power increase on the 6. at least 210Kw would be good. and as mentioned, 5 speed auto as standard.

[andyman]

did you end up getting yours done?

anbd id like to see a decent power increase on the 6. at least 210Kw would be good. and as mentioned, 5 speed auto as standard.

DI - Alloytec as per cts cadiliac will not be to far away

few specs from wikipedia

The 3.6 L (3564 cc) LLT is a direct injected version of the LY7. It was first unveiled in May 2006, and was claimed to have 15% greater power, 8% greater torque, and 3% better fuel economy than it's port-injected counterpart. It has a compression ratio of 11.4:1, and has been certified by the SAE to produce 302 hp (225 kW) at 6300 rpm and 272 lb·ft (369 N·m) of torque at 5200 rpm on regular unleaded (87 octane) gasoline.


cited here:GM High Feature engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



a v12 alloytec sounds pretty darn good - 7.2L 445kw/732nm alloytec = yumm



also note that 225kw/369nm is rated on 87 octane fuel, i wounder what they could get with 98 and a fraction more compression

[mmrdb]

Gear display on the auto to illuminate brighter for the selected gear eg. 'D'. (I realise it displays on the dash, but it would also be nice for the gear selected to glow at night at the gear shifter). Did you guys know that the car starts by flicking the ignition on ie. you don't have to hold it to start! (I only just found out about this).

[AttaBoy]

I would like a push button start like in some of the fords.

[Holdfast]

Airstrike Plus

[ESS364]

Just shoe horn whats already there into the Torana concept body with some bolt on wheel arches and an SLR6000 decal will do me. I think I can haggle for full size spare again.

[Super Coach]

I would like to see the V series with the same stuff across the whole range. Im only talking here Calais V vs SS V for crying out loud the electric seats with driver memory would be a bonus on the SS V considering it is 2008 coming up to 2009 hell the monaro got the front power seats and it was two doors short off the SS, also maybe some finer points like courtesy lamps and door lamps

[Flat_White]

hmmm to improve the VE....

make 6.0L V8 standard for everything including omega.

[VY03]

Ok 5,7,10 I agree with it.

adding onto list..

14. Friggin full size spare as STANDARD

15. Projector headlights on all models (yep I'm aiming high)

16. LSD standard instead as an option with something else.

17. 5 speed auto with the base alloytec

With point 16, I agree like come holden make LSD standard on all models and not just with the sport suspension option only

[Flat_White]

Seems weird that the VE doesn't come with a locking petrol cap, but then again if someone wants 73 litres of fuel ya might be better off letting them have it for free than to wreck or damage the petrol fill area

Na, bugger it; I'd like a locking petrol cap; a good solid one

Err, maybe they call those solid ones, a garage! That's a big word for shed

Yeah, make sure ya put ya car in ya shed (At night that is)

Do VE's not have a locking fuel door?

[f1tzy]

They do. Its controlled with the central locking of the car not via a switch

[BANKS]

Just a thought, i think the HSV's should have a HUD (Heads Up Display) like the corvette Z06 that would be WICKED

Corvette Head Up Display promo video

[CSP]

i think all cars should...

[Supe]

Just a thought, i think the HSV's should have a HUD (Heads Up Display) like the corvette Z06 that would be WICKED

Corvette Head Up Display promo video

That's a good idea, I hadn't thought about that one..