WEIRD AND RARE COMMODORES you may not have heard of!!!

[3.8L of executive power!!]

i live in new zealand and have reserched into all the weird and unusual commodore models that have been avaliable over here etc, i didnt make up any of these!!

1. commodore VK GTS fuel injected 3.3 six, usually blue over silver, vk ss interior, gts badges

2. commodore VL GTS 3.0 six red or white, front and rear vl ss spoilers,

3. commodore VN GTS 3.8 V6 navy blue or vivid white, had electric windows ss interior, vn ss body kit with different spoiler, facory color coded alloys with machined lip, gts badges etc, only 500 avaliable in nz i believe, if you search commodore gts on trademe you will probably find a few for sale,

4.commodore VP GTS 3.8 V6 but not an hsv version, these vps are usually maroon in colour have an ss kit electrics ss interior etc, i believe only 50 avaliable in nz? very rare gts

5. Holden VH & VK royale these were a calais based version, flash interior, electric windows, some were avaliable in a 1.9L starfire 4 cylinder auto or manual

6.Holden VL royale, basically a vl calais without pop up headlights,

7. holden VN royale, a very rare vn made mostlyt for the singapore market i believe, these were a vn calais bases car except for a 2.0 4 cyl vectra engine,

8.holden berlina vn, wagon and sedan, over here in nz these were only avaliable in 2.0 4 cyl. and were the aussie executive spec in trim and interior, and all our executives were aussie spec berlinas, weird eh! you can check this out on whikipedia has heaps about weird nz holdens,

9. holden calais VP 2.6 opel dual ram straight six

10, Vr/S commodore royale, basically a calais with the front end of a statesman caprice (grill bumper lights etc) and the 2.6 opel dual ram straight six,

11. VT/X commodore royale this was the last commodore to be badged as a royale basically an aussie calais with a name change,

12. VB/vh/vc/vk 1.9 4 cyl starfire, i had one of these and these engines are just **** i must say,

13.holden VL commodore RB20 2.0 nissan straight six

14.VN Commodore LS HSV, 3.8 v6 sedan and s/wagon i dont know if these were avaliable in aus or not it was a genuine HSV limited edition, numbered dash badges, usually blue over silver, with a unusual lip boot spoiler, side skirts, slot grill front spoiler and hsv interior, all electric winows etc, was a genuine HSV

these are all genuine cars that exsist in nz, many still avaliable,

[johnnythaboy]

New Zealand must be a weird place, isnt it the capital of Australia?

[Philthy]

Hmm...royales I would believe, but those GTS's???
I'll believe that when Commodorenut confirms it

[jas98]

New Zealand must be a weird place, isnt it the capital of Australia?

wtf are you smoking

its Canberra

[666vt]

yeah on youtube a kiwi dude has a white vl gts doing mad burnouts =]

they exist =]

[slo_firo]

yea i see alot of these thing driving around, guy i went to tech with had a VL royal, and a guy i knew had the VL GTS, basically all boring cars really, nothing too great about them

when i was 15 i had a 4cyl VK royal... now that thing was cool lol... used more gas than my vn v6

[burnz]

the vn strech limousine was called the royale.

[ScoHar]

New Zealand must be a weird place, isnt it the capital of Australia?

haha yea im pretty sure it is the capital LOL

[hail storm]

New Zealand must be a weird place, isnt it the capital of Australia?

^^^^^Hey Burt Munro.Me thinks you have fallen off your Indian once to many times with out a helmet!!!

[immortality]

Hmm...royales I would believe, but those GTS's???
I'll believe that when Commodorenut confirms it

the GTS V6 models were NZ only. no need for commodorenut to confirm, didn't know he was in NZ. i am and he's only put up info that has been discussed here in other threads.

i had a VH 4cyl as my first car. copped some serious abuse and it was still going (sort off) when i traded it in for my V8

[Cobez]

Geez, the Kiwi's love their V6 / straight 6 / 4 cyl Holdens don't they?

[ScoHar]

Geez, the Kiwi's love their V6 / straight 6 / 4 cyl Holdens don't they?

Ya gotta remember that fuel economy for usin the late 80's early 90's was a big thing and not every commodore owner loves their car, just using it to get from A to B

[Philthy]

the GTS V6 models were NZ only. no need for commodorenut to confirm, didn't know he was in NZ. i am and he's only put up info that has been discussed here in other threads.

i had a VH 4cyl as my first car. copped some serious abuse and it was still going (sort off) when i traded it in for my V8

Yeah ok, GTS just doesn't scream V6 to me

[88GreenVN]

Vn gts

Here is a few photos of the VN GTS

[88GreenVN]

Is a DUAL RAM a twin carby setup on the 2.6?

[89 vn]

those are some ****e models, how many actual v8 models are there?
who would buy a tarted up v6

[ScoHar]

Is a DUAL RAM a twin carby setup on the 2.6?

From my understanding, dual ram was an injected motor, with 2 throttle butterflies that opened at different time or something? not exactly sure what it did but im pretty sure dual ram was to do with the intake, manifold, throttle body etc.

[LightningVP]

Ya gotta remember that fuel economy for usin the late 80's early 90's was a big thing and not every commodore owner loves their car, just using it to get from A to B

Most people can only go from A to B in NZ wouldn't want to go to C (sea)

[88GreenVN]

From my understanding, dual ram was an injected motor, with 2 throttle butterflies that opened at different time or something? not exactly sure what it did but im pretty sure dual ram was to do with the intake, manifold, throttle body etc.

OK I'll have to chase down a poto of 1. A JC member may just have a VR straight 6 with what you have talked about.

I'll send him a PM see if I can get a photo.

[PaRaDoX]

9. holden calais VP 2.6 opel dual ram straight six

i woulda thought they'd stick a TT opel motor in there like the car it was based off, i'd still haveone, inline6's are much neater

starfire reminds me of "startfire" holden NZ have a few screws loose i think lol