As the topic says...assuming that the car is kept fully serviced on time, every time and that only the recommended grade of oil is used. Obviously replies will be guesstimates but I am interested in the longevity of the Commodore as opposed to a Falcon of the same vintage. We all know Falcons clock up nearly a million kays as taxis.
How long is a piece of string...?
A million kms in taxis?? And have you ridden in one of those?
A funeral director's Caprice sedan (we travelled in it for my sister's funeral) has logged 460,000km, and is beautiful inside (cream and faun tones with grey trim)
and under the hood. No expense spared in looking after it. But that's not the same with taxis!
Life of engine and car in general depends a lot on how it is used/driven and looked after. Servicing is only part of the equation, but a constant. How you drive it, how often and in what conditions also play a very big part. As for taxis, the owners of the cars rarely have enough money to afford a full scheduled service, and many sit idling away in cities until the next pick-up. Rusted-out exhaust pipes and an odorous interior tell a grim story of constant hard city driving that will take a heavy toll on
any engine. I don't believe the popular BF Falcons will outlive anything else on the road. A home neighbour's VE AFM wagon is now approaching 400,000km, and he does a lot of towing for landscaping/handyman work, every day.
The take-away from this is any car you buy, Evoke or SV6 or anything else out there, will provide you with many, many years of driving and use, but how you treat it from the start will determine how it treats your hip-pocket. I don't take my VF wagon anywhere near cities or the gridlock of suburbia.