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Pics Of the UK Commodore

Discussion in 'The Pub' started by OmegaMV6, Dec 27, 2004.

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  1. Jan 2, 2005 #41
    Torana

    Torana Young Einstein

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    I've got a picture of that somewhere...

    EDIT: Just remembered where it is... it's in Bill Tuckey's book "Australians and Their Cars: 100 Years of Motoring". It's only a small picture covering mainly the grille area. It has a description that reads "In 1994 Holden launched an unusual 'hybrid' for the Singapore and Malaysian markets. It was a 2.6-litre Calais with Statesman frontal styling, badged as the Opel Calais. It had a modest target of 40 units a month, but it failed to take off with a retail price of $A200,000, thanks to high local tariffs and taxes".

    So there you go mate... you finally know what it was.
     
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  2. Jan 2, 2005 #42
    DJ Majah

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    Wheres the mistake? The thread is called 'Pics Of the UK Commodore' - he introduced himself as a pom, his location says England and I live in Ipswich, as says my location, so why would I be asking what Ipswich AUS is like? :hit:
     
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  3. Jan 3, 2005 #43
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    They had a VR and a VS version of it.
    Called an Opel Calais.
    They were based on our calais electrically & interior trim wise, but painted single colour with chrome strips like a berlina & had the aforementioned stato front.
    I have the sales brochure for the VS one - I picked it up in 1996 when I was over there on work. Actually I picked up a couple & got good money on ebay for them ages ago!
    The VS version got the ecotec version of the 2.8L V6.
    The VR had the "dual ram" - earlier version.
     
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    I have all the really impressive specs of the dual ram if ya want em:yeah:
    AirStrike :air:
     
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    Oh yeah...! I remember the Signum. It looks weird and for $47k... BUGGER THAT!

    PS: The Omega was FWD aswell...
     
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