Here is an extract from the latest Go Auto News.
HOLDEN’S 2020 VISION
AUSTRALIANS will still be able to buy
a traditional rear-wheel drive Holden
Commodore for at least the next decade,
despite the General turning to small car
production to survive as a local
manufacturer.
Holden is already working on development
of the next-generation Commodore, which is
due around 2013 and would be scheduled to
run until at least 2020.
And the good news for enthusiasts is
that it will again utilise the Zeta rear-drive
platform developed at great cost for the
current VE, which was launched less than
three years ago in 2006.
The 2013 Commodore may be slightly
smaller than VE, and almost certainly
lighter, with a range of different engine
options and new technology designed
to make it more environmentally sound,
including idle-stop and turbocharged four cylinder
and six-cylinder engines.
GM product chief Bob Lutz has said
that, despite global economy mandates
forcing GM to cancel programs in other
countries, RWD Commodore production
will continue in Australia, including “the
next-generation version”. In the meantime,
the VE Series II is set to arrive in early
2010 with significant cant new technologies.