VE on both. This really comes down to your budget. And don't overlook an older HSV(VY or VZ), will hold value way better and there are a lot of VE SS' around so do something different......
Gonna go with the VE, looking at some exhausts to throw on when I get the VE, whatt are people's thoughts on the sureflo 3" for the VE SS on there website they get good power gains and they claim that they are the best sounding.
I had the same decision to make as you but put in a little bit more money and got the ve as its such a better car. Especially the ute even in terms of the space behind the seats. Vz is something like 90L and ve is 245L. I personally prefer the look of the vz's but the ve is just that much better.