VB TO VL HOLDEN COMMODORE TV ADVERTISING

TV ADVERTISING FOR SOME OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL HOLDENS EVER MADE INCLUDING THE 4CYL COMMODORE LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR GMH WITH FORD OUT SELLING GMH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND EVEN THE MITSUBISHI SIGMA SELLING MORE CARS THAN HOLDEN
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[@mattfinishphotography]

They definitely don't make cars as good as these ones anymore....

[@carsnstuff83]

That's for sure Bro better than these modern SUVs

[@BlairSauer]

VB to VL Commodores were great cars but suffered due to the dominance of the XD-XF iteration of Falcons. Four cylinder Commodore was a bit of a flop. The fact that the Starfire (backfire) four was a 2.85 litre six with two cylinders lopped off and became an Australian marketing joke. Apparently not that great of a performer and not overly economical either. Made worse by the fact that Holden sold Starfire cylinder blocks to Toyota for their then new model 130 series corona which Toyota dressed up with their own heads with Toyota specific inlet and exhaust manifolds and carburettors which as a result became a brilliant engine and made the Commodore four look very second class. The Toyota engine was given the designation code "1X". A little noisy at idle apparently but when you got it going it was smooth and quiet and was quite economical and performed well. Toyota pretty much taught Holden a lesson there. Holden probably shouldn't have bothered with the four cylinder Commodore but perhaps there was some merit to making the effort. Also another 4 cylinder rival was giving the Commodore four a headache, that was the Chrysler/Mitsubishi Sigma. So yeah the four cylinder Commodore was a bit of laugh.

[@EveryThingCars53]

Great video mate

[@jamesfrench7299]

The VB and VC dash looked better than the VK's.

[@phil4977]

The VL’s were great with the Nissan 6. The turbo even better

[@petezappa8748]

Thank you Nissan! Pity Holden couldn't produce their own 6 banger!

[@phil4977]

@@petezappa8748 I test drove a police VL turbo and was blown away by the power and smoothness. I would have been 18 or 19 in Perth.

[@kallekas8551]

I need a VL Turbo in my life!

[@carsnstuff83]

Don't we all 👍

[@kallekas8551]

@@carsnstuff83 🤣👍

[@kallekas8551]

Well… three in the back?

[@carsnstuff83]

Two sort of comfortable?? Three abit of a stretch?? Especially with the very high drive tunnel in the floor, almost the same height as the bottom of the rear seat

[@kallekas8551]

@@carsnstuff83 Yeah… Holden thought it was wise atm to go with the standard narrow bo

[@kallekas8551]

@@carsnstuff83 Stuffed up! Detroit told Holden to go with narrow body where as Ford gambled on a wide body. Regardless they sold more Falcons as a result…Holden then of course widened with the VN but kept the same track!🤣🤪