Holden VT Commodore
Manufacturer	Holden
Parent company	General Motors
Also called	Chevrolet Lumina Chevrolet Omega
Production	1997–2000
Predecessor	Holden VS Commodore
Successor	Holden VX Commodore
Class	Full-size car
Body style(s)	4-door sedan 5-door station wagon
Platform	GM V platform
Engine(s)	3. The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles GM Holden Ltd is an Australian automaker based in Port Melbourne Victoria. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. This is the article about the Lumina sedan and Coupe. For the Lumina minivan see Chevrolet Lumina APV. The Chevrolet Omega is an Executive car sold by General Motors do Brasil for the Brazilian market The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995 was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General The Holden VX Commodore is the eleventh instalment of the Holden Commodore, a Full-size car produced by Holden, the Australian subsidiary Car classification is subjective since many vehicles fall into multiple categories or do not fit well into any A full-size car is a Marketing term used in North America for an Automobile larger than a Mid-size car. Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. Some are still in production while others are of historical interest only A station wagon (or simply wagon) in American, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand usage and an estate car (or just estate An automobile platform is a shared set of common design engineering and production efforts as well as major components over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of See also GM V platform (FWD The V platform, or V-body, Automobile platform name was used twice by General Motors. 8 L Ecotec V6 3. The Buick V6, initially marketed as Fireball at its introduction in 1962 is a large V6 engine used by General Motors. A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of three cylinders 8 L Supercharged Ecotec V6 5. The Buick V6, initially marketed as Fireball at its introduction in 1962 is a large V6 engine used by General Motors. A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of three cylinders 0 L V8 5. A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of four cylinders in most cases set at a right angle to each other 7 L Generation III V8
Transmission(s)	4-speed GM 4L60-E automatic 5-speed Getrag manual 6-speed T-56 manual
Wheelbase	2788 mm (109. The LS series is a new design intended as the only V-8 engine utilized in General Motors ' line of RWD cars and trucks A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of four cylinders in most cases set at a right angle to each other The 4L60-E (and similar 4L65-E) is a series of Automatic transmissions from General Motors. An automatic transmission (commonly "AT" or "Auto" is an Automobile Gearbox that can change Gear ratios automatically as the vehicle Getrag (sometimes written GETRAG) is a leading manufacturer of Automobile Manual transmissions The company was founded on 1 May, 1935 A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift or just 'stick' 'straight drive' or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in The T-56 six speed Manual transmission has been used in a wide range of vehicles from General Motors, Dodge, and Ford Motor Company. In both road and rail Vehicles the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels 8 in)–2938 mm (115. 7 in)
Length	4882 mm (192. 2 in)–5040 mm (198. 4 in)
Width	1824 mm (71. 8 in)
Height	1422 mm (56 in)–1468 mm (57. 8 in)
Curb weight	1551 kg (3419 lb)–1702 kg (3752 lb)
Related	Cadillac Catera Holden Monaro (V2) Holden Statesman (WH) Opel Omega

The Holden VT Commodore, released in 1997, was the tenth model of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The Holden Commodore is an Automobile manufactured by the Holden division of General Motors (GM in Australia and formerly in New Zealand A full-size car is a Marketing term used in North America for an Automobile larger than a Mid-size car. GM Holden Ltd is an Australian automaker based in Port Melbourne Victoria. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. For the VT, Holden looked again to Opel in Germany for a donor platform. Adam Opel GmbH (commonly known as Opel) is a German automaker part of General Motors. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The proposal was to take the Opel Omega B and broaden the vehicle’s width and mechanical setup for local conditions. There was also an Oldsmobile Omega, an unrelated vehicle that was produced during the 1970s and 1980s The Opel Omega was an Executive car The Australian environment ranges from virtually pristine Antarctic territory rainforests to degraded industrial areas of major cities In the early days, Holden considered adopting the Omega as is, save for the engines and transmissions, and even investigated reskinning the existing second generation (VN—VS) architecture. The Holden Commodore is an Automobile manufactured by the Holden division of General Motors (GM in Australia and formerly in New Zealand ^[1] Later on, the VT bodywork spawned a new generation of Statesman and Caprice limousines. In Automotive engineering, the bodywork of an Automobile is the structure which protects The occupants Any other payload The Holden Statesman and Caprice are a series of full-size Luxury vehicles produced by the Australian General Motors division of Holden ^[2] Holden even went as far as resurrecting the iconic Monaro coupé from the 1960s and 1970s. The Monaro is an Automobile which was produced by Holden, the Australian branch of General Motors from 1968 to 1977 and then re-introduced ^[3] The revived Monaro attracted wide attention after being shown as a concept car at Australian auto shows, and it drew a large waiting list after production began. An auto show, or motorshow, is a public exhibition of current Automobile models debuts Concept cars or out-of-production classics The Monaro was released to the Australian market in 2001 and ceased production in 2005. ^[4]

The VT Commodore was awarded, for the fourth time, the Wheels Car of the Year for 1997. ''Wheels'' magazine has announced its Car of the Year every year since 1963, with the exception of 1972, 1979 and 1986 when no cars were considered worthy ^[5] It found ready acceptance in the market as many buyers steered away from the Ford AU Falcon, becoming the best selling Commodore to date and cementing its place as number one in Australian sales. The Ford AU Falcon was a full-size Family car, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between September 1998 and September 2002 ^[2]

History of development

The station wagon variant possessed a cargo volume of 2,683 litres (709 US gal), compared to the sedan's 475 litres (125 US gal). A station wagon (or simply wagon) in American, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand usage and an estate car (or just estate

The Acclaim's interior is comparable to the fleet-oriented Executive, missing out on the Berlina's wood grain highlights, and full wood paneling on the Calais. This page refers to a collection of vehicles (typically automobiles with a single owner Wood grain describes the alignment texture and appearance of the Wood fibres

The VT project was the outcome of an AU$600 million development programme that spanned more than half a decade. The new model sported a rounded exterior body shell, improved dynamics, and many firsts for an Australian-built car. Car handling and vehicle handling is a description of the way wheeled vehicles perform transverse to their direction of motion particularly during cornering and swerving ^[6] A stronger body structure, 30 percent stiffer than the VS increased crash safety. ^[7]

Development input from the United States

GM's American counterparts were interested in incorporating a left-hand drive Commodore into the Buick lineup and became involved in the VT development cycle early on. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Right-hand traffic and left-hand traffic mean regulations requiring all traffic to keep either to the left or the right side of the Road. Buick (ˈbjuːɪk is a Marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, and Holden was provided funds for the necessary engineering changes and a prototype was unveiled to the American public in 1996 as the Buick XP2000 concept car. The project was abandoned just before the VT's release but Holden made the most of the situation by exporting left-hand drive VTs to parts of Indochina, the Middle East and South Africa badged as the Chevrolet Lumina. Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa This is the article about the Lumina sedan and Coupe. For the Lumina minivan see Chevrolet Lumina APV. ^[8] Thus began the Commodore's rapid expansion into a number of overseas markets including Brazil, as the Chevrolet Omega, and later on, with the Monaro to the United States, where it was sold by Pontiac under the GTO nameplate. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The Chevrolet Omega is an Executive car sold by General Motors do Brasil for the Brazilian market Pontiac is a Brand of Automobiles produced by General Motors that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico The Pontiac GTO was an Automobile built by Pontiac from 1964 to 1974 and by General Motors Holden in Australia from 2004 to ^[9]

Engineering

The VT heralded the fitment of semi-trailing arm independent rear suspension as standard across the range. A trailing-arm suspension is an Automobile suspension design in which one or more arms (or "links" are connected between (and perpendicular to and forward Independent suspension is a broad term for any Automobile suspension system that allows each wheel on the same Axle to move vertically (i ^[10] However, when originally carried over, the European design was simplified with the removal of the toe control link,^[2] standard equipment on the six-cylinder Omega since 1987. In Automotive engineering, toe is the symmetric Angle that each wheel makes with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle as a function of static geometry and kinematic ^[11] This allowed distortions to the suspension camber angle and toe under heavy load, commonly occurring during heavy towing or when travelling over undulated surfaces, leading to excessive rear tyre wear. Camber angle is the angle made by the Wheel of an automobile specifically it is the angle between the vertical axis of the wheel and the vertical axis of the vehicle when Holden's performance arm HSV re-added the toe control link on the flagship GTS 300 model, based on the Series II update. Holden Special Vehicles, abbreviated HSV is the officially designated performance vehicle division of Australian motor Automobile manufacturer Holden Special Vehicles ( HSV) GTS 300 is a motor vehicle which is no longer under production ^[11] The supercharged V6 was uprated to 171 kilowatts (229 hp) from the previous VS model. A supercharger is an air compressor used for Forced induction of an Internal combustion engine. The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995 was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General ^[12] Safety wise, side airbags became an option for the Acclaim and higher models in 1998, a first for Holden. An airbag is part of a vehicle's safety restraint system a flexible envelope designed for rapid inflation in an automobile Collision, to prevent vehicle occupants ^[13]

Series II

The Series II models (Berlina pictured) received clear turn signal lenses rather than amber as featured on the original models. Amber is Fossil tree Resin, which is appreciated for its color and beauty

This 1999 update replaced the venerable Holden 5. 0 litre V8 engine with a new 5. A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of four cylinders in most cases set at a right angle to each other 7 litre Gen III V8 sourced from the United States. The LS series is a new design intended as the only V-8 engine utilized in General Motors ' line of RWD cars and trucks ^[11] The V8 was detuned to 220 kilowatts (300 hp) from the original version, but would receive incremental power upgrades to 250 kilowatts (340 hp) throughout its time in the Commodore^[5] Cosmetically, the Series II VT replaced amber indicator lenses with clear lenses for both the side and rear turn signals. Amber is Fossil tree Resin, which is appreciated for its color and beauty This was previously only available on the pre-Series II Calais. The updated Calais also introduced a chrome strip on the boot garnish. ^[14]

Notes

References

• McCarthy, Mike; McKay, Peter; Newton, Bruce; Robinson, Peter (October 2006). "2006 Collector's Edition VE Commodore: The Full Story". Wheels magazine: 164. Wheels magazine is an Australian Automotive Magazine published monthly by ACP Magazines. ACP Magazines. ACP Magazines (ACP a member of the PBL Media group is an Australian media company that was founded in 1933  
• Robinson, Peter (2006). AutoBiography: The inside story of Holden's all-new VE Commodore. Woolloomooloo, New South Wales: Focus Publishing, 224. Woolloomooloo is a harbourside inner-city eastern Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ISBN 1921156104.  
• Tuckey, Bill (1999). Commodore Lion King: Celebrating 21 Years. Middle Park, Victoria: Quil Visual Communications, 252. Middle Park is an Inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ISBN 0646382314.