Wheels Car of the Year 2006
 

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[QUOTE]The VE Commodore was designed in Australia at a cost of $1.2 billion, and unveiled in July last year.[/QUOTE]

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no mention of the libbo?

Woohoo


Let the holden bashing begin!!
:boxing:

I find wheels very biased towards the aussie made cars .... them seem to bash anything that isnt either holden or ford ..... maybe because those are the two that tip the most advertising dollars into the mag???

Yep its definately because of that.... and a large portion of their readers are Holden/Ford men, can't have some Jap spec showing them how its really done :D

What has the VE actually done thats remotely new? ITs another GIANT sedan with a GIANT pushrod engine of 6L at a time when fuel prices are soaring. It still has shitter suspension setup than a soarer from like the 1980's and the build quality is probably worse also. What a joke

Its almost as much of a joke as that Car and Driver magazine from the USA giving the car of year award to the Toyota Aurion hunk of shit

I'm going to buy that magazine and have a look at who the other contenders were. They do have a very specific (and published) selection criteria (and no it isn't 'It has to be a Ford or Holden") :D

I suspected the Commodore would win, Every new shape Commodore to debut has taken the prize..

I actually don't think it's bias 'cause it conforms to their way of thinking...
as in it stacks up against their list of selection criteria, Much in the way that a 40 year old engineer probably wouldn't be selected for a job at McDonalds...

come on people, you know commodores are a better car and clearly Wheels magazine feels the same way!! ;)

by the way, i also have a commodore in the shed and my company car is a VZ!!

Now does anyone want to trade their wrx/sti for an award winning commonwhore? :p

i love my VE SV6 its the best car holden has made, but i wouldnt buy 1......very economical as it cost me nothing to run......

gimmi a new clubsport over a Sti anyday