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Article: New chassis for Commodore
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- The Press
- Article date:
- August 9, 2006
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We know the car looks good, and now Holden has made us privy to
its new VE Commodore's chassis, which is even more encouraging,
writes DAVE MOORE.
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Holden is the first to acknowledge that its once unique Australian
independent suspension system on the Commodore had not aged well in
recent years in the face of Ford's newer control-blade type.
However, for its new VE model, Holden is launching what it calls a
"linear control suspension" system that may just put GM's chassis
back ahead of Ford in the constant techno leapfrog that occurs
between the two companies.
The VE's underpinnings were designed on a clean sheet of paper,
which was necessary, as Holden's new chassis is intended to sit ...