Holden Commodore

The Holden Commodore is a car built by the Holden company in Australia, part of General Motors. Mechanically, the current (cy 2003) version is somewhat analogous to the Chevrolet Impala. The original design was actually a rebadged Opel Commodore, which was GM's 'V-car', sold in the UK as the Vauxhall Royale, and the Chevrolet Commodore in South Africa. The first was the VB Commodore in 1978 which came with a 2.8L engine, with 4-speed manual transmission. Since 1988, it has been based upon the Opel Omega, but with the platform stretched, to take account of Australian requirements for a larger car. It is sold as a sedan, wagon, and 'ute' (utility or pick-up truck).

During the early 1990s, the Commodore also was sold by Toyota in Australia, badged as a Toyota Lexcen, but this proved unsuccessful as buyers simply chose the original version.

The Statesman is a larger version of the Commodore built on a longer wheelbase, with some being converted into hearses for funerals or 'stretched' into limousines. It is also used as an official car by government ministers in Australia and New Zealand.

The Commodore was also assembled in New Zealand, but is now exported completely built up. It has also been also exported to other right hand drive markets such as Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, and to South Africa, badged as the Chevrolet Lumina. It is also exported in left hand drive, to the Middle East as a Chevrolet Lumina, and Brazil as the Chevrolet Omega.