The Holden VT Commodore, released in 1997, was the tenth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. For the VT, Holden looked again to Opel in Germany for a donor platform. The proposal was to take the Opel Omega B and broaden the vehicle’s width and mechanical setup for local conditions. In the early days, Holden considered adopting the Omega as is, save for the engines and transmissions, and even investigated reskinning the existing VR/VS architecture.^[1] Later on, the VT bodywork spawned a new generation of Statesman and Caprice limousines,^[2] and Holden even went as far as resurrecting the iconic Monaro coupé from the 1960s and 1970s.^[3] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 483 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,452 × 1,480 pixels, file size: 2. ... 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The VT Commodore was awarded, for the fourth time, the Wheels Car of the Year for 1997.^[4] It found ready acceptance in the market as buyers flocked from the disastrous Ford AU Falcon, becoming the best selling Commodore to date and cementing its place as number one in Australian sales.^[2] 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 of the honour. ... The Ford Falcon AU is an Australian family sedan, replacing the older EL Falcon, which had a significantly different design. ...

Features and design

The VT heralded the fitment of semi-trailing arm independent rear suspension as standard across the range.^[5] 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.^[6] 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. Holden's performance arm HSV re-added the toe control link on the flagship GTS 300 model, based on the Series II update.^[6] The supercharged V6 was uprated to 171 kilowatts (229 hp) from the previous VS model.^[7] Safety wise, side airbags became an option for the Acclaim and higher models, a first for Holden.^[8] A trailing-arm suspension is an automobile suspension design in which one or more arms (or links) are connected between (and perpendicular to) the axle and the chassis. ... Independent suspension is broad term for any automobile suspension system that allows each wheel on the same axle to move vertically (i. ... Toe is the symmetric angle that each wheel makes with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, as a function of static geometry, and kinematic and compliant effects. ... A wheel with a negative camber angle 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 viewed from the front or rear. ... Holden Special Vehicles (usually abbreviated to HSV) is the officially designated performance vehicle division of Australian motor car manufacturer Holden. ... Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) GTS 300 is a motor vehicle which is no longer under production. ... A supercharger (also known as a blower) is an air compressor used to force more air (and hence more oxygen) into the combustion chamber(s) of an internal combustion engine than can be achieved at ambient atmospheric pressure (natural aspiration). ... The Holden VS commodore, released in 1995, was the next commodore model following the VR. Whilst externally identical to the VR, barring badging and oval side indicators in the series 2 (clear oval indicators series III Vs ute), the VS included the new ECOTEC, Emissions and Consumption Optimisation through TEChnology... For the Mozilla crash reporting software previously called Airbag, see Breakpad. ...

1997–1999 Holden VT Commodore Berlina station wagon

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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. 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 Chevrolet Luminas.^[9] 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.^[10]  drive on right drive on left Driving on either the left or the right side of the road reduces the incidence of vehicles being involved in head-on collisions with each other. ... Buick is a brand of automobile built in the United States, Canada, China and in Spain by General Motors Corporation. ... 1938 Buick Y-Job, the first Concept car A concept car or show car is a car prototype made to showcase a concept, new styling, technology and more. ... Indochina 1886 Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... The Chevrolet Lumina is a full-size car produced by Holden in Australia and exported to the Middle East, South Africa and Thailand since 1997. ... The Chevrolet Omega is a full-size car sold by General Motors do Brasil for the Brazilian market. ... Pontiac is a marque of automobile produced by General Motors and sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico from 1926 to the present. ... 1965 Pontiac GTO convertible The Pontiac GTO was an automobile built by Pontiac from 1964 to 1974, and by General Motors Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006. ...

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Series II update

1999–2000 Holden VTII Commodore Executive

This 1999 update replaced the venerable Holden 5.0 litre V8 engine with a new 5.7 litre LS1 V8 sourced from the United States.^[6] The V8 was detuned to 220 kilowatts (295 hp) from the original US version, but would receive incremental power upgrades to 250 kilowatts (335 hp) throughout its time in the Commodore, before finally being replaced by the L76 in the 2006 update of the VZ Commodore.^[4] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 475 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,384 × 1,416 pixels, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 475 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,384 × 1,416 pixels, file size: 2. ... The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration, although modern automotive versions use a 90 degree block angle. ... The LS is Generation III and Generation IV, the latest evolution of General Motors line of small-block V8 engines. ... The LS is Generation III and Generation IV, the latest evolution of General Motors line of small-block V8 engines. ... The Holden VZ Commodore was the thirteenth model generation of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car produced by the Australian automotive marque, Holden. ...

Cosmetically, the Series II VT replaced amber indicator lenses with clear lenses for both the side and rear turn signals. This was previously only available on the Series I Calais. The updated Calais also introduced a chrome strip on the boot garnish.^[11] For other uses, see Amber (disambiguation). ... The lighting system of a motor vehicle consists of lighting and signalling devices mounted or integrated to the front, sides and rear of the vehicle. ... This 1931 Ford Model A features a separate trunk on its rear trunk rack. ...

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