VL Commodore

The VL Holden Commodore was launched in February 1986, and finished production in August 1988. The VL was the first Commodore to use unleaded petrol, and the first to have an imported six cylinder engine ending a 37 and a half year production run of the Australian made Holden six cylinder engines.

With a lower compression bottom end, a Garrett T3 turbo unit and 250cc fuel-injectors, the VL Turbo cranked out 150kW of power and 296Nm. In an age where a Hyundai hot-hatch makes 202kW and 353NM, those numbers sound a bit weedy. But you have to put the VL Turbo into context; it was a very powerful car for the day; and, at 1350kg or so, it was a full 150kg lighter than the Hyundai i30 N we’re comparing it to (and despite being a full-sized family car, the Holden was less than two centimetres longer in the wheelbase than the Hyundai). And compared with even the Commodore V8 of the day, the Turbo was the undisputed performance king.

 

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