There area plenty more modern cars to be attracted to 
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Most people these days are cruzeing
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The Holden Commodore is no more.
Growing up in Australia, Holden Commodore was one of my early dream cars, especially the VN and VP models. But peopleâs tastes changed over time and so did mine.
Sad to see it go though.
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I owned a VL and then a VT Commodore.
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Laughable that Holden were denying this was going to happen right up to the start of the week.
GM were never going to bother spending money to continue to purchase a re-sell a vehicle that is built by a division that theyâve sold off and no longer own. As soon as they said they were no longer going to import it to the US and badge it as a Buick, it was doomed.
The harsh reality is that Holdenâs SUVs and Uteâs arenât doing any better either. There is a pretty strong chance that GM will either sell the brand off to another party or shut it down and exit the Australian market altogether if things donât pick up.
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The Chevrolet Corvette is due to arrive in Australia next year, it can prove the difference between GM staying or going.
They wonât. Australians wonât connect with a Chevrolet. Theyâll be gone.
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Ford has had way too much of a head start with the Mustang (which has done surprisingly well considering the sticker price) for GM to make any headway with the Corvette.
Theyâre already selling the Camaro and itâs so outrageously expensive that I canât imagine theyâre selling many at all.
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Australia will only have prestige European models or cheap Asian ones.
Sad news but hardly a surprise. We had a VC growing up, and I had a VX then a VE in recent years.
If the Camaro were cheaper Iâd seriously consider buying one. At $140K itâs definitely too rich for my blood.
e: It would appear that $140K is the price for the souped-up ZL1s with base models coming in at about half that. Thatâs still some pretty serious coin for a GM car.
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Very sad news.
I had a VP Executive, then a VX Berlina and lastly a VE Calais (base).
All V6 sedans.
But yes, canât say Iâm surprised either given the very low sales.
Resale on the ZBs have also been awful - and that will probably only get worse now.
I guess this will mean weâll see Camaros racing at the V8 Supercars?
Camaro v Mustang is just not the same as Commodore v Falcon, particularly when as @Squee said, they are so expensive, the average Australian canât really aspire to buying one, and they are not practical either, with only two doors.
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Theyâll be Mercs vs BMWs, in future. 
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Great Wall v Haval
Worth noting how much better the Supercars Commodores look compared with the real world equivalent. Less European, more reminiscent of the VY/VZ era.
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Watch the asbestos brake dust fly!!
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Good afternoon guys. Yesterday, I used the university library where I borrowed a book that was based on tennis. It says that the due date for my library book will be on the June 8 2020. 
I feel that it was very strange why I have an extended loan period.
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Is that not long enough?
I feel thatâs having a 6 month loan is way too long. Someone messaged me saying that The library has extended the due dates to 6 months unless there is any recall from another user. I know that Iâm on summer holidays and I wonât get back to uni until late February 2020. I know itâs still a long way away. I will spend more time reading this library book
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Fond memories of the plethora of Commodores my father owned years ago. The ZB was far from a bad car, though, same with the Astra, (which was also axed).
Will be interesting to see where Holden goes from this. Holdenâs reputation is in the gutter. The Daewoo models from 10-15 years ago, (Captiva, Epica, Viva & Barina), are terrible. So many disgruntled owners, and mechanics, out there. Only time will tell if they will be able to pick themselves up.
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My uncle had Kingswoods and Commodores for many years. He decided to downgrade to a Cruze and regretted it from day one. He dumped it after a year. 
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