1H WAGON nW COMPARES WITH EUROPE’S GREAT SEDANS The most remarkable thing about the Holden F #' - < Performance. “Nothing we can say here can Commodore S/L Station Wagon is that both V: adequately convey the superiority of the motoring correspondants and drivers are . y ; ? Commodore’s performance on the road”, comparing it, not with other wagons, but with Z i ! J ’ '4m wISiHiH Economy. “The effortless nature of the cars. *** —Commodore is reflected in its fuel Sure, it has all the attributes of a wagon with consumption". more interior room than any previous Holden (28.1 mpg in Australia's recent National Station Wagon, but the Commodore S/L Station p ue | Economy run' Wagon is proving a sensation in terms of driving, Noise. “... we can only say that the Commodore comfort and lack of noise and draughts normally //k was, collectively, regarded as the quietest of the associated with ordinary wagons. Miff' four”. (Holden Commodore SL/E and 3 European sedans tested). rH I o ~7Z . .*< ■“lf we upset the owners and distributors of the MII tvj I Raaial Tuned Suspension g| ■>! expensive luxury cars we do so knowing that the "_■■■■ — ■ - m W / WB Commodore is not just better value for money but i —hJ - 4 s><l* •!' 1 1 fet W ’ s a superior car. So think long and hard before It’s being called the ‘drivers’ wagon. And |||g |i w signing a cheque for an expensive European deservedly so. The Commodore S/L Wagon’s Im- “Exotic”. You will be buying a name and a Radial Tuned Suspension is nothing less than mystique but not a better car. superb— giving road holding, ride and obedient i ? test drive the holden commodore handling characteristics unmatched by many WAGoKI AND COMPARE S’WITH sedans' Ced ' mP ° rted ANY OTHER CAR — REGARDLESS OF PRICE. All comments and quotations from ‘Wheels e?thS- P Like°ns sedan 3 ’ ' H Magazine’ reproduced with the approval and eitner. Like its sea«n permission of its publishers ... Melbourne, variant, tne Australia Commodore has full progressive and good, and it has levels of noise instrumentation — suppression and ride comfort rare in a wagon including the unique to .. it is a wagon that demands to be driven like Commodore ‘Econometer’ a car”. “Equipment levels are the same for the ... which allows you to ge f wagon as for the car — a first”. HHRfI the most from every valuable litre. “Wheels Magazine relate the Wagon with The Holden Commodore S/L Wagon — the sedan. What did they say about the something new in family and executive wagons. Holden Commodore Sedan?” ‘Wheels’magazine lauds the Holden Handling/Road Holding/Steering/Ride. M Commodore S/L Wagon After road testing we are convinced that the “The Holden Commodore S/L Wagon has the Commodore would be ■ jin rarest of wagon attributes, driver appeal”. a match for even the ijall DFN COffIRNIODORE SL “It goes where you point it, thanks to its fine best Europeans”. ■ •J* B lajT] steering and roadholding, it has brakes that are STATION WAGON &SEDAN 0... z... . 7 . ■ ;. r -J . . ± , **"*** ~~~z _ in myry. -t'- —nn ji I ~ , ■— I (Mi' /Z jr r J \ •</ r ■ ■ ."*W V \ \ K , x onlAK’ V \ Vt . \ *•»-■ .nt T - XMgMyjjS / —- i / /r“~r—x / I '~ K / j / ill . '4NW*k v -4- : * / AB agg 1' vi* - ■ .■» <- '?w r -* i-' ■* - Bl BmjMH H.—J • ...?r "W 1, L 1 v •I ' ; ■- .Z-.=. ■'P®MBBHfI - ' j 7:.. . * < ... - -- l vv'd. j ALEXANDRA Cooke Howhson Limited. Limerick Street AMBERLEY Arthur Burke Limited, Markham Street. ASHBURTON Smalibone Brothers Limited, 58-62 Burnett Street BALCLUTHA G.E.A.R.S. Limited, 92 Clyde Street J^P'sueeT SdARF^LdZL^ 1 Motors (Darfieldf Limited, 15 Sou.n Motors Limited (Hornby Branch). Cnr Chalmers Street and Main South Road. Blackwell Motors Limited, 300 Manchester Street. Carthy Motors Limited. 166 S®* Jj® w 2 o a an GREYMOUTH «chaef s Limited 23-31 Herbert Street INVERCARGILL GWO — Terrace DUNEDIN Cooke Howlison Limited. 144 Great King Street. Cooke Howiison Limited, Anderson's Bay Road. GERALDINE Hervey Motors Limited, Talbot Street GORE GWD — RusseHs (Gore) L "’*«*• R moTUEKA Wriahtcars Limited High Street NELSON Wnghtcars Limited. Russells Limited. 22 Yarrow Street. LEESTON New Zealand Farmers Motors (Canty) Limited. High Street. METHVEN Smallbone Brothers Limited. Rakaia Gorge Road. MOSGIEL i 126 Trafalgar Street OAMARU Wrightcars Limited. 28 Severn Street. RANGIORA Blackwell Motors (Rangiora) Limited, 13-17 High Street. TEMUKA Hervey Motors Limited, Corner King & Wood Streets. UMARU Hervey Motors Limrted. 6 Sefton Street, tinwavo ama do WAIMATE Staite Motors Limited. 73 High Street. WESTPORT Betts Motors (Westport) Limited, 185 Palmerston Street 3179 *
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