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“Wheels Magazine” compares Commodore with Europe’s best r~ — ‘ —~| PERFORMANCE '.'Nothing we can say ACCOMMODATION/INTERIOR . here can adequately convey the superiority of “The Commodore has better seats and a ■For many years the motoring public has been led to believe the Commodore s performance on the road. It modem, if conventional, interior, is easier to get that to own and drive a so-called ‘great car’ is an experience outpoints the Others in every area for its 2 6 in and out of than either the British or the vi/hirh nnlv thp wpalthv fpw rni ilrl afford ThP of Ijq WPrP fir ’ al drive 9 ives if long ' long legs for relaxing Swede.’’ “Only the Commodore has a remote wnicn only tne weaitny Tew COUIO anoro. Ine rest or US were highspeed cruising and yet it is also the most control boot lid control, all have vanity mirrors, < forced to accept vehicles whose price tags related to our responsive in traffic and has more than overhead grab handles, trip meters, but only bank balances and any shortcomings were met with a Shrug enough low speed torqueto rush away from a the Commodore andthe British car.hc.ve of the shoulders and the comment.“ What you get is what standing start ;,' V ' . \ cSSS XS^s^rror'.^e 3 ' you pay for”. “Wheels. Magazine of Australia, having ECONOMY' 'The'effortless nature of the Swede for n0ne.'.'...... chosen the Commodore as their‘Car of the Year’, wouldn’t commodore is-reflected in its fuel fAMriromwc..., , J • arrpnt that consumption. We expedted it to. use the most CvlMuWMvnd Wheels Magazine asked auucpi Hlcti. • ... petrol and it did. but we didn't think the ' its five testers two questions on the completion Supposing the Commodore oL/tz was matched, not with difference would be as small as it was. The of the comparison. The answer to the first made i cars of a Similar price but with cars two and even three Commodore VB.SL. Ess.4km/l overall the second question superfluous: times its nrire three-'nrestiae’ rars from Germany ' compared favourably with its three rivals. No 1. If the four cars carried the same price tag, vmes Its price--tnree prestige cars rrom Germany, . doLibt a|| four cars wou|d re{l . rn jn better v .. hlch WoLild you regard as bsing the best? Sweden and the, United Kingdom. . figures under ideal conditions— say cruising The second question was: Given their current . “Forget the price, judge them purely as cars.” on a constant throttle on the legal limit of 100 local prices, which is.the best value for : km/h (i.e. Europe.) In such conditions the money? ’ v:':./. , Europeans would improve more spectacularly “Unanimously and without ifs or buts the . .. ‘ . . . . . . . 1 . in 11 than the c ommoc j ore but in the cut and thrust testers involved chose the Commodore as ■ ww- * < ' yg p Ji 5 ' of traffic and the primitive conditions that being the best car even if all had the same 'rlAI¥M2 H7tI£IT ■TIP I I7 TAIIfIO apply on Australian highways, we believe our price tag. The Commodore matches or UVIVd WIMI. Ulvy figures are typical.” surpasses the Europeans in almost every area. IT *-MfAT /nnin Tint rtr lt is superbly equipped, comfortable riding, nANDLINu/KvAD HuLDINCj/ suspension systems but they are all tied to a. NQISE “ we can only say that the ‘ safe handling and an effortless performer. STEERING/RIDE live r ® ar axle . .• •, and w , hen t th ® 9dl l '?l V c ’ • Commodore was, collectively, regarded as the Even on the open market it would be regarded ■ “After road testing a variety of [° o u ? h a n 9 °° d R T uietest of the four while the Swedish car with aS ° ffer ' n9 excellent , value for money '” ..* Commodores we were convinced that the SL/E •■ Tho r^man V mndPi fnr ronrpntration its dreadful wind noise was the loudest. The “Wheels Magazine then went on to say: If (vis. Commodore) would be a match for even thr^,n TSaTnm Zarina wasn’t German car sti|l suffers from excessive road.. we do upset the owners and distributors of the ■the best Europeans.'’.;- .. . ;.. .. , through the.slalom, its power steer ng wasn t rumb | e and rather more wind no i S e round the expensive luxury cars we do so knowing that -The Gommodore was easily the quickest as CO H^' S A ’P illar at 120 km/h than we expected. Then we the Commodore is not just better value for through the slalom, it was also smooth and KmmXp Xainiv is the soft ridino had the Britlsh vehicle ~ lts engine throbs ' the mo " ey bu \ a supe ™ r car ’ S ? th, " k loa9 # and effortless although there was-some body roll mpmhprnf thp nuartPt with a snnnleness that fan intrudes, the body rattles on rough roads hard about those European exotics be.ore :.;as it was swung from.one lock to.the other.” . h p| ipc . ;»<- iXai, J? indanendent rear end It was and wind noisefrom the door frames becomes signing the cheque. Youi will be buying a name “At high speed the Commodore is beautifully th m t r nr hfnrtahip P nf thP cars with its ride increasingly annoying as speed rises.” and mystique but not a better car. i£T 7; T n tV tS H mU Z Pe ZH ■ X well matched by the car s seats. Despite V P TnMM ' S ’ 9okm/h. It just tracks down the road and >s the y smo othness of the Commodore there was I?f T C Sr Ammodorf yS r N rcX»e^w“ 0 A“.?0 E r^R U CA Commodore ah have quite soph,s«ed rear REGARDLESS OF PRtCE. COMMODORE X/ I n A LAR OF IRE YEAR’ : f hi . 1 .WA ~~ ... . Meibourna/Austraba. • ; ■.■ z