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“Wheels Magazine” compares Commodore with Europe’s best. ■— PERFORMANCE Nothing we can say ACCOMMODATION/INTERIOR I . here can adequately convey the superiority of "The Commodore has better seats and a 1 For many years the motoring public has been led to believe the Commodore’s performance on the road. It modern, 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 zsnlw+hau/aalthw faiA/rniild pffnrrl TKp rPdt of IwprA final drive gives it long, long legs for relaxing Swede.’ "Only the Commodore has a remote which only the wealthy tew could anora. Ine rest ot us were high speed cruising and yet it js also the most control boot lid contro , t afl have van i ty mirrors, forced to accept vehicles whose price tags related to our responsive in traffic and has more than overhead grab handles, trip meters, but on y i bank balances and any shortcomings were met with a shrug enough low speed torque to rush away from a the Commodore and the British car have Of the Shoulders and the comment What you get is what German has it for the driver’s mirror, the you pay for”. “Wheels Magazine” of Australia, having ECONOMY 1 The effortless nature of the Swede for none.’’ chosen the Commodore as their ‘Car of the Year’, wouldn’t commodore is reflected in its fuel iiNinNVvvhn O i e 1 orront that consumption. We expected it to use the most LUINLLUdIUriJ Wheels Magazine asked , accept mai. a u ’au petrol and it did, but we didn’t think the its five testers two questions on the completion 1 Supposing the Commodore SL/E was matched, not with difference would be as small as it was. The of the comparison. The answer to the first made Cars Of a similar price but with cars two and even three Commodore V 8 SL/E’s 5.4km/l overall the second question superfluous: • f/mPQ its nrirethree ‘nrpstine’ rars from GermanV compared favourably with its three rivals. No 1. If the four cars carried the same price tag, i times ItS price tnree prestige cars n 0/77 uerrnany, doubt.all four cars would return in better which would you regard as being the best? I 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 53 r ’ km/h (i.e. Europe.) In such conditions.the money? Europeans would improve more spectacularly “Unanimously and without ifs or buts the than the c ommodore but in the cut and thrust testers involved chose the Commodore as ww B 'g . .is . of traffic and the primitive conditions that being the best car even if all had the same IIToCo ThiPV applyon Australian highways, we believe our price tag. The Commodore matches or WIMO. UlVj figures are typical." surpasses the Europeans in almost every area. v It is superbly equipped, comfortable riding, HANDLING/ROAD HOLDING/ suspension systems but they are all tied to a WQJSE" we can only say that the safe handling and an effortless performer. ; STEERING/RIDE live rBar ax ' B ’ S Cornmodo’re was, collectively, regarded as the Even on the open market it would be regarded -j “After road testing a variety of L° U ? h a 9 S ' rTt Y of the four while the Swedish car with as offering excellent value for money." , Commodores we were convinced that the SL/E SeGeman modetasks for concentration its dreadful wind noise was the loudest. The “Wheels Magazine then we nt ontosay., If I (vis Commodore) would be a match for even J he G ®™ an . n ? ode ! asks X ‘ Sn’t German car still suffers from excessive road we do upset the owners and distributors of the h bes Europeans " throu9h \ he «n X rumble and rather more wind noise round the expensive luxury cars we do so knowing that "The CommodoreJ was easily the quickest . CO " S ' S ' XrS C°T, modorB ° r thB A-pi liar at 120 km/h than we expected. Then we the Commodore is not just better value for throuoh the slalom it was also smooth and Swedish representatve. , had the British vehicle — its engine throbs, the money but a superior car. So think long and XtlesSough there was some bodyroll J? 8^ ° Q r ®rS wSh XXess that fa " the bcd^ratt,es roads hard about those European ‘exot.es before as it was swung from one lock to the other.” b its lack of independent rear end Jt was and wind noise from the door frames decomes *' g . n '" 9 9 I "At high speed the Commodore is beautifully increasingly annoying as speed rises.” ITIS ! stable — even at its maximum speed of ... n . hvthP rar’s seats Desoite IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE, IT IS. | 195 km/h. It just tracks down (he road and is I virtually unaffected by cross winds. never suggestion that it fbats at speed, all THEXOMMODORE YOURSELF "The British car, the Swedish car and the it needs is better control of the driver’s body as IT WITH ANY OTHER CAR, I Commodore all have quite sophisticated rear it adjusts t 0 inpu t s from the steering wheel." REGARDLESS OFPRIGE. COMMODORE ‘CAR OF THE YEAR’ .#/ f /fief I iii ’■ i • ~T IN H ■■■■- z - z . . - ";. 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