We'll have to wait for the new VE Commodore, expected about September, to see if we get them then. As is, the performance improvement from Gen III to L76 is incremental for the SS model tested here.

When Drive tested the VZ Commodore Executive/Acclaim in September ... The SV6 misses out on the sports front seats fitted to the V8 SS. The standard Commodore driver's seat is a big, comfy ...

The VZ versions ... is more stylish. Drawing on influences from classic sports cars, the designers have introduced a T-panel at the back of the cabin. On the sports models the T-panel is colour ...

when the $50,990 VZ went on sale in August 2004. Holden launched a 260 kW/510 Nm, 6.0-litre V8 SS in February 2006, just months before the all-new VE Commodore arrived. -- BRUCE NEWTON The later ...

THE VZ Commodore was the last hurrah for the generation ... which continued in the SS until the Series II upgrade in 2006, when it was replaced by a new 6.0-litre engine. Along with the engines ...

The VZ range began with the Executive fleet model, and included the Acclaim and Calais, while there was now a sports model, the SV6, in addition to the V8-powered SS. Holden continued to offer two ...

In theory the 2006 SS costs $51,790 but no one pays full price for a Commodore these days. The 5.7-litre LS1 V8 engine, which in the 2005 VZ SS produced 250kW of power at 5600rpm and 470Nm of ...