Quote Originally Posted by gregbark View Post
You can check out this page which shows the relationship between Germany, Korea & Australia with a similar looking Commodore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Rekord_Series_E.

It is also worth reading this link which shows the Australian car industry started to decline many years ago with the button Plan. The recent closure announcements have been know in the automotive industry for the last few years and came as no surprise. It was the general public who were not aware.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button_plan
Interesting post. History tells us that the Opel Rekord was the base for the VB Commodore. The European electrics came in on Calais (about VK I recall), giving Holden the "world class car". Holden also put the 6 and the 8 in it, straight up, making it very quick for a family car, brakes and drivetrain came pretty much off what they were doing with Torana and Kingswood.

However, yeah shared GM body, but we made it here!