From Left Lane News:
General Motors group vice president Nick Reilly was recently in Melbourne, Australia for Holden's quarterly strategy meeting and revealed some interesting possibilities for the future of the Holden Commodore including diesel and hybrid powerplants.
Reilly confirmed that Holden will release hybrid vehicles in the next "couple of years" and continued to say that the Commodore "could be one of the first hybrids you could see [in Australia from GM]. I would put a time frame on that of probably a couple of years, according to
Drive.com.
Reilly also indicated that a diesel Commodore is on the way. We dont yet have a diesel Commodore but that will come, he says.
Lastly, Reilly confirmed that a four-cylinder Commodore is being "looked at." As we have
reported before (and even
shown in spy photos), General Motors is readying a
Buick Park Avenue which is based on the Holden Commodore for the Chinese market that is powered by the same 2.0L turbo-four found under the hood of the
Pontiac Solstice GXP, among others.
Because the Holden Commodore and Buick Park Avenue is built on GM's Zeta platform, any powertrain fitted to the Commodore would also fit in the Pontiac G8's and
Chevrolet Camaro's engine bay. If Holden does ultimately give the powertrains the green light, it's quite possible that we could see hybrid, four-cylinder and even
diesel-powered versions of the
G8 and
Camaro in the U.S. just shortly after the turn of the decade.
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