This is how the 1980 Holden VC Commodore became super popular with car shoppers | Classic Cars 

That holden vc commodore looks so cute

I still have my 81 VC/SLE 5.0 V8. It's the best car I have ever owned, I have had 15+ Holdens so far

Great car, Opel Rekord (Comodore) was very popular in late 70's and early 80's and one of the best. thanks for the excellent review

Good video & well researched. The Blue motors released in VC were referred to by Holden as the XT5 upgrade. As for the starfire 4, several things 1. Holden wanted to expand the model range with a 4 cylinder, starfire was the most cost-effective way to achieve this, despite its poor performance it was a reliable unit 2. Holden needed a stop gap model until the new Camira arrived in 1982, so the starfire continued to soldier on in VH until it was quietly withdraw as Camira sales took off.

Vc was my first car

As a Aussie its awesome to see aussie cars here. you should do the XD XE XF falcons :D

Well this is new LOL. Great vid! I miss Holden and we were fortunate to get a few of them here.

VC Commodore was my favourite car.......🙏🏻

There was another commodore trim level called the SLX. But you did well on your research for a yank 😂

I watched the video last night. I thought my message saved. It did not. I was impressed with your gathering of information in this video. I was shocked to see this video on Holden. I was also impressed. I was thinking while watching where is he getting this footage? I was impressed by that. You probably know that the Commodore was eventually sold in the United States as the Pontiac G8 and Chevrolet SS. It was sold in the Middle East as the Chevrolet Lumina. It was sold in GM South America as the Chevrolet Commodore, and in England as a Vauxhall. You are probably aware GM sold Vauxhall and Opel to Stellantis. I thank you for doing a video on Holden and sharing this side of GM. It would be interesting to see Holden Caprice and Statesman as well. The 1990's models look like Oldsmobiles. See the Cutlass Supreme sedan rear styling and window design. They looked like Ninety Eight and Eighty Eight as well. I am again impressed with this video and thank you share producing it as well.

When the Starfire Commodores were released they were popular in New Zealand. Sure they were gutless but cheap on fuel if you didnt mind the lack of power. When they dropped in price 2nd hand a mate of mine in NZ had a heap of them and he would punt them up and down the North Island embarrassing many a car of the day as the car would handle well at highway speeds. With the light front end and good rear suspension it made it agile car thru corners but eventually it would get rounded up on the straights by the more powerful models around. If you are doing research for the next model the VH Commodore dont forget to include the NZ VH SS Group 3 sedan. It was a 5.0L V8 built i believe at the Trentham Plant near Wellington NZ. Only 30 were built and development was overseen by none other than race legend Peter Brock from Australia. It had a non ADR compliant developed 5.0 engine (like a non smog LA engine) which made it go much harder than its Australian sibling. Its extremely rare and was testament to Brockys understanding to how to setup performance cars of the day. Although i knew about this info 3 years ago it took me a fair while to dig up the article that alludes to these facts. It was hard to find. Hope you can include this in your upcoming videos. Ill try send link. Happy days....

The 4 cylinder engine was called the fart fire or

HDT was a beast. The 4 speed box made them seem more powerful than they really were though..still a beast but 🇦🇺

yep had the VB SL/E 5lt and also VH SL/E 5lt and Also a FORD XD Ghia 4.9:lt, NOw have a 2015 Holden Redline SSV. with rear Brembo's and larger 360mm rotors and also DPE rear Mufflers. :) Last of the holden V8's and Also its a redline, not just a SS V8? Basically it looks like a motorsport model with the silver brembo calipers. :)

Down under it's called a H-Zed....

Best i could do was " Rare New Zealand Built VH SS Brock Commodore, Holden Street Machines Sept 10 2013 $50.000 on trademe buy and sell kiwi with 90,000 ks on it. " would be worth more like 300k NZD plus plus now 10 years later. Hope this helps.... XB GT fella.. ..

Why don't some one come and bring The Holden Brand name back again

The XD falcon out sold the commodore all the way through the 80s because the commy wasnt as large in the interior as the ford.There was a collective groan from the public when GMH kept the old 202 six......GMH didnt get it right until 1989 when they released the VN a widened and stretched opel with a Buick V6 mounted fore n aft with a fuel injected 5ltr version as well.

First video about an Australian car, and first video about a car that doesn't exist in North America.