Who is gonna get to pull 1 apart first

Bit of info FYI , the stato comes with Blaupunkt but the Caprice now gets a BOSE system !!

Dash looks very similar to Mazda so Im hoping its seperate unit , will have to wait and see ! Pics to come when I get 1 to do

gents....some piccys for you. The SS commodore is shown. It looks like that Burnt Orange colour is back in again.

Woofers are in a good spot for a higher sound stage

The headunit....well.... its a big job

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The interior looks very nice. I bags NOT being the first to pull one apart. It does appear to have a centre channel aswell and an AUX input.

Hmmmm, wonder who will be the first creative one to modify... or Alpine Mobile-Hub and the RF 3SIXTY, JL Cleanswep units are going to be very popular

i'm the only one who noticed the little telephone button on the steering wheel?
bluetooth?

Hmmm, dunno. It just says "MUTE", it certainly could be though.

Is that an Aux input adjacent the A/C switch?
screen suffers badly with banding.

Thats definately a phone motif on the mute button quid, you might be on the money there

bluetooth is an avalible option on the new ve range.

Talking to a friend who contracts to holden but works for blaupunkt said there will be a blau interface for aux and preouts. also canbus wiring on the deck.

Are you able to find out if the Omega models have the A/C integrated the same as the SS do.

I thought the race should be the first person to take one for a test drive not to pull one apart

Not in our world

I'll back that up. was told the same at a training night. did he mention which one actually got the IPOD- was lead to believe calais v.


x2.

the local yard is going to ring me when they get there 'demo' one in so I can have a play..

Like I said , the race is on
First 1 I see anywhere Im into it , dont really care whos it is either . . .

may the best fitter win

Sure, will call him later in the week. We spoke about 3 months ago but from memory the A/C will be integrated.

Haha unless you're a fitter you don't know what it's like pulling apart a car and discovering all its intricacies...



I can just imagine the dealer coming out of his office and finding the interior of a VE spread across the showroom

Dont laugh , I did that in Toyotas show room here with the new Hilux , dealer principal (who I know very well) just shook his head and walked away

I didnt say the car would be in a dealership either , I dont care where it is , rental , dealer , car park what ever

WHY???????

Have any manufactures ever thought about the poor bastard who buys a second hand one 6-7 years down the track...............

Phil

those knobs look like the ones out of a volkswagon polo.
i like the digital voltmeter n oil gauge. gonna be lots of fun for someone.

Just want to add a bit here, since it's related to the VE in some way...













I came across this blue car late this afternoon near the Melbourne Uni Square. So that makes it my 2nd sighting of the new VE, only this time I was able to look in much,much,much greater detail (unfortunately I only looked at the exterior, cause I figured by now most of you would've sen the interior shots supplied by the media).

Well, since I'm not really a fan of both Holden and Ford large cars, I couldn't say whether I can warm up to the new VE. I'll say this though: while the front and back of the new VE do resemble the BA Falcon (and its later revisions) the whole proportion of the car does look better compared to the Falcon. You could almost look at it this way: if Ford was more adventurous and brave enough to ditch the midsection of the BA Falcon that was carried over from the AU Falcon and came up with its own at the time of the BA's unveiling, the BA could've look very much like this blue car. The designs of the roofline, beltline and door skins of the BA Falcon onwards were carried over from the AU due to numerous reasons, such as production costs and budget IIRC and that's why while it looks good on the front and back when viewed from the side the current Falcon seems odd.

And another thing: What's with the Chevrolet badge? I assume that this will be an export model? Does Holden export the SS overseas?

Anyhow, enjoy the pics.

Cheers,

Bon

yup the commo is exported to saudi arabia with just a straight badge change to chev....i think the ss is also gunne be the new chev monte carlo...

so we might see some nascar racing comodores!!!

I think the Commos exported to the middle east are LHD too.

trust me, you dont wanna pull a VE apart!

i put the things together, and if the front end trim is anything like the rear trims and bits and pieces i fit, you'll break nearly every clip pulling it apart!

I assume you work for Holden ?
You might come in handy when it comes time to rip the siht out of a VE

yeah been there for about 4 years now!

i immedietly thought of a SQ system when i seen the VE's coming down the line... nice speaker positions, and i heard something about the "upgrade" abilities of the blaupunkt headunit (as yes, it has all the air con controls etc built it) DVD system is an available option on all models, and theres a stock centre speaker in the dash on all cars above the Omega (not sure what it does, but could come in handy anyway!)

oh, and the battery is in the boot!! stock on all cars!!

Ok so even the Omega has the AC integrated then ?
That sux !

being bosch though I i'd say that you plug things in and it works.
(they wouldn't tell me this much so to me I'm assuming.) I'll know when I pull one to bits in a week and a bit.

unfortunately, all headunits are iPod compatible, but all that really mean is they all have a 3.5mm aux input on the front of the dash, nothing really outstanding.

there is a patch for them that will put all the info on the dash due soon..

Hmm its odd that the blue VE has chevy badges yet it is RHD? All export models are LHD that go to Saudi Arabia. Maybe its to throw the average Joe off the fact that its the new Holden

I don't like the way manufacturers are heading with inbuilt stereos... Atleast these new ones are all MP3 CD compatible (or so I was told).

nah south africa are RHD too

I'm still not sure if i like it or not

yeah I was abit unsure but the SS looks absolutely insane!!

Can't wait to see what they come up with in the way of the new Monaro. From some pontiac GTO shots I've seen, it looks like it might be worth waiting for..that is of course, if the rumours are true and they do release a new monaro in '07/08...

And you have the cash to afford one of them!

Yeah well after working 4yrs in the UK with all expenses paid, I do have a spare dollar or two floating about.

Car manufacturers are only interested in new car sales. Which realistically is pretty naive because private buyers look to buy a car partially based on resale. Companies like holden and ford however are more interested in fleet sales and "sports car" sales most people who buy HSVs and FPV vehicles are die in the wool ford or holden fans and arent too concerned...

It would be nice if bosch would come out with a single din screen and control for the climate control etc. But they wont. The head unit will be a typical Bosch/Blaupunkt unit - 2 steps ahead in wank factor features and 5 steps behind in reliability and proper functionality features



We've already seen Commodores in the Nascars in australia (back in the day when we had Nascar racing stupid bloody worthless thunderdome...) how ever I dont think they ever raced it. One of the teams built one or two VT commodore based nascars and then a couple of teaps built monaro based nascars. by based i mean they were made to look like cause as most of you would know nothing of the car is actually made from the car its based on the whole car is hand fabricated and they are in fact larger...

Maybe one day the 'Dome will be back in action for racing till then I enjoy going down to see the boy on track days and getting the occasional hot lap or two (really fu(king scary in a HQ more so than the Auscars if you ask me...)

I'm confident that Holden definitely had the idea to export these in mind... Check out the dash and how modular it looks. Not like the VT-X where the top part of the dash is one piece- VE was made for LHD swaps! Even the power window switch is in the centre of the console, not biased towards the driver like VY-Zs.

thats a very clever point.

He's not just a pretty face!

Are you threatening me??

all commodore from VT onwards have been exported as LHD, the dash and console etc were just mirrored

yeah, but this dash will make it even easier, all they need to do is a qhick swap and its done, rather than having to produce all new dashes

wtf is with the handbrake?? hmm......

Once again, it's in that spot and looks that way so when a LHD swap is done it will be a 'perfect' mirror image of RHD.

MMM SQ get a LHD dash infil for the drives side remove the steering wheel and pedals and everything and drive by remote control. surely youd get show points for being inovative and teh sound stage would have less obsitcles.... am i getting carried away?

bah not remote, hook up a playstation controller, that way it would be like paying your favourite racing game!!!

like men in black ^^^^

someone said something about a new monaro....i thought i heard that they werent making any more for now

its based on the new camaro or something....

edit:technically the camaro is based on it.....the new "beta" platform (i think thats what its called) that was developed by holden, and cost over a billion dollars is now the platform for basically everycar owned by General Motors......

but yeah, i think the new monaro will look similar to the new camaro

I win
Got to have a looksee at 1 today
Now I just have to convince them to give me the keys to pull it apart !