It's no surprise Holden has uprated the SS Commodore's brake package ... Outside, the alloy wheels are from the VZ Monaro. There are no surprises in the driving, either. The engine dominates ...

Power rose again (245 kW/465 Nm) with the August 2003 VY II and again (250 kW/470 Nm) 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 ...

The third-generation cars command far lower prices, which began with VT models in 1997 and spans VZ Holden Commodores ... Chevrolet SS models have also been hit with initial depreciation factors.

Like the previous version, the 6.0-liter VZ Commodore SS was available with a precise Tremec six-speed gearbox or four-speed automatic. Curiously, Holden made the move to the larger engine because ...

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 ...

The automatic Omega has the biggest, with a claimed payload of 794kg, down from 818kg on the VZ equivalent. The loads continue to drop as you go up the range, with the SS-V automatic able to carry ...

As a result of this brand change, the SS received Chevy bowtie badging to replace the Holden badging that the car wore in its home market. A total of 12,924 units of the rare Chevrolet SS were ...

According to our stopwatch, the 6.0-litre SS's 6.5 seconds for the 0-100kmh sprint matches the (now dearly departed) 5.7-litre VZ Monaro. That car, fitted with Holden's most powerful iteration of ...