87VLCALAIS
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He's just representing the opinion of old school Commodore owners, a lot of which frequent this forum. My opinion is that the tests they used were heavily skewed in favour of RWD cars so the outcome was never in doubt.
If it was something like who has the best equipment spec, the best fuel economy, or who is the fastest point to point car in wet conditions, the outcome would be a different forgone conclusion.
Yes, he represents some of the old school Commodore owners but not all. I suspect I've owned a Commodore longer than he has and consider myself a typical Commodore owner. I saved really hard and bought my first one brand new in 1979 as a 21 year old and have owned Commodores ever since. VB SL, VC SL , VL Calais, VY S , now the ZB RSV and my wife has a VE SV6 Z series. Over 40 years of Commodores. Some people may say that is rather sad.
Why did I buy a Commodore at the start? Because it was a decent sized 6 cylinder car with good handling. It was a car you could get into and drive several hundred kilometres with ease, carry a good load and easily tow a well laden trailer without getting puffed.
The ZB does all that anywhere as well as any of the other Commodores I have owned and as far as ride, handling and performance it is easily the best of them all.
I agree the the test was purely designed to be in favour of the other two cars. Head to head on a windy road especially in the wet the ZB would walk away. I suspect even on a dry race track the SS would struggle to stay in front.
As an aside, it was interesting when the VB Commodore replaced the Kingswood and all the comments about the Commodore not really being a Holden with it's European (Opel) roots. Oh how the wheel turns.