Editing Holden Commodore (section)

{{short description|Car model from Holden}}
{{Distinguish|Opel Commodore}}
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{{Infobox automobile
| name = Holden Commodore
| image = 2017 Holden Commodore (VF II MY17) SV6 sedan (2017-11-18) 01.jpg
| caption = 2017 Holden Commodore SV6 sedan (VFII)
| manufacturer = [[Holden]]
| production = {{ubl
 | October 1978 – October 2017 (Australia)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.caradvice.com.au/812851/holden-commodore-retired/ |title=Goodbye Commodore: A legend dies as Holden goes exclusive on SUVs and utes |access-date=11 December 2019 |archive-date=11 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211144222/https://www.caradvice.com.au/812851/holden-commodore-retired/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | February 2018 – December 2020 (Germany)
}}
| class = {{unbulleted list
  | [[Mid-size car]] (1978–1988; 2018–2020)
  | [[Full-size car]] (1988–2017)
  }}
| body_style = {{unbulleted list
  | 2-door [[coupé utility]]
  | 4-door [[sedan (automobile)|sedan]]
  | 5-door [[station wagon]]
  | 4-door [[crew cab]]
  | 2-door [[cab chassis]]
  }}
| platform = {{unbulleted list
  | [[GM V platform (1966)|GM V platform]] (1978–2006)
  | [[GM Zeta platform]] (2006–2017)
  | [[GM Epsilon platform#E2XX|GM E2XX platform]] (2018–2020)
  }}
| related = {{unbulleted list
  | [[Holden Caprice|Holden Statesman and Caprice]]
  | [[Holden Monaro]]
  | [[Opel Insignia]]
  | [[Opel Commodore]]
  | [[Buick Regal]]
  | [[Opel Omega]]
  | [[Pontiac G8]]
  | [[Vauxhall Carlton]]
  }}
| layout = {{unbulleted list
  | [[Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, rear-wheel drive]] (1978–2017)
  | [[Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, front-wheel drive]] (2018–2020)
  | [[Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, all-wheel drive]] (2018–2020)
  }}
| predecessor = [[Holden Kingswood]]
}}

The '''Holden Commodore''' is a series of [[automobile]]s that were sold by now-defunct Australian manufacturer [[Holden]] from 1978 until 2020. They were manufactured from 1978 to 2017 in Australia and from 1979 to 1990 in New Zealand, with production of the locally manufactured versions in Australia ending on 20 October 2017.<ref name=news-2017-10-20/>

The first three generations of Holden produced Commodores (1978–2006) were based on the [[Opel]] designed [[General Motors V platform (RWD)|V-body]] rear-wheel drive [[automotive platform]], which was the basis of GM's largest European models, but were structurally strengthened, mechanically modified, and, in time, enlarged by Holden for Australian road conditions, production needs, and market demands. The styling of these cars was generally similar to that of the [[Opel Commodore C]], and later, the [[Opel Omega|Opel Omega A/B]] and their [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]] sister models the [[Vauxhall Carlton]] and Omega.

The fourth generation Holden Commodore models, the '''[[Holden Commodore (VE)|VE]]''' and '''[[Holden Commodore (VF)|VF]]''', manufactured by Holden from 2006 until 2017, were entirely designed in-house and based on the Holden-developed, rear-wheel drive [[GM Zeta platform|Zeta platform]]. Between 2018 and 2020, a rebadged, front-wheel drive [[Opel Insignia#Holden Commodore (ZB)|Opel Insignia]], built by Opel in Germany, was sold in Australia as the '''[[Holden Commodore (ZB)|ZB]]'''. All sales of the last Commodore ended at the end of 2020, coinciding with the complete discontinuation of Holden as a [[subsidiary company]], [[marque]], and [[nameplate]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Holden Commodore, Astra To Be Discontinued In 2020|url=https://www.motor1.com/news/386957/holden-commodore-astra-retired-2020/|last=Padeanu|first=Adrian|website=Motor1.com|language=en|access-date=2020-06-01|archive-date=10 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210104928/https://www.motor1.com/news/386957/holden-commodore-astra-retired-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref>