Diesel decision

IT REALLY depends what your priority is. If it's having fun in a ute, go for the Commodore or Falcon. My recent experience in the new FG Falcon was that the six-cylinder gave about 12.0L/100km on average, but that the XR6 Turbo was a little better on fuel and was heaps more fun to drive. If you need a ute for work and fuel economy is important, I would go for a diesel. But you also need to remember that hauling all that four-wheel-drive equipment around is soaking up fuel and you'll probably find the diesel four-wheel-drive isn't much more economical than a petrol six-cylinder ute.