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Fuel prices may be high, but Australians still love a big car.
The launch last month of the new VE Commodore has catapulted the car back to the top of the sales charts after falling behind the Toyota Corolla the previous two months.
GM Holden boss Denny Mooney said he was happy with the first couple of weeks of sales of the new VE Commodore and predicted they would beat the Corolla to return to the top of the sales charts by next month.
However, the sales surge saw the family favourite return to the top in August after just two weeks of VE sales.
Corolla beat Commodore in June by 903 and in July by 689, but VZ and VE Commodore sales in August beat Corolla by 839.
And not everyone is buying the base model Commodore.
"We're seeing a richer mix with more interest in Calais and SS, than base models," Mooney said.
"Omega (the base model) will be a good fleet car, but not necessarily the volume seller."
But don't expect major discounts on runout VZ Commodore stock.
Mooney said runout sales of the outgoing VZ Commodore sedan had gone well with only about 1000 left.
He said the VZ ute, station wagon and Crewman would continue over the next year and gradually be replaced by VE versions.
However, he said the launch next month of the Captiva sports utility vehicle could spell the end for the fuel-guzzling all-wheel-drive VZ Adventra.
"Some people still want wagons, but the Adventra is pretty low volume," he said.
He also said the Captiva would come with a more fuel-miserly diesel engine "soon" but would not confirm whether it would be available from launch.
