Holden Calais Reviews

I got quite a few comments driving this Holden Calais Tourer around for a week.Dads stopped me on the school run, “Is that the new Holden?” Neighbours  commented while walking past the driveway, “Is that the new Commodore?” It seemed everyone was interested because the Calais Tourer looks good.It’s essentially a five-seat wagon, but it’s not the Holden Sportwagon - similar, but the Tourer is longer and higher. It’s a part of the Commodore family and I was in the Calais which is second from the top of the range.This particular Holden is now built in Germany but still has all the key characteristics you’re used to in a Calais, with a V6 engine and streamlined style.Here’s how it did over a week with my family.

The Holden Commodore might not be built in Australia any longer, but does that mean the top-spec Calais version is any less suited to Australian families? We put it to the weekend test to find out.

Could Holden's huge and high-riding Commodore Tourer be the cure to SUV outbreak currently sweeping the nation? We put the 2018 Calais version through its paces to find out.

The more luxurious $40,990 Calais sits toward the upper end of the all-new ZB Commodore line-up.

Like the Calais, the Calais-V is limited to the Liftback bodystyle unless you opt for the off-road flavoured Tourer.

The Tourer is the off-road flavoured version of the all-new ZB Commodore line-up, with a little extra ground clearance (overall height increase: 42mm) and an unpainted plastic bodykit to help protect it on dirt roads. The Tourer is available in two trim levels, comprised of the $45,990 Calais Tourer and the $53,990

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