Chevy VY Commodore SS

Chevy? WTF? Yes, as previously mentioned in another post Aussie hoons are buying Holdens and rebadging them (or buying them prebadged) with Chevy markings.

I was driving home yesterday when I pulled up at the lights behind this VY Commodore ute with a big fat Chevy logo stuck on its back. I'm not sure about the logic behind this strange phenomenon because this guy has gone to the extent of getting a personalised license plate to tell everyone how proud he is of his purchase then he goes and ditches the Holden lion frisbee.

The obvious link is GM owns Holden and Chevrolet but why change the branding on a car that is only sold as a Holden? Does ANYONE know what's going on here!?

Yanks Love Aussie V8s

While I think a 6.2 litre V8 isn’t exactly the thing we should be driving these days it is still heartwarming to see the local (Aussie) car manufacturers getting some love from the USA.

Autoblog often waxes eloquent about the local grown produce and comes across as having a warm fuzzy place in their car-loving hearts for the Pontiac G8 (AKA Holden VE Commodore) not too suprising through after considering it will eat up the road using all 415 horses (309 kw).

Reading up on the G8 on Wikipedia I found this interesting tidbit. "...Some G8 buyers are removing all traces of the Pontiac brand from their vehicles by installing Commodore front bumpers and other parts.". I've noticed the opposite here with Aussie hoons choosing to replace their Holden markings with Chevy logos and whatnot. Weird.

For comparison here's a photo of a similar Holden, the VE SS V-Series.