What is the go with the VE ute?? [Archive] - Street Commodores Online Forum

-HSV-

05-10-2006, 09:01 PM

2008! The next commodore will be out by then!
yeah... sooo....?

the VT was out, and the VU ute only came out until the VX started!

then again VSIII went through with VT, although so is VZ ute with VE...

TUF308

05-10-2006, 09:33 PM

bit of a joke really, whats the hold up??

Grim_Reaper

05-10-2006, 10:45 PM

Holden felt it would be better to develop the statesman/caprice first because of the number of exports...

aus8

05-10-2006, 11:45 PM

Holden felt it would be better to develop the statesman/caprice first because of the number of exports...

Exactly right! If they cared about the Australian market we would have the VE wagon here well before the stato and caprice. All about the exports to Holden as the large car market here slowly diminishes.

Cheers

Aus8

Dunnydore

06-10-2006, 09:01 AM

aus8 you are right there but I look at it a little differeently.

By releasing the Caprice/Statesman along with the Commodore makes business sense as there is more money to be made for Holden in those two cars as exports (without exports those cars might not even exist) which will line the Holden coffers with $$$$$$ which will help in and aid the development of both the ute and wagon which will make them better cars for us.

Mind you I'd like to replace the VZ Wagon with a VE Wagon but I spose I'll just have to wait..........

techhea

06-10-2006, 04:54 PM

Just got a Promo offer in the mail today from Holden NZ advertising the SV6 ute.

190Kw 5 speed auto or 6 speed manual 17" rims driving lights etc

Blocka

06-10-2006, 05:07 PM

Just got a Promo offer in the mail today from Holden NZ advertising the SV6 ute.

190Kw 5 speed auto or 6 speed manual 17" rims driving lights etc

VZ or VE?

if VE
:gotpics:

TUF308

06-10-2006, 05:15 PM

that will be VZ

INSINR8R

06-10-2006, 07:04 PM

Just got a Promo offer in the mail today from Holden NZ advertising the SV6 ute.

190Kw 5 speed auto or 6 speed manual 17" rims driving lights etc

I saw one last week at Phoenix Holden in Perth, in Ignition. It looks the same as any other ute just with SV6 rims.

Theres a shitload of Ignition VZ utes and crewmans in the yards now.

afrothunder

06-10-2006, 07:09 PM

yep there is an ignition vz ute in bunbury holden

denizengt

06-10-2006, 08:12 PM

I was sure on Drive.com.au they said halfway through next year the VE class ute and wagon would be out?

bogey1

06-10-2006, 08:50 PM

Bosch have only just, or are about to start their engineering on the P1 wagon.

BRI22A

06-10-2006, 11:04 PM

well there is alot of series 3 vs utes that are bermuda blue, alot of the vz series utes now will be available in ve colours yeah?

zaccy

07-10-2006, 12:23 AM

The utes look to be released early to mid 2007. We have only just run the first trials for interior plastic trim tooling. Obviously the ute requires different b pillars to that of the sedan plus a few other differences. As for the wagon have not seen any tooling for that yet but sales would indicate that there is no rush for the wagon as there is not a big demend for them. The vz wagon sales have slowed alot.

Natho66

07-10-2006, 08:08 AM

I dont think its a bad thing that they are coming out later on, great for people who own utes or are buying a new one, they seem to keep there value a bit better and longer. Most commodore sedans die in the arse in price after a couple of years, its really stupid. I think holden needs to stop bring out so many models so often, I think they would hold there value better. I was looking around before the ve came out to buy another car and my trade in value on the vx ss was 19 000 or close to, and as soon as the ve comes out, its now 12500.

XR6KLR

07-10-2006, 05:07 PM

Penrith Heartland tol me start of next year (March)?

I dont think its a bad thing that they are coming out later on, great for people who own utes or are buying a new one, they seem to keep there value a bit better and longer. Most commodore sedans die in the arse in price after a couple of years, its really stupid. I think holden needs to stop bring out so many models so often, I think they would hold there value better. I was looking around before the ve came out to buy another car and my trade in value on the vx ss was 19 000 or close to, and as soon as the ve comes out, its now 12500.

This is what i'm hoping for! :D I'm looking at buying a VZ SS II Ute next year :p

Natho66

08-10-2006, 01:21 PM

nice one, good choice id say, im really considering the same as well

Edwardo

27-11-2006, 08:41 PM

Zaccy is sort of right, VE ute looks to be released mid year or bit later (May-Sept) from early reports and the wagon not till following year.

silver6

27-11-2006, 08:51 PM

VK-EFI

27-11-2006, 08:55 PM

those ignition colour utes will be classed as VZE, vz shape, ve colour and diff

200kw_VN

27-11-2006, 09:02 PM

there is a chop getting around of a VZ ute with VE front end are flared rears
looks like sex :D

VU_SS_UTE

28-11-2006, 12:01 AM

those ignition colour utes will be classed as VZE, vz shape, ve colour and diff

Diff??? The ass end of the VE ute is meant to be completely different, with proper IRS for once so we can lower them without chewing tyres like they're going out of fashion...

W2ttsy

28-11-2006, 12:23 AM

well i hope that by xmas the vy senators have dropped a little lower in price. id love to get one, and now the VEs are out, i doubt ill have much time before the price of my VY acclaim plummets past 15k...

W2ttsy

iceman_4405

29-11-2006, 08:38 PM

Sorry to bring back an old topic fellas.

I work for a Holden dealer, and as far as we're getting told, and waht we're telling customers (so it should be 85% correct :P) the utes and wagons will be released in February.

As for VZ's with VE colours, the colours Devil Yellow, Quicksilver, and Turismo have been chopped ( :( i wanted to get a SSII Ute in Turismo) and Nickel (the VE silver), and Ignition, as far as i know, have been introduced.

Any other questions i could help out with i'd love to.... :)

Also, with the wagons, why would they be in any hurry? buy an outdated lookin wagon when you can wait for the 'new thing' and be the first in town? any wonders sales have been slipping.. why bother? i wouldnt buy a VZ SS when i can wait for a VE SS... lol.

Hully

VK-EFI

29-11-2006, 09:28 PM

Diff??? The ass end of the VE ute is meant to be completely different, with proper IRS for once so we can lower them without chewing tyres like they're going out of fashion...

well the VE's have a new diff, im not too sure how much in the back end is taken from it and put into these utes, but im pretty sure they have the new style diff in them

Edwardo

29-11-2006, 11:22 PM

wagons are way off - haven't even started at the proving ground and not due for a while.

zaccy

30-11-2006, 07:23 PM

Interesting, we haven't even started moulding the internal plastic trim for the ute yet. Actually the tooling isn't even ready and we shutdown in two to three weeks for christmas and then don't start up again until second week in January so I think holdens will be pushing it to release the ute in February

V8wagon

01-12-2006, 08:34 AM

GMHTWR

15-12-2006, 09:01 PM

I work for a Holden dealer, and as far as we're getting told, and waht we're telling customers (so it should be 85% correct :P) the utes and wagons will be released in February.

LOL, what your getting told is 100% incorrect.

The VE ute will be in showrooms in Sept 2007. VE wagon won't be around until 2008 :)

Holden_Kid

16-12-2006, 10:17 AM

$12500 for your SS that sucks mate, ill give you $13000 :P

Sad the price drops so quick, but cant wait too see the VE utes, maybe someone in the photoshop thread could do a chop of a sedan into a ute

not long after the ve came out i did a ve ssv ute as a concept its not the best but here ya go i spose, there are others around that people have just cut the back off sedans, but i used a vz ute and put all ve ssv into it, the only thing wrong with it is the rear bar, i lost couldnt find a good inuff pic of a ve to put the rear on to it.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d93/holden_kid/ve-ssv-utecopy.jpg

The STIG

16-12-2006, 10:46 PM

here is a pic of the real ute.

im shamed to say but i dont like it.:headscrat

denizengt

16-12-2006, 10:51 PM

My brain is screaming chop at that pic

shaunyboy

16-12-2006, 10:52 PM

thats gotta be a photoshop it doesnt look real at all

VKYOOT

16-12-2006, 10:59 PM

rear axle it 2 far back for it to be real , the utes tend to have more overhang past the axles, prolly sumthin to do with carrying capacity. the wheel just looks 2 close to the rear of the vehicle.

The STIG

16-12-2006, 11:37 PM

I hope they are chops, here is some more anyway.

shaunyboy

16-12-2006, 11:39 PM

u do know what CGI stands for dont u?

The STIG

17-12-2006, 12:14 AM

probly sound like a bit of an idiot but, no. :headscrat

shaunyboy

17-12-2006, 12:20 AM

not an idiot but it stands for Computer Generated Image

TUF308

17-12-2006, 08:37 PM

they arent real, they have been around for months now, they are just chopped sedans made to look like the ute (hence the short wheel base).

anyone KNOW when the ute is due for release?

denizengt

17-12-2006, 08:39 PM

I hope they are chops, here is some more anyway.

Can see plenty of clone brush, the trays are too square and too clean too

STEALTHY

17-12-2006, 08:50 PM

Apparently the Pilots for Utes and wagons have already started going thru.

Expect a July 07 in the showroom floor release date!

The STIG

18-12-2006, 03:58 PM

not an idiot but it stands for Computer Generated Image
oh, ok. now i know. so is sill a chance for the ve ute to look half decent. I still dont think it will look as good as the VZ utes.

jw2102

18-12-2006, 08:37 PM

did anyone notice that these cgi images came out before we got the first pictures of the hsv's with those style tail lights??

rekn someone had a good idea on the inside and had seen the finished product of them beforehand.

VQST80

18-12-2006, 09:20 PM

Sorry to bring back an old topic fellas.

I work for a Holden dealer, and as far as we're getting told, and waht we're telling customers (so it should be 85% correct :P) the utes and wagons will be released in February.

Hully

Sorry dude..
You are seriously not in the know..
And why are you telling customers lies..???

Hang on.. I bet you are a salesman..:headscrat

4TH Quarter 07..

D1cko

19-12-2006, 07:28 PM

I dont mind that there is a break up in the release of sedans, wagons and utes. It keeps everyone interested and the make and model up on peoples minds. But a 2 year what is a bit stupid, should onle be around 12 month wait.

i think its great. it gives me time to get the money together for a VZ SS ute (in impulse blue:D )

Darb

03-01-2007, 08:01 PM

i'm savin up now for a brand new VZ SV6, when do u guys think the VE is ganna come out? and when do u think they'll stop production of the VZ ute? cause i obsolutly love the VZ ute and i want that lol, after gettin an idea on what the VE ute might look like, i really dislike it, or want to wait for the VE to come out and not b happy with it and wont b able to buy a brand new VZ ute :S

MixPhotos

03-01-2007, 11:32 PM

Yeh, they are chops..

Look at the first SS ute pic, you can see through the rear window that the gaurd rail doesnt line up right, and the rear cargo area of the Omega ute is way too small. I also doubt they will have the fuel filler where it is in the pics.

TUF308

30-01-2007, 07:57 PM

any more word on these??

VQST80

30-01-2007, 07:59 PM

4th quarter 07

TUF308

30-01-2007, 08:55 PM

anyone seen any concrete pictures??

Dr1ftl0rd

30-01-2007, 10:51 PM

the back end looked too square to be real

denizengt

30-01-2007, 10:55 PM

"No Ute For You!" - Holden Ute Nazi

4th quarter's a fair wait

pympn

10-03-2007, 12:07 PM

my company makes the vu-vz ute fuel tanks.they are going from metal tanks to plastic tanks so we are going to be finished making these around july-august.

not many new utes are being brought any ways.some times it ranges from 6-36 tanks a day they are taking and thats in both v6 and v8s together.

132OFT

10-03-2007, 08:12 PM

rear axle it 2 far back for it to be real , the utes tend to have more overhang past the axles, prolly sumthin to do with carrying capacity. the wheel just looks 2 close to the rear of the vehicle.

The reason the rear axle looks too far back is that it is, lol. Where's the rear axle on the previous model utes, sedans, wagons etc? Further forward right? On the E series? It's further back. Makes sense that on the ute this model trait would be carried over, otherwise it wouldn't be an E Series.

On another note, not a fan of the new naming system. I was behind a VE GTS the other day and the only badge it had was 307. I thought I was behind a new Peugeot. They can't use VF I don't imagine, as they were Chrysler/Valiants. And calling the range "E Series" sounds very BMW-ish. And they wonder why they get hassled by their styling cues?!

VLHERO

10-03-2007, 10:40 PM

They can't use VF I don't imagine, as they were Chrysler/Valiants.
They got away with it with the VG, which is also a Valiant.

Drift Wagon

11-03-2007, 09:52 AM

And VC and VH

STEALTHY

11-03-2007, 11:25 AM

The reason the rear axle looks too far back is that it is, lol. Where's the rear axle on the previous model utes, sedans, wagons etc? Further forward right? On the E series? It's further back. Makes sense that on the ute this model trait would be carried over, otherwise it wouldn't be an E Series.
Its definatly a chop, as the fuel filler is in the sedan position. Utes have them on the other side of the wheel arch between that and the doors.

rb25_vk

11-03-2007, 03:25 PM

Um... Lookin at those pics, the fuel cap is in the rear tray, where as in past ute models the fuel cap is situated jus near the drivers door.

Photo chop maybe??

clint-

11-03-2007, 03:29 PM

i can see whats gunna happen one day all our lovely holdens will be made in taiwain so holden can save themselves some moolah !!!!!

pympn

11-03-2007, 04:37 PM

what do you mean one day?they are already getting made there

moobee

11-05-2007, 11:22 PM

More chops in this thread than my local butcher...... let's have a rump instead... the real deal.
(PS. NO Holdens are made in Taiwan.... infact no car available here in Australia is made in Taiwan. Where do people come up with such stuff???)

theVman

12-05-2007, 09:01 AM

why mine up an old thread when there is a more current up to date one on the VE ute???!!!

This thread doesnt need to be made current - it is more out of date the our current one and thats bad enough!!

kustom

31-07-2007, 07:51 PM

well on the whole VE ute topic, i seen a really nice silver VE SS ute this morning and all i can say is they are $$$$ing hot as!!!!!!!

can't wait to stumble across a wagon on my travels...

flyinglady

21-08-2007, 01:36 PM

http://www.evolutionendshere.com.au/

dazza

21-08-2007, 05:45 PM

Yeah the launch is tomorrow night, apparently each dealer will get one ute in the flagship colour, then the rest will come in december i think if i remember correctly..

vywgn1

22-08-2007, 08:23 AM

just saw the ute in all its glory at the official launch at holden HQ at fishermans bend. i like it :D just needs to be lower. the ssv in the green similiar to hot house looked sweet. numberplate in tailgate and one piece beaver panel looks very tidy. the tub is a tad smaller but doesnt look out of place.

except for the 2 ft swept back aerial mounted in the centre rear of the roof. that looks ****.