Commodore large car was never ready for a diesel engine, Holden says

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Malibu takes diesel Commodore’s mantle

17 June 2013
By BARRY PARK
www.goauto.com.au

HOLDEN’S lightweight new VF Commodore would have needed major re-engineering to fit a fuel-sipping diesel engine under the bonnet, the Australian car-maker has admitted.

Instead, the heavier and slightly smaller imported Malibu mid-sizer, launched in Australia last week, will fill the diesel void in the Commodore line-up, potentially stripping more fleet sales off the struggling locally built large car.

I would say that's an opportunity missed for Falcon sedan and Ute,
swittch Ecoboost for 2.7 V6 TDCI and heads start turning around...

All too late now....

and I have a feeling that the Malibu diesel will sell like a real dud...