Holden Commodore (VL)

The Holden Commodore (VL) is a mid-size car that was produced by the Australian manufacturer Holden from 1986 to 1988. ^[1]

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Adelaide · See more »

Adelaide Street Circuit

The Adelaide Street Circuit (also known as the Adelaide Parklands Circuit) is a temporary street circuit in the East Parklands adjacent to the Adelaide central business district in South Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Adelaide Street Circuit · See more »

Albury

Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Albury · See more »

Allan Maxwell Grice (born 21 October 1942), known to motor-racing fans as "Gricey", is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 (1986 and 1990), and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Allan Grice · See more »

Allan Moffat

Allan George Moffat OBE (born 10 November 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian-Australian racing driver known for his four wins in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 500/1000.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Allan Moffat · See more »

Allen & Unwin

Allen & Unwin is an Australian independent publishing company, established in Australia in 1976 as a subsidiary of the British firm George Allen & Unwin Ltd., which was founded by Sir Stanley Unwin in August 1914 and went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Allen & Unwin · See more »

Alloy

An alloy is a combination of metals or of a metal and another element.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Alloy · See more »

Andy Rouse

Andrew "Andy" Rouse (born 2 December 1947) is a British racing driver, most notably in the British Saloon Car Championship.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Andy Rouse · See more »

Armin Hahne

Armin Hahne (born September 10, 1955 in Moers, West Germany) is a German racing driver, best known for his exploits in touring car racing.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Armin Hahne · See more »

Australian Bicentenary

The bicentenary of Australia was celebrated in 1988.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Australian Bicentenary · See more »

Australian Stock Car Auto Racing

AUSCAR (Australian Stock Car Auto Racing) was an auto racing sanctioning body owned by Bob Jane, which ran American-style Superspeedway racing in Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Australian Stock Car Auto Racing · See more »

Australian Touring Car Championship

The Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) is a touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Australian Touring Car Championship · See more »

Autodromo Nazionale Monza

The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a historic race track located near the city of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Autodromo Nazionale Monza · See more »

Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission, also called auto, self-shifting transmission, n-speed automatic (where n is its number of forward gear ratios), or AT, is a type of motor vehicle transmission that can automatically change gear ratios as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Automatic transmission · See more »

Automobile air conditioning

Automobile air conditioning (also called A/C) systems use air conditioning to cool the air in a vehicle.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Automobile air conditioning · See more »

Ballarat

Ballarat is a city located on the Yarrowee River in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Ballarat · See more »

Bathurst 1000

The Bathurst 1000 (currently branded as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 for sponsorship reasons) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Bathurst 1000 · See more »

Bathurst, New South Wales

Bathurst is a regional city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Bathurst, New South Wales · See more »

Batmobile

The Batmobile is the fictional car driven by the superhero Batman in American comic books published by DC Comics.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Batmobile · See more »

Bill Morrison (politician)

William Lawrence "Bill" Morrison (3 November 1928 – 15 February 2013) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Australian House of Representatives and a Cabinet minister in the Whitlam government.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Bill Morrison (politician) · See more »

Bob Jane

Robert Frederick Jane (born 1929) is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Bob Jane · See more »

Bob Jane T-Marts

Bob Jane opened the first Bob Jane T-Marts store in Melbourne in 1965.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Bob Jane T-Marts · See more »

Body kit

A body kit or bodykit is a set of modified body parts or additional components that install on a stock car.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Body kit · See more »

Borg-Warner T-5 transmission

The TREMEC T-5 is a 5-speed manual transmission for longitudinal engine automobiles.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Borg-Warner T-5 transmission · See more »

Brad Jones (racing driver)

Bradley Jones also known as Brad (born 2 April 1960) is a retired Australian racing driver.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Brad Jones (racing driver) · See more »

Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown in Kent, England.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Brands Hatch · See more »

British Touring Car Championship

The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and British Touring Car Championship · See more »

Calder Park Raceway

Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Calder Park Raceway · See more »

Camshaft

A camshaft is a shaft to which a cam is fastened or of which a cam forms an integral part.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Camshaft · See more »

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, carbon fiber reinforced plastic or carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP or often simply carbon fiber, carbon composite or even carbon), is an extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastic which contains carbon fibers.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Carbon fiber reinforced polymer · See more »

Carburetor

A carburetor (American English) or carburettor (British English; see spelling differences) is a device that mixes air and fuel for internal combustion engines in the proper ratio for combustion.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Carburetor · See more »

Champagne

Champagne is sparkling wine or, in EU countries, legally only that sparkling wine which comes from the Champagne region of France.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Champagne · See more »

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps motor-racing circuit is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, and of the Spa 24 Hours and 1000 km Spa endurance races.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · See more »

Clayton, Victoria

Clayton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Clayton, Victoria · See more »

Compression ratio

The static compression ratio of an internal combustion engine or external combustion engine is a value that represents the ratio of the volume of its combustion chamber from its largest capacity to its smallest capacity.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Compression ratio · See more »

Connecting rod

A connecting rod is a shaft which connects a piston to a crank or crankshaft in a reciprocating engine.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Connecting rod · See more »

Crankshaft

A crankshaft—related to crank—is a mechanical part able to perform a conversion between reciprocating motion and rotational motion.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Crankshaft · See more »

Crows Nest, New South Wales

Crows Nest is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Crows Nest, New South Wales · See more »

Cylinder head

In an internal combustion engine, the cylinder head (often informally abbreviated to just head) sits above the cylinders on top of the cylinder block.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Cylinder head · See more »

Dandenong, Victoria

Dandenong is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, approximately 30 km south-east from the Melbourne CBD.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Dandenong, Victoria · See more »

Dashboard

A dashboard (also called dash, instrument panel (IP), or fascia) is a control panel located directly ahead of a vehicle's driver, displaying instrumentation and controls for the vehicle's operation.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Dashboard · See more »

David Parsons (racing driver)

David John 'Skippy' Parsons (born 17 May 1959 in Devonport, Tasmania), is a retired Australian racing driver, who while never a full-time racing driver, drove for the biggest racing teams in Australia including the Holden Dealer Team, Perkins Engineering, Glenn Seton Racing and Gibson Motorsport.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and David Parsons (racing driver) · See more »

Defogger

A defogger, demister, or defroster is a system to clear condensation and thaw frost from the windshield, backglass, or side windows of a motor vehicle.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Defogger · See more »

Denny Hulme

Denis Clive "Denny" Hulme, (18 June 1936 – 4 October 1992) was a New Zealand racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship for the Brabham team.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Denny Hulme · See more »

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft

The Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touring Car Championship, or DTM) was a touring car racing series held from 1984 to 1996.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft · See more »

Dick Johnson (racing driver)

Richard Johnson (born 26 April 1945) is a part-owner of the V8 Supercar team DJR Team Penske and a former racing driver.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Dick Johnson (racing driver) · See more »

Disc brake

A disc brake is a type of brake that uses calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc or "rotor" to create friction.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Disc brake · See more »

Eggenberger Motorsport

Eggenberger Motorsport was a Swiss motor racing team that competed in the European Touring Car Championship in the 1980s.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Eggenberger Motorsport · See more »

Elizabeth, South Australia

Elizabeth is an outer northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Elizabeth, South Australia · See more »

European Touring Car Championship

The European Touring Car Championship was an international touring car racing series organised by the FIA.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and European Touring Car Championship · See more »

Exhaust system

An exhaust system is usually piping used to guide reaction exhaust gases away from a controlled combustion inside an engine or stove.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Exhaust system · See more »

Fairfax Media

Fairfax Media Limited (formerly John Fairfax and Sons) is one of the largest media companies in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Fairfax Media · See more »

Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile

Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA) was the sport governing body for motor racing events, in particular Formula One.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile · See more »

Ford Australia

The Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited, known by its trading name Ford Australia, is the Australian subsidiary of United States-based automaker Ford Motor Company.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Ford Australia · See more »

Ford Falcon (Australia)

The Ford Falcon was a full-sized car manufactured by Ford Australia from 1960 to 2016.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Ford Falcon (Australia) · See more »

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Ford Motor Company · See more »

Ford Sierra RS Cosworth

The Ford Sierra RS Cosworth is a high-performance version of the Ford Sierra that was built by Ford Europe from 1986 to 1992.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Ford Sierra RS Cosworth · See more »

Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

In automotive design, an FR, or front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout is one where the engine is located at the front of the vehicle and driven wheels are located at the rear.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout · See more »

Fuel injection

Fuel injection is the introduction of fuel in an internal combustion engine, most commonly automotive engines, by the means of an injector.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Fuel injection · See more »

Garrett AiResearch

Garrett AiResearch was a manufacturer of turboprop engines and turbochargers, and a pioneer in numerous aerospace technologies.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Garrett AiResearch · See more »

Gear stick

A gear stick (rarely spelled gearstick), gear lever (both, UK English), gearshift or shifter (US English) is a metal lever attached to the shift assembly in a manual transmission-equipped automobile and is used to change gears.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Gear stick · See more »

General Motors

General Motors Company, commonly referred to as General Motors (GM), is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and General Motors · See more »

GM V platform (1966)

The V platform is a rear-wheel drive automobile platform that underpinned various General Motors (GM) vehicles from 1966 through to its final discontinuation in 2007.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and GM V platform (1966) · See more »

Group A

Group A was a set of motorsport regulations introduced by FIA covering production-derived vehicles intended for outright competition in Touring car racing and Rallying.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Group A · See more »

Headlamp

A headlamp is a lamp attached to the front of a vehicle to light the road ahead.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Headlamp · See more »

Holden

Holden, formally known as General Motors Holden, is an Australian automobile importer and a former automobile manufacturer with its headquarters in Port Melbourne, Victoria.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Holden · See more »

Holden Commodore

The Holden Commodore is a medium to large sedan sold by Holden since 1978.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Holden Commodore · See more »

Holden Commodore (VK)

The Holden Commodore (VK) is a mid-size car that was produced by the Australian manufacturer Holden from 1984 to 1986.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Holden Commodore (VK) · See more »

Holden Commodore (VN)

The Holden Commodore (VN) is a full-size car that was produced by the Australian manufacturer Holden from 1988 to 1991.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Holden Commodore (VN) · See more »

Holden Dealer Team

The Holden Dealer Team (HDT) was Holden's semi-official racing team from 1969 until 1986, primarily contesting Australian Touring Car events but also rallying, rallycross and sports sedans during the 1970s.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Holden Dealer Team · See more »

Holden Royale

The Holden Royale and Holden Commodore Royale are a series of automobiles that were produced by the Australian manufacturer Holden.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Holden Royale · See more »

Holden Special Vehicles

Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) is the officially designated performance vehicle partner of Australian marque, Holden.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Holden Special Vehicles · See more »

Holden V8 engine

The Holden V8 engine is an overhead valve (OHV) V8 engine that was produced by the Australian General Motors subsidiary, Holden between 1969 and 2000.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Holden V8 engine · See more »

Homologation (motorsport)

In motorsports, homologation is the approval process through which a vehicle, a race track, or a standardised part is required to go for certification to race in a given league or series.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Homologation (motorsport) · See more »

Hornsby, New South Wales

Hornsby is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the Australian state of New South Wales north-west of the Sydney central business district.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Hornsby, New South Wales · See more »

HVAC

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) is the technology of indoor and vehicular environmental comfort.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and HVAC · See more »

Inlet manifold

In automotive engineering, an inlet manifold or intake manifold (in American English) is the part of an engine that supplies the fuel/air mixture to the cylinders.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Inlet manifold · See more »

Italian Superturismo Championship

The Italian Superturismo Championship (Campionato Italiano Superturismo) is Italy's national motorsport series for touring cars.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Italian Superturismo Championship · See more »

Japanese Touring Car Championship

The Japanese Touring Car Championship (abbr: 1985-1993: JTC, 1994-1998: JTCC, officially known as All Japan Touring Car Championship, Japanese name: 全日本ツーリングカー選手権), was a former touring car racing series held in Japan.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Japanese Touring Car Championship · See more »

Jatco

, abbreviated from "Japanese Automatic Transmission COmpany", is a subsidiary of Nissan which manufactures automatic transmissions for automobiles.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Jatco · See more »

Jeff Allam

Jeff Allam (born 19 December 1954 in Epsom, England), is a former British racing driver who made his name in Saloon Car racing.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Jeff Allam · See more »

Jim Richards (racing driver)

Jim Richards (born 2 September 1947) is a New Zealand racing driver who, after racing success in his home country, went on to further titles in Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Jim Richards (racing driver) · See more »

John Bowe (racing driver)

John Bowe (born 16 April 1954 in Devonport, Tasmania) is an Australian racing driver, presently racing a Holden Torana in the Touring Car Masters series.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and John Bowe (racing driver) · See more »

John Harvey (racing driver)

John Francis Harvey (born 21 February 1938 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a retired Australian racing driver.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and John Harvey (racing driver) · See more »

Kevlar

Kevlar is a heat-resistant and strong synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Kevlar · See more »

Larry Perkins

Larry Clifton Perkins (born 18 March 1950 in Murrayville, Victoria) is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Larry Perkins · See more »

Manual transmission

A manual transmission, also known as a manual gearbox, a standard transmission or colloquially in some countries (e.g. the United States) as a stick shift is a type of transmission used in motor vehicle applications.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Manual transmission · See more »

Mark Skaife

Mark Stephen Skaife (born 3 April 1967 in Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired Australian motor racing driver.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Mark Skaife · See more »

Mid-size car

A mid-size car (occasionally referred to as an intermediate) is the North American/Australian standard for an automobile with a size equal to or greater than that of a compact.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Mid-size car · See more »

Mobil

Mobil, previously known as the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, is a major American oil company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form a parent company called ExxonMobil. It was previously one of the Seven Sisters which dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s until the 1970s.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Mobil · See more »

Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Mount Panorama Circuit · See more »

NASCAR

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and NASCAR · See more »

Naturally aspirated engine

A naturally aspirated engine is an internal combustion engine in which oxygen intake depends solely on atmospheric pressure and does not rely on forced induction through a turbocharger or a supercharger.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Naturally aspirated engine · See more »

Neil Crompton

Neil Crompton (born 30 July 1960) is a well-known Supercars presenter and commentator.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Neil Crompton · See more »

New Zealand Touring Car Championship

The New Zealand Touring Car Championship was a motor racing title which was contested in New Zealand from 1984 to 2002.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and New Zealand Touring Car Championship · See more »

Nissan

, usually shortened to Nissan (or; Japanese), is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Nissan · See more »

Nissan RB engine

The RB engine is a 2.0–3.0 L straight-6 four-stroke petrol/gasoline engine from Nissan, produced from 1985-2004.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Nissan RB engine · See more »

Octane rating

An octane rating, or octane number, is a standard measure of the performance of an engine or aviation fuel.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Octane rating · See more »

Opel Rekord Series E

The Opel Rekord Series E is an executive car that replaced the Rekord D on Opel's Rüsselsheim production lines in August 1977, following the end of the summer vacation plant shut-down.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Opel Rekord Series E · See more »

Opel Senator

The Opel Senator is a full-size luxury car produced by the German automaker Opel, two generations of which were sold in Europe from 1978 until 1993.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Opel Senator · See more »

Oran Park Raceway

Oran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from February 1962 until its closure in January 2010.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Oran Park Raceway · See more »

Overhead camshaft

Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, is a valvetrain configuration which places the camshaft of an internal combustion engine of the reciprocating type within the cylinder heads ("above" the pistons and combustion chambers) and drives the valves or lifters in a more direct manner compared with overhead valves (OHV) and pushrods.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Overhead camshaft · See more »

Perkins Engineering

Perkins Engineering was a team contesting the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series, operating as an active racing team between 1986 and 2008.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Perkins Engineering · See more »

Peter Brock

Peter Geoffrey Brock (26 February 1945 – 8 September 2006), otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Peter Brock · See more »

Peter McLeod

Peter Gerard McLeod (born 6 May 1948 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is a retired Australian racing driver, best known as co-winner of the 1987 James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst, and for driving the distinctive yellow and black Slick 50 Mazda RX-7 Group C touring car during the early to mid-1980s.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Peter McLeod · See more »

Piston

A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Piston · See more »

Police

A police force is a constituted body of persons empowered by a state to enforce the law, to protect people and property, and to prevent crime and civil disorder.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Police · See more »

Port Melbourne, Victoria

Port Melbourne is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 5 km south-west from Melbourne's Melbourne central business district.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Port Melbourne, Victoria · See more »

Power door locks

Power door locks (also known as electric door locks or central locking) allow the driver or front passenger to simultaneously lock or unlock all the doors of an automobile or truck, by pressing a button or flipping a switch.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Power door locks · See more »

Power steering

In automobiles, power steering (also power-assisted steering (PAS) or steering assist system) helps drivers steer by augmenting steering effort of the steering wheel.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Power steering · See more »

Power window

Power windows or electric windows are automobile windows which can be raised and lowered by pressing a button or switch, as opposed to using a crank handle.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Power window · See more »

Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that are claimed to be both scientific and factual, but are incompatible with the scientific method.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Pseudoscience · See more »

RAC Tourist Trophy

The International Tourist Trophy is an award given by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) and awarded semi-annually to the winners of a selected motor racing event each year in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and RAC Tourist Trophy · See more »

Roadways Racing

Roadways Racing was an Australian motor racing team that competed in Australian Touring Car racing in the 1980s.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Roadways Racing · See more »

Rothman

Rothman is a surname.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Rothman · See more »

Sandown Raceway

Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in the suburb of Springvale in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Sandown Raceway · See more »

Sedan (automobile)

A sedan (American, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English) or saloon (British, Irish and Indian English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with A, B & C-pillars and principal volumes articulated in separate compartments for engine, passenger and cargo.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Sedan (automobile) · See more »

Silverstone Circuit

Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Silverstone Circuit · See more »

Spa 24 Hours

The Total 24 Hours of Spa is an endurance racing event for cars held annually in Belgium since 1923 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Spa 24 Hours · See more »

Special edition

The terms special edition, limited edition, and variants such as deluxe edition, or collector's edition, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints, video games or recorded music and films, but now including clothing, cars, fine wine, and whisky, among other products.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Special edition · See more »

Spoiler (car)

A spoiler is an automotive aerodynamic device whose intended design function is to 'spoil' unfavorable air movement across a body of a vehicle in motion, usually described as turbulence or drag.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Spoiler (car) · See more »

Station wagon

A station wagon, also called an estate car, estate wagon, or simply wagon or estate, is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door (the liftgate or tailgate), instead of a trunk/boot lid.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Station wagon · See more »

Straight-six engine

The straight-six engine or inline-six engine (often abbreviated I6 or L6) is an internal combustion engine with the cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft (straight engine).

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Straight-six engine · See more »

Supercars Championship

The Supercars Championship (known as the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship for sponsorship purposes) is a touring car racing category based in Australia and run as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Supercars Championship · See more »

Sydney Motorsport Park

Sydney Motorsport Park (known until May 2012 as Eastern Creek International Raceway) is a motorsport circuit located on Brabham Drive, Eastern Creek (40-kilometres west of the Sydney CBD), New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Western Sydney International Dragway.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Sydney Motorsport Park · See more »

Tom Walkinshaw

Tom Walkinshaw (14 August 1946 – 12 December 2010) was a British racing car driver and the founder of the racing team Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR).

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Tom Walkinshaw · See more »

Tom Walkinshaw Racing

Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) was a motor racing team and engineering firm founded in 1976, in Kidlington, near Oxford, England by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Tom Walkinshaw Racing · See more »

Tomas Mezera

Tomas Mezera (born 5 November 1958 in Czechoslovakia) is a naturalised Australian racing driver.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Tomas Mezera · See more »

Torque

Torque, moment, or moment of force is rotational force.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Torque · See more »

Touring car racing

Touring car racing is an auto racing competition with heavily modified road-going cars.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Touring car racing · See more »

Trentham, New Zealand

Trentham is the most populous suburb of Upper Hutt, a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Trentham, New Zealand · See more »

Trunk (car)

The trunk (North American English), boot (British English) or compartment (South-East Asia) of a car is the vehicle's main storage compartment.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Trunk (car) · See more »

Turbocharger

A turbocharger, or colloquially turbo, is a turbine-driven forced induction device that increases an internal combustion engine's efficiency and power output by forcing extra air into the combustion chamber.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Turbocharger · See more »

V8 engine

A V8 engine is an eight-cylinder V configuration engine with the cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two sets (or banks) of four, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and V8 engine · See more »

Walkinshaw Andretti United

Walkinshaw Andretti United is an Australian motor racing team based in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Walkinshaw Andretti United · See more »

Win Percy

Winston "Win" Percy (born 28 September 1943, near Tolpuddle, Dorset) is a former motor racing driver from England.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and Win Percy · See more »

World Touring Car Championship

The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and World Touring Car Championship · See more »

1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000

The 1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was a motor race for Group C Touring Cars, held on 2 October 1977 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 · See more »

1978 Hardie-Ferodo 1000

The 1978 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 19th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1978 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 · See more »

1987 Australian Grand Prix

The 1987 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Adelaide on 15 November 1987.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1987 Australian Grand Prix · See more »

1987 Australian Touring Car Championship

The 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition which was open to Touring Cars complying with regulations as defined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and based on FIA Group A rules.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship · See more »

1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500

The 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 was the ninth round of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 · See more »

1987 James Hardie 1000

The 1987 James Hardie 1000 an endurance race for Group A Touring Cars, staged on 4 October 1987 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1987 James Hardie 1000 · See more »

1987 Monza 500

The 1987 Monza 500 was the first round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1987 Monza 500 · See more »

1987 World Touring Car Championship

The 1987 World Touring Car Championship season was the inaugural World Touring Car Championship season.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1987 World Touring Car Championship · See more »

1988 Australian Grand Prix

The 1988 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, on 13 November 1988.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1988 Australian Grand Prix · See more »

1988 Australian Touring Car Championship

The 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship (known as the Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship thanks to sponsorship from Shell Australia) was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group 3A Touring Cars.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship · See more »

1988 Australian Touring Car season

The 1988 Australian Touring Car season was the 29th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1988 Australian Touring Car season · See more »

1988 British Touring Car Championship

The 1988 Dunlop RAC British Touring Car Championship was the 31st season of the championship.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1988 British Touring Car Championship · See more »

1988 Enzed Sandown 500

The 1988 Enzed Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1988 Enzed Sandown 500 · See more »

1988 Tooheys 1000

The 1988 Tooheys 1000 was a 1000 km endurance motor race for Group A Touring Cars.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1988 Tooheys 1000 · See more »

1989 .05 – 500

The 1989.05 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1989 .05 – 500 · See more »

1989 Tooheys 1000

The 1989 Tooheys 1000 was the 30th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1989 Tooheys 1000 · See more »

1990 Nissan Sydney 500

The 1990 Nissan Sydney 500 was a 500 kilometre touring car race held on 10 November 1990 at Eastern Creek Raceway 1990 Championship Results, Nissan Sydney 500, Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, page 281 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1990 Nissan Sydney 500 · See more »

1990 Tooheys 1000

The 1990 Tooheys 1000 was a motor race held on 30 September 1990 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1990 Tooheys 1000 · See more »

1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500

The 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500 was an endurance motor race open to Group 3A Touring Cars (commonly known as Group A cars), 1993 Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars (later to become known as V8 Supercars) and Group 3E Series Production Cars.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500 · See more »

1992 Tooheys 1000

The 1992 Tooheys 1000 was the 33rd running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1992 Tooheys 1000 · See more »

1995 Australian Touring Car season

The 1995 Australian Touring Car season was the 36th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

New!!: Holden Commodore (VL) and 1995 Australian Touring Car season · See more »

Redirects here:

Holden Commodore VL, Holden VL, Holden VL Commodore, Holden VL Commodore SS Group A, Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV, Holden VL Commodore Turbo, VL Holden Commodore.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Commodore_(VL)

Unionpedia is a concept map or semantic network organized like an encyclopedia – dictionary. It gives a brief definition of each concept and its relationships.

This is a giant online mental map that serves as a basis for concept diagrams. It's free to use and each article or document can be downloaded. It's a tool, resource or reference for study, research, education, learning or teaching, that can be used by teachers, educators, pupils or students; for the academic world: for school, primary, secondary, high school, middle, technical degree, college, university, undergraduate, master's or doctoral degrees; for papers, reports, projects, ideas, documentation, surveys, summaries, or thesis. Here is the definition, explanation, description, or the meaning of each significant on which you need information, and a list of their associated concepts as a glossary. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Swedish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Catalan, Czech, Hebrew, Danish, Finnish, Indonesian, Norwegian, Romanian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Greek, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Filipino, Latvian, Estonian and Slovenian. More languages soon.

All the information was extracted from Wikipedia, and it's available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Unionpedia is not endorsed by or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

Google Play, Android and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google Inc.