Street Machine was born only a couple of years after the first Commodore rolled off the production line, so we’ve got over 40 years of content dedicated to the best examples ever built!
If you want inspiration for your own Commodore build, technical info or parts, we’ve got the lot, from the first VB through to the final Aussie-built VFII.
IBLOWN VB COMMODORE RED CENTRE NATS BURNOUT – VIDEO
Andrew Pool puts on a stunning skid at Red CentreNATS in the IBLOWN Commodore
1500HP BLOWN INJECTED VE COMMODORE SPORTWAGON – WONAGO
The only thing better than a meth-chugging, blown, injected skid car is two meth-chugging, blown, injected skid cars
Blown big-block Chev-powered Holden SS ute
Set to run high sevens at the strip and torch tyres at Powercruise, this blown Chev-powered SS ute is a show-and-go big gun
LS3-POWERED HOLDEN VK CALAIS 3FIVE5
Jono Kelly’s VK Calais is an LS3-powered burnout and street car
355-CUBE HOLDEN-POWERED VH COMMODORE
Yep, Benny Leat’s VH Commodore has a real Holden V8 in it
383-CUBE HOLDEN-POWERED VH COMMODORE WPN383 – READER’S CAR OF THE WEEK
Todd Foley’s 383 Holden stroker-powered VH Commodore is a true nine-second street car
TWIN-TURBO COMMODORE ISFAIR MAKES OVER 1000RWHP
Mark Aldington’s twin-turbo LS-powered VC Commodore ISFAIR makes over 1000rwhp on the dyno
Chubby drives from Sydney to Perth for Motorvation
We look back on Damien Lowe’s epic trip across the country in his award-winning VB Commodore
Flashback: Damien Lowe’s VB Commodore
Driven to Summernats in 2008 where it won Best Overall Street and driven home, Damien ‘Chubby’ Lowe’s VB Commodore is a true street-driven show car
JASON RAPOFF BLOWN VH COMMODORE BURNOUT CAR ‘PARALINES’
We chat to Jason Rapoff, the bloke behind the hand-operated PARALINES VH Commodore burnout car
Profection Automotive VH Vactioner
Pete Hamilton’s ’80s family-hauler becomes a ten-second strip-stormer thanks to an LS2-based overhaul
$10K STREET MACHINE: BLOWIN’ GASKETS
Think you can’t build a top street machine for 10 grand? SM reader Redmond would beg to differ
TURBO VS COMMODORE SS SLEEPER – VIDEO
Michael Mark’s ‘stock’ VS SS Commodore is quicker than you think
VK COMMODORE GROUP C BROCK REPLICA
Harry Saban’s VK Commodore is a head turning Group C replica with a big twist sticking out of the bonnet
VC COMMODORE BURNOUT CAR IBLOWN AT MOTORFEST
We chat to Andrew Pool at Motorfest about his blown and carbied small block-powered Commodore
BLWNVC BLOWN AND INJECTED VC COMMODORE BURNOUT CAR – VIDEO
Paul Cook talks us through his mental BLWNVC Commodore burnout car
Justin Ellis’s KINGGM VY Commodore
It might not have steel bumpers, but Justin Ellis’s KINGGM Commodore is every inch a right royal kick-arse street machine
VIDEO: FORD-POWERED VL CALAIS RUNS EIGHTS – IT’S NUTS!
The purists won’t like it, but Scott Van Strien’s VL Calais with a 4-litre Barra donk and 900hp on tap is a strip storming monster
VIDEO: PARALINES COMMODORE AT STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS 29
Jason Rapoff makes his debut at the Summernats Burnout Pad in his blown Paralines VH Commodore
440-cube Chrysler VG Valiant & VX SS burnout car: Reader’s cars of the week
Young gun Aaron James has a VX SS skid machine and his pride and joy 440-cube Valiant