{"id":8686,"date":"2019-12-13T02:53:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T15:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/news\/farewell-commodores-top-five-sleepers"},"modified":"2023-08-14T23:53:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T13:53:46","slug":"farewell-commodores-top-five-sleepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/features\/farewell-commodores-top-five-sleepers","title":{"rendered":"Farewell Commodore: top five sleepers"},"content":{"rendered":"


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AFTER 41 years, five generations and dozens of driveline variations, Holden has finally, some say mercifully, laid the Commodore nameplate to rest. Across the decades, HDT\/HSV usually took care of the go-fast brigade, but not all heroes wear capes. Holden snuck out a few speedy units – clandestine Commodores that didn’t look that fast, but were. Here are our faves.<\/p>\n

VL COMMODORE SL TURBO<\/strong><\/p>\n

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IF YOU walked into a Holden dealer in 1986, you could option the Nissan-built turbo upgrade on any model on offer, including the povvo-pack Commodore SL<\/a>. Despite lacking even air and power steering as standard, the SL could be had with 150kW of RB30ET, getting you running 15-second quarters out of the box and on the road for about $18K. Cops loved ’em.<\/p>\n

MORE<\/span><\/rect><\/polygon><\/polygon><\/svg>Ex-highway patrol VL Commodore runs sevens at Drag Challenge<\/a><\/div>\n

VSIII SS UTE<\/strong><\/p>\n