REPORT: GM still working on importing Holden Commodore with police package
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/" rel="tag">GM</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/holden/" rel="tag">Holden</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/police-emergency/" rel="tag">Police/Emergency</a></p><a href="http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?Articl eID=65707"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/g8-commodore-police.jpg" /></a><br /> <br /> Stop us if you've <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/28/report-group-working-on-bringing-holden-commodore-to-u-s-polic/">heard this one</a>. GM's Australian-based arm is looking to send its Holden Commodore to the United States. Right, um, that's the Pontiac G8, right? Actually, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/27/officially-official-gm-kills-pontiac/">no, it's dead</a>. And it may not be a Chevy either, depending on how you read the report from drive.com.au, which quotes GM chief Fritz Henderson as saying, "We've been working on a package for police applications. I just think that's going to work. We're pretty optimistic about it and that product will be sourced in Australia."<br /> <br /> We'll put in an unsolicited vote for sending the cars to the U.S. exactly as they roll off the assembly line in Oz, complete with a Holden crest on the front fascia. Why fix what isn't broken? One thing is for certain: Unless you happen to wear a badge and drive around in a black-and-white Crown Vic for your day job, you probably won't have access to one of the Australian sedans, which, as you surely know by now, is a downright shame.<br /> <br /> We're sure that police officers in the United States and Canada will appreciate another modern V8-powered, rear-wheel drive sedan platform just as much as anyone else, but we still wish The General was able to find a way to keep this vehicle in American showrooms and available to the public.<br /> <br /> [Source: <a href="http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?Articl eID=65707">drive.com.au</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/17/report-gm-still-working-on-importing-holden-commodore-with-poli/">REPORT: GM still working on importing Holden Commodore with police package</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?Articl eID=65707>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/17/report-gm-still-working-on-importing-holden-commodore-with-poli/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19164819/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/17/report-gm-still-working-on-importing-holden-commodore-with-poli/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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