HOLDEN COMMODORE V6 FROM $40,790

There was never going to be a ZB Commodore V8, so it was at Holden’s insistence that the 3.6-litre V6, with all-wheel drive, was included in the 2018 Insignia range as an Australia-specific model, in the belief that many Commodore customers would demand stronger performance than the 2.0-litre turbopetrol and diesel four-cylinder engines, offered with front-wheel drive in other ZB variants, could deliver.

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