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    HOLDEN COMMODORE VH 1981-1984

    Oct 13, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS MARK HIGGINS
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    Leading up to the General introducing the third iteration of the Holden Commodore in 1981, there was a fair degree of puerile sniggering among the motoring press as to what model name the General would give it.

    You see, the original Commodore was the VB followed by the VC so the next had to be the V… anyway, you can see where I am going with this.

    However, the GM-H marketing and sales troops at Fishermans Bend were awake to this and christened it the VH.

    Running from October 1981 to February 1984 and with prices starting at $8366 the VH was assembled at Holden plants at Dandenong in Victoria, Elizabeth in South Australia and Trentham in New Zealand.

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