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wrote this in the industry sales figures thread, prob fits here better.
just a snip'n'paste

VE Calais V Sportwagon

Saw 4 today 'in the wild' and another that I took for a test drive. Wanted to try a Calias for size. They cheated a little as they 'only' had a Calais V V8 6sp auto in Evoke and Light Urban trim.

Drive
Beautiful car, sounds lovely, goes like a train. Actually, I'm a little worried as it is double demerits for the long weekend, and a couple of times I found i was going about 20ks quicker than I thought....... not too mention being over the speed limit.... found a nice little bit of road, car stops well too. you really don't know it is a wagon. Also, being wet it was nice to drive a car with the rain sensing wipers... sounds a wank, but a nice thing in reality. other nice point was the park assist at both ends with visuals on the screen.

Accomodation
Beautiful soft leather seats. nice chunky sports steering wheel. Took my boy and one daughter, 15 & 12 with me to try the package. Great, they loved it. Then tried Calais and Berlina sedans and found my boys head touches the roof lining in the rear of the sedan, but he still had clearance in the Sportwagon.

Conclusion.
Not due for 12 months, but I can see a Sportwagon coming up. The Outback and Forester turbo on the shopping list will have their work cut out to better the Holden this time. Think I may be able to stretch to a Calais, but the kids (of course) are trying to get me to go all out for the Calais V - it really was that nice. no decisions yet though. My Jove that V8 is lovely.....