Holden Commodore Shouldn't Have Won 'Wheels Car Of The Year' Says The Awards Creator

[JoeT]

A Different Point Of View

Richard Blackburn
20 April 2007
www.smh.com.au

The creator of the 'Wheels Car of the Year' award has belatedly attacked the magazine's choice of the Holden Commodore as 2007 Car of the Year - in Wheels' sister publication, Motor.

Under the headline "I am Bloody Disappointed. You call that the Car of the Year? Not in my day son," Bill Tuckey, former Wheels editor (and former motoring editor of The Age, the Herald's sister publication) accused the magazine's judges of letting "emotion overcome rationality" in the award announced in January.

In the May issue of Motor, Tuckey says that after test driving a new Calais V-Series V8 for 500 kilometres he found the Holden's ride jiggly and the seats firm and uncomfortable. He also complained of an inaccurate cruise-control system and fuel-range reading.

The editor of Wheels, Ged Bulmer, declines to comment on the Tuckey article. "I don't want to make any comment. I don't really think it's worth commenting on," he says.

Tuckey, who owns a two-year-old Commodore, was complimentary aboutsome aspects of the new model, including the V8 engine, transmission, steering and interior design. He also admits he hadn't driven the other candidates for Car ofthe Year.

[Black AH CDX]

Originally Posted by JoeT

He also admits he hadn't driven the other candidates for Car ofthe Year.
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In other words he admits he is talking through his a$$

[Explorer4x4]

If it doesn't have a Blue Oval on the grill, its not worth any awards.

[jbartley]

wow. can we say dumbass?

[mikmak]

Him and Carey should get together and have a bitch fight. Carey was a fairly strong supporter of the Wheels car of the Year and also a pronounced whinger. There are different suspension setups for good reason. If he isn't concerned about sporting performance, perhaps the Berlina would have better suited his grandparent like expectations. It also has the V8 option.

[mikmak]

Originally Posted by Explorer4x4

If it doesn't have a Blue Oval on the grill, its not worth any awards.

Wow! Can't argue with that sort of impartiality

[ford&holden]

Interesting.
I wonder about the the inaccurate cruise control and trip computer readings...

[redTT]

Tuckey says that after test driving a new Calais V-Series V8 for 500 kilometres he found the Holden's ride jiggly and the seats firm and uncomfortable. He also complained of an inaccurate cruise-control system and fuel-range reading.

Find me another car in Australia with the same level of:
-performance
-space
-handling
-and features for
-the same price

Apart from the Ford faclcon there really is not other car in the market which ticks as many boxes.

Af for the ride and seat comfort, well thats truely a first for a Holden. Ask any GTO owners and Vauxhall owners and the first thing they tell you is how comfortable Holden seats are. As for the jiggly ride, Ive driven in many cars including the Calais V and the ride is certainly not upto SS stiff but comparable to many other euro makes. Afterall its more of a luxury car aka BMW.

This guy is truely nit picking and clutching at straws........how pathetic.
No car has accurate fuel readings, these readings are calculated on the run and can change up or down according to road conditions and driver input.


I wonder what his pick would be?

Obviously this guy is a sore looser. That was his own personal opinion, obviously the other judges beleive the car to be supperior to others in its class.

[Explorer4x4]

Originally Posted by mikmak

Wow! Can't argue with that sort of impartiality

lol, I am just a misunderstood genius.

But I guess I agree with the Holden being picked for the award. From what I've heard from my Australian buddy, they are great cars.

[ford&holden]

Originally Posted by redTT

Find me another car in Australia with the same level of:
-performance
-space
-handling
-and features for
-the same price

Apart from the Ford faclcon there really is not other car in the market which ticks as many boxes.

Af for the ride and seat comfort, well thats truely a first for a Holden. Ask any GTO owners and Vauxhall owners and the first thing they tell you is how comfortable Holden seats are. As for the jiggly ride, Ive driven in many cars including the Calais V and the ride is certainly not upto SS stiff but comparable to many other euro makes. Afterall its more of a luxury car aka BMW.

This guy is truely nit picking and clutching at straws........how pathetic.
No car has accurate fuel readings, these readings are calculated on the run and can change up or down according to road conditions and driver input.


I wonder what his pick would be?

Obviously this guy is a sore looser. That was his own personal opinion, obviously the other judges beleive the car to be supperior to others in its class.

I agree 100%

[mikmak]

Originally Posted by ford&holden

I agree 100%

What the...

[GM-10]

Originally Posted by mikmak

Wow! Can't argue with that sort of impartiality

Especially when that person proudly displays a Blue Tempo.

[Explorer4x4]

Originally Posted by GM-10

proudly displays a Blue Tempo.

You've got the right buddy.

[mcool]

Drive the other cars then write an op-ed... then move on with life, buddy. If the car is so flawed and unworthy, why then are the basic engineering underpinning a broad range of new cars outside of Oz, the VE range spawning record export volumes and conquests with the higher trims?

This car range is as significant as all the media hype makes it out to be in Australia. Why? Because it's the only completely homegrown top-to-bottom effort from Oz in recent memory to pave its own way off the island continent. Keep up the great work, Holden!

[redimpss5]

I guess he did'nt get his kick back.