{"id":550,"date":"2020-05-11T12:52:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/?page_id=550"},"modified":"2026-04-14T05:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:41:34","slug":"10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-vl-commodore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/commodores\/vl-commodore\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-vl-commodore\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Facts you may not have known about the VL Commodore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/commodores\/\">Commodore Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/commodores\/vl-commodore\/\">VL Commodore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VL Commodore was the First Commodore to run on unleaded petrol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VL Commodore was the first Commodore to offer a forced induction engine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VL Commodore was the first Commodore to use an imported engine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VL Commodore is the last of the first generation of Holden Commodores<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the first Commodore to break the 150 000 units produced mark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>198 VL Calais wagons were produced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VL Commodore is longer than the HK Kingswood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1986, the VL Calais was priced from $23 540<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaks and corrosion around the front windscreen is a popular problem with the VL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VL executive and the VL Calais use the exact same headlights, the VL Calais just have headlight covers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commodore Home VL Commodore The VL Commodore was the First Commodore to run on unleaded petrol The VL Commodore was the first Commodore to offer a forced induction engine The VL Commodore was the first Commodore to use an imported engine The VL Commodore is the last of the first generation of Holden Commodores It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":589,"parent":51,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-550","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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