Holden Commodore (VB)

The Holden Commodore (VB) was the first Commodore, a mid-size car built by Holden from 1978 to 1980 and the first iteration of the first generation of the nameplate. It was the Holden version of the General Motors V-body platform, developed mainly from the Opel Rekord E and Commodore C, with the front of the Opel Senator A grafted on to fit Holden's larger inline-six and V8 engines. It was launched on 26 October 1978 as the successor to the Holden HZ and offered as the Commodore, Commodore SL and Commodore SL/E, with a station wagon added in July 1979. Production lasted only seventeen months, the shortest of any Commodore, and 95,906 were built before the VC replaced it in March 1980. The VB won the Wheels Car of the Year award for 1978 and was Australia's best selling car in 1979.