Holden ECOmmodore

The Holden ECOmmodore was a hybrid concept car based on the Holden Commodore (VT), developed by Holden together with the CSIRO and first unveiled at the 2000 Melbourne International Motor Show. It was a sedan with a fastback profile that used the longer wheelbase of the wagon, and it previewed a revised headlamp design that the VX Commodore later adopted. A 2.0-litre inline-four petrol GM Family II engine producing 95 kW was combined with a 40 kW electric motor running on lead-acid batteries and a 5-speed manual transmission. The car had a drag coefficient of 0.26 against 0.32 for the VT Series II and fuel economy of about 5.6 litres per 100 km, and it carried the torch during the 2000 Summer Olympics Torch Relay.