Awards Keep Coming for Holden VE Range

2007-11-30 -- GM Holden’s acclaimed Holden VE range was presented with not one, but two, Drive Car of the Year awards at an industry function held in Melbourne last night.

The Holden VE Ute SS took out the honours for the Best Ute in 2007 while the Holden VE Commodore was voted the people’s favourite, picking up the People Choice award for a second successive year.

The Holden VE Ute SS was complimented for bringing new levels of safety and driving dynamics to a work-oriented segment.

Judged on a wide range of criteria including performance, price, quality, comfort and safety, the Drive Car of the Year judges put 44 nominated models through their paces over six days and more than 20,000kms.

Josh Dowling, Sydney Morning Herald motoring editor and Drive Car of the Year judge, said the Holden SS stretches the boundaries of what utes were designed to do.

In the People’s Choice Award, almost 50,000 readers chose from the 44 Drive Car of the Year 2007 finalists, voting the Holden VE Commodore as the most popular new vehicle.

Toby Hagon, Drive.com.au editor, said the VE Commodore is an impressive vehicle that delivers plenty in the way of driving enjoyment, value for money and thoughtful and stylish design.

"It's a deserving winner of our People's Choice awards and remains one of Australia's most popular cars," Mr Hagon said.

Philip Brook, GM Holden’s Marketing Director, was there to collect the awards and said to go home with two awards is something everyone at GM Holden should be very proud of.

“The Holden VE Ute is a uniquely Australian vehicle that was brought to market by a very dedicated and proud team. It’s fantastic that their efforts have been recognised,” Mr Brook said.

“And to take out the People’s Choice award for the second year in a row is very rewarding. There’s no better recognition than the vote of consumers.”

This is the second award for the newly released Ute and comes on the back of winning News Limited’s carsguide Reader’s Choice award last week. The Holden VE Commodore range has now won several awards including:

* Winner: MOTOR Bang For Your Bucks (Holden VE Commodore SS)
* Winner: News Ltd Car Of The Year (Holden VE Calais V)
* Winner: Drive.com People's Choice Award 2006 (Holden VE Commodore SS V)

Source: GM Holden

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