Holden spins its upmarket wagon into an all-road adventurer with the Calais-V Tourer. Following a formula familiar to Adventra owners thanks to all-paw grip and SUV styling, the Tourer serves the needs of Aussie families in a new way for the Lion brand.

The people who prattle on about how the locally-built Holden Commodore was irrelevant in the modern motoring age amuse me. They are the same sort of people who eulogise our autonomous ride-sharing future, when none of us will own cars and we’ll all happily pay for a seat in a grubby pod next to meth-sucking loser and his squalling infant. These people have c...

A hectic schedule today, with the Calais called on to taxi the kids to the city, run various trips to the local shops and cinema, and then take us to dinner in the evening.  At first glance it's hard to distinguish this car as being part of the Holden Commodore family of old, with the liftback design presenting a much sleeker profile than any generation befo...

The upgrade to the Calais Tourer was more because I had the opportunity, rather than having any dissatisfaction with what the RS offered (though the RS alloys were average-looking at best). I coveted the VL Calais back in the 80’s and now I had a chance to drive a car with the Calais badge, hence the upgrade. I cannot fathom why I have hardly seen the new mo...

The Holden Calais V is the non-performance flagship of the new Holden ZB Commodore range, second only to the VXR grade in the Commodore hierarchy. Priced from $51,990, the ‘V’ variant comes standard with a V6 engine and all-wheel drive to help separate it from the front-drive 2.0-litre regular Calais that sits beneath it. Holden’s new large car offering has...