From the Classifieds: Two of the finest final homegrown Holden Commodores up for grabs

Two of the most desirable and collectible homegrown Holden Commodores of all time have come up for sale in Western Australia and the near-new muscle cars are only available as a matching set.

Priced at a cool $700,000, the rare pair includes the ‘build 001’ Motorsport Edition and ‘build 001’ Director – the very first examples of what are now referred to as the ‘final edition’ Commodores produced before Holden closed its factory doors in October 2017.

Marking the end of a 39-year dynasty, the last locally-built Holden Commodores went out with a bang in 2017 with the release of a trio of swansong models – the Motorsport Edition, Magnum and Director – which were tickled-up parts bin specials based on the VFII SS-V Redline (sedan and ute) and Calais V respectively.

Only 1450 examples (combined) of these special vehicles were produced for Australia – plus another 253 for the Kiwis – and they all featured upgrades never before seen on a non-HSV Commodore, with the Motorsport Edition leading the charge.

The most aggressive, advanced and track-capable Commodore variant ever, the Motorsport Edition launched with four-mode magnetic ride control suspension, upgraded Brembo cross-drilled brake rotors front and rear, engine and transmission cooling and upgraded rear sub-frame bushings.

Apart from the latter, all of these upgrades were included on the Calais-based Director as standard, but the Magnum ute missed out on the adaptive damping due to underbody clearance issues.

Common to all three cars, however, was their HSV-derived 304kW/570Nm 6.2-litre LS3 V8, as seen in all VFII SS vehicles, paired to either a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission in the Motorsport Edition and Magnum.

Being a Calais V underneath, the Director was an auto-only affair.

All three models score upgraded heated ‘performance’ front seats, an embroidered instrument panel, bespoke decals and badging, lip spoiler, commemorative presentation case, individual vehicle numbering and a unique option code: KOM (for King of the Mountain), UTE and DIR.

Letting the cars and images do the talking, the WA dealer says the red Motorsport Edition and silver Director are both “as new with delivery kms” showing on the clock and will not be separated.

And they’ll be sold to anyone with a spare $700K without the opportunity for a test drive given they’re essentially brand-new.

“Genuine build 001 Motorsport and build 001 Director as new with delivery kms,” says the seller.

“Invest in these two very rare finds and own your very own piece of Australian history with these two build 001 last of special edition Commodore (Motorsport) and Calais (Director).

“Two vehicles sold as a pair $700,000 for both.

“Will not separate. No test drives. First in best dressed.”

Averaging out to $350,000 apiece, each vehicle is going for more than five times its original sticker price.

But that could still be a good investment given some Aussies paid up to $80,000 for low-km examples of even the most basic VFII Ute SS (priced under $45K when new) at the height of the used car market last year.

And in January 2021, $750K was paid at auction for the last Holden Commodore to be allocated a serial number (but not the last to leave the Adelaide facility), a 2017 VFII SS-V redline sedan.

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