HX Holden Statesman TV Ad.

HX Holden Statesman TV Ad.

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• Holden HX Statesman
• Holden Statesman

[Mechknight73]

@OlegKostoglatov Holden took the Calais nameplate in 1984. In the late 1970s, they downsized their family car, their starting point being the Opel Rekord. Calais was the name they gave to the luxury version of the then new VK Commodore

[Croklokan]

I remember my mate taking his dad's new Caprice on the M4 at breakneck speed - 1979

[durko83]

Its a HJ Caprice. Not an HX.

[durko83]

holden introduced the name in july 1974

[bumtownv2]

At least in this ad they realised people who can't afford helicopter rides on to oil rigs may want to buy this car.

[gojoe283]

GM introduced the Caprice name in the USA in 1965. Not sure when the Holden introduced the name...

[Seattlecarnut]

I've never owned a Cadillac, but there are some Cadillacs I'd rather have over others. The Statesman reminds me of the kind of luxury car I would love to be seen driving.

[OlegKostoglatov]

@Mechknight73 Ironically enough a Cadillac was better on fuel for it's size then a lot of Chevrolets were. G.M put out a smaller Cadillac in the mid to late 70s called a Calais, it was basically a Chebby Malibu with a 350 and leather seats as opposed to the 472s and 500 cid engines used in the Caddy. To make a long story short even though it weighed 500 pounds less and was two feet shorter and a foot narrower, it gave 1 mpg better gas mileage then the Eldorado barge with a 500 cid engine.

[TheLuke2reeve]

is this the de ville statesman or caprice ??

[Sentowon]

Holden HQ Statesman and WBs are the best looking