The VN Commodore may have lacked subtlety but it more than made up for it in performance and reliability, says JOHN WRIGHT. ... Paint lacks lustre, especially the light metallic colours.

When selecting cars for their potential to increase in value it’s important to tick a number of boxes, namely, rarity, heritage and desirability. The VN Commodore SS Group A ticks all of those boxes.

Based on the then-new, VN-series HSV Commodore SS Group A, it was designed by the factory-backed Holden Racing Team – which moved operations in-house with partner TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing ...