Motorsports: Holden's new Commodore ready to go racing in V8 Supercars [w/video]

Filed under: Motorsports, Sedan, Videos, Holden, Australia, Racing

This is the new Holden Commodore dressed up for duty as a V8 Supercar. Revealed two days after the VF sedan broke cover, the Holden Racing Team unleashed the racing version on Facebook and YouTube (click the image above to enlarge). This one does away with the black and gold introductory livery but keeps the Holden lions.

And get ready for this weekend, when the standard Commodore sedan - not the Calais trim - gets revealed, as well as the Chevrolet SS and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class V8 Supercar from Erebus. While you wait, check out the video below to see the Commodore V8SC on the track.

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Holden's new Commodore ready to go racing in V8 Supercars [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video: Grid 2 releases first full-length gameplay preview

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The wait for the May 28th on-sale date of Grid 2 just official got a little bit more unbearable, as the sadists at Codemasters have released a trailer of actual game play. In short: it looks amazing.

Starring in the one-minute clip are classists like the E30 BMW M3, Ford Mustang Mach 1 and Chevrolet Camaro Z28 RS - all powering down a stunningly rendered patch of the California coast. There's also a segment of street racing through Paris, involving a heated exchanged with the McLaren MP4-12C and a Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG, among others.

Scroll down below to check out the exotic car-laden trailer, and see for yourself. Apparently pre-orders can already be accepted by your friendly local games merchant, and your choice in that regard will effect what sort of DLC you get to start off with. (Read thru our post on just that topic, here.)

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Grid 2 releases first full-length gameplay preview originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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