Car & Driver mags take on US-built GM rwd cars.

[Dr Smith]

http://blog.caranddriver.com/chevrol...en-on-zeta-ii/

The second vehicle, of course, is the most interesting. Perhaps as a way to justify future North American production of its cop car, perhaps simply because Chevy “gets it,” a civilized, civilian take on the PPV joins the model lineup next year. Wearing the SuperSport badge, the car will initially ride on the current Zeta platform and be offered exclusively as a four-door sedan. The SuperSport name and styling also will be applied to the 2013 Chevrolet NASCAR entry. The launch powerplant for the roadgoing car is expected to be the Camaro SS’s 6.2-liter V-8, pumping out something on the high side of 415 hp. A version of GM’s latest 3.6-liter V-6 will be added after the launch for the weaker of heart; we’d expect this engine to produce at least 320 hp. The SuperSport and the Caprice PPV will then migrate to the Zeta II platform in time for the 2015.5 model year. When this happens, full production will shift to North America, thereby delivering a much larger market for the cop version. In addition to the SuperSport sedan, a cropped-rear-overhang sport wagon and a Ute pickup are being considered for the North American market

and Drive's local take on same story
http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-new...503-1y1bw.html

[Road_Warrior]

Hmm. I would have thought the LWB zeta would have gone bye bye with the VF update. But if production moves to the US then Holden will be switched to making bum-draggers I reckon. Or an SUV.

[Bossxr8]

Makes no sense, haven't GM already said there will be no future development of Zeta. I'm positive they have already said that.

Camaro is moving off Zeta cause of it.

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Makes no sense, haven't GM already said there will be no future development of Zeta. I'm positive they have already said that.

Camaro is moving off Zeta cause of it.

Exactly...

But who knows...its GM...

[jpd80]

IIRC, GM Shanghai is doing work on Zeta II LWB cars, not Holden and what they call
Zeta II is basically thinner A pillar and more high strength steel, reduce weight ect.
Mark Reuss was saying that Camaro is already Zeta II so it's no great shakes IMO..

GMNA is all about using the more versatile Alpha platform for Cadillac ATS and next CTS
as well as next Camaro so they would be hardly interested in Zeta Commodore and variants..
Me thinks a future version of Commodore will shift to Alpha, be similar or slightly less weight
than Zeta but achieve much more scale of economy by having Commodore on global platform.
One that can use 2.4 DI I-4 and E-Assist passive hybrid as well as 3.0/3.6 V6 and turbo versions.

[Nikked]

Thats the great question...

Epsillon or Alpha

[mrghia]

anything can happen with the "smart" people that work there....