One big reason is that it was always going to be the next Commodore, even before Holden ... There are no Ute or Caprice bodystyles, and there never will be. The European-designed look is less macho ...

I’ve tested the top-of-the-range Equinox LTZ-V in ... If anything, you could be picking up a bargain and one of the last cars to wear a Holden badge. It's not the roughest, toughest ute in the marker.