New Commodore Chronicles book now available

The V8 Sleuth team’s new book, the ‘Commodore Chronicles’ is available now to buy here from the V8 Sleuth SuperStore.

A hardcover, 192-page publication, the book documents the history of the various Commodore touring car and V8 Supercars that spanned the 1990s.

From the famous Commodores of the Holden Racing Team right through to the cars built by the small-budget privateer teams of the era, the first in a series of these books features never-before-published, striking colour photos from the AN1 Images motorsport photo archive. It's a ready-reference guide to each and every one of these cars, starting with the VN Group A Commodore – the last Group A Commodore – that debuted in 1991.

It goes on to document the period racing history of the winged VP Commodore that debuted in 1992, the VR Commodore that debuted in 1995 and the VS Commodore than made its debut in 1997.

There are 60 cars featured in chronological order in this collector’s edition book, including the 1996 Bathurst 1000-winning HRT Commodore VR of Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy that adorns the cover.

This engrossing and information-packed book includes cars built and raced by the Holden Racing Team, Perkins Engineering, Gibson Motorsport, Wayne Gardner Racing, Bob Forbes Racing, Advantage Racing and Pinnacle Motorsport.

Privateer teams cars are also a significant feature of this book with cars from the Lansvale Smash Repairs team and fellow privateers Terry Finnigan, Bob Jones, Neil Schembri, Ian Palmer, Malcolm Stenniken, Bob Pearson, Tim Slako, Bill O’Brien and Kevin Heffernan all featuring.

A sister book, documenting the history of Ford Falcon EB, EF, EL and AU model touring cars and V8 Supercars, is also due to be released soon by V8 Sleuth.

It can be pre-ordered here from the V8 Sleuth SuperStore with delivery expected in time for Christmas.

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