Enter the 17-character VIN of your Holden Commodore to see the factory basics. Free, with no registration.
Look on the dashboard, the driver's door frame or in the registration document.
Type all 17 characters. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
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Enter the 17-character VIN of a Holden Commodore and the decoder returns the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture, with no registration needed. Our data covers 11 versions of the Commodore, from model year 1990 to 2020, in Sedan and Wagon bodies, with power from 170 to 413 hp. Version names in the data include the VT, the VF, the VFII facelift 2015 and the ZB, and the Sportwagon and Tourer names appear alongside them.
A VIN does not record accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners, so the decoder cannot speak to a car's past. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report, and meanwhile you can compare the decoded model year and body style with the car in front of you.
1990 - 2020
Production years
170 - 413 hp
Power
2
Body styles
11
Versions
Versions and generations in our data. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
| Version | Years | Body | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holden Commodore | 1990 - 1997 | Sedan | 177 - 248 hp |
| Holden Commodore Wagon | 1993 - 1997 | Wagon | 177 hp |
| Holden Commodore (VT) | 1997 - 2006 | Sedan | 200 - 340 hp |
| Holden Commodore Wagon (VT) | 1998 - 2002 | Wagon | 200 - 306 hp |
| Holden Commodore Sedan IV (VF) | 2013 - 2015 | Sedan | 245 - 367 hp |
| Holden Commodore Sportwagon IV (VF) | 2013 - 2015 | Wagon | 245 - 354 hp |
| Holden Commodore Sedan IV (VFII, facelift 2015) | 2015 - 2017 | Sedan | 252 - 413 hp |
| Holden Commodore Sportwagon IV (VFII, facelift 2015) | 2015 - 2017 | Wagon | 252 - 413 hp |
| Holden Commodore Sedan V (ZB) | 2018 - 2020 | Sedan | 170 - 320 hp |
| Holden Commodore Sportwagon V (ZB) | 2018 - 2020 | Wagon | 170 - 320 hp |
| Holden Commodore Tourer V (ZB) | 2018 - 2020 | Wagon | 320 hp |
The 10th character of the VIN is the model year. For the Holden Commodore, with model years 1990 - 2020 in our data, these are the characters to expect. The letters repeat every 30 years, so always confirm the year against the car itself.
On the driver's side, visible through the windshield.
On a sticker on the door frame or the edge of the door.
Printed in the vehicle registration or title.
Stamped on the firewall or the frame on many models.
A VIN is built from six parts, and each one says something about the vehicle. Our guides explain how to read it and what it can and cannot tell you.
Enter the 17-character VIN and see the factory basics in seconds.
Our data lists model years 1990 - 2020 across 11 versions of the Holden Commodore. The VIN of a particular car shows its model year in the 10th character.
It is the 10th character. For the Holden Commodore the characters to expect are V (1997), W (1998), X (1999), Y (2000), 1 (2001), 2 (2002), 3 (2003), 4 (2004), 5 (2005), 6 (2006), 7 (2007), 8 (2008), 9 (2009), A (2010), B (2011), C (2012), D (2013), E (2014), F (2015), G (2016), H (2017), J (2018), K (2019), L (2020).
11 versions, in 2 body styles, with power up to 413 hp. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
The decoder gives you the model year, taken from the 10th character, and the country of manufacture. Set those against the body style and power of the car and the version names in our list, such as VF, VFII or ZB. The VIN alone may not settle the exact version, so treat the match as a check rather than proof.
Read all 17 characters on the plate and make sure they match the registration documents exactly. Remember that the letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, so one that contains them has been misread or copied wrongly. Then check that the decoded model year and manufacturer fit what the seller says about the car.
It will not show accidents, mileage, theft records or how many owners the car has had, because none of that is stored in the VIN. It also does not list equipment or condition. It reads the VIN and nothing more.