Has Holden accidentally leaked the 2017 Commodore?

HOLDEN'S 'We're Here To Stay' ad hopes to reassure Australia the brand will not disappear. But has the carmaker shown more of the future than it meant to?

HOLDEN'S new 'We're Here To Stay' commercial was intended to reassure Australia that the brand will not disappear in the future. But has the carmaker shown more of the future than it meant to?

The ad features Holden ambassadors, dealers and staff - and among the last of those is a designer presumably in their Melbourne studios, working on a car we've not seen before.

What shows on his computer screen is a four-door but with a fast coupe-like line to the rear roof. Meanwhile, sketches around his desk show a sportback or shooting brake wagon body.

Do these point to the next Commodore to be launched here after Holden halts manufacturing in 2017 - which would mean it's a GM model in any case. Or are they sneak peeks at designs for the Chinese market, for which Holden announced earlier this year it would be developing two cars in a partnership between GM and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC).

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