COMMODORE SV8 employs Holden's FE2 sports suspension as standard, the firmer set-up reducing bodyroll, lifting SV8's handling prowess over other VY models by making it more agile during changes of direction and more willing to hold a tight line.

Despite detail changes to the front suspension's compression damping, including the addition of a progressive low-speed disc stack aimed at increasing front-end compliance, the ride is now best described as busy.

Still, combined with far better rear-wheel location thanks to VXII's Control-Link IRS, plus the refreshing new steering and 17-inch wheels, the firmish ride is easier to live with than in the SS, which now employs 18-inch alloys.