Yuk !, anything before the Ecotech version is awful. They perfected the Commodore with the Nissan RB30 powered VL and then again with the current VF styling in either V6 or V8.
It was the T4 model and that came with the Ecotec series.
The VP and VR were not bad and I liked their exhaust much more than the quieter but dull Ecotec series. Good low to mid range performance though.
If you like the VL, you may as well just get the even better Australian built Nissan Skyline from the same period, diff noise issues notwithstanding!