Has the falcodore grown itself out of the market?

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There is no question that from the mid 90s our big cars Falcon and Commodore have provided more and more value for their price point. For $32k you can buy a Commodore Omega or Falcon XT, both a good bit of gear for the price.

In 1995 you could buy a Commodore executive or Falcon GLi for about the same money. The cars have evolved into a much better proposition for the money, features, motors, looks.

However, these cars have also shifted upwards in size and weight. Look at the history of the holden, went from a tank in the kingswood to a smallish big car for the VB-VL series, grew up a little with the VN-VS, then grew again for the VT-VZ and now in its biggest ever form the VE.

Ford have been a little more consistent, went from the tank XB-XC range to a smaller tank in the XD-XF, About the same size EA-EL, consistent size with the AU and then seemed to grow in size with BA-FG.

But the market looking for a family car or business looking for a fleet of cars now considers Camry / Lancer / Mazda 3 as a safe car with adequate size and power.

Does Commodore and Falcon need to rationalise their size, weight and with their superior powertrains really take the market back?