Holden Car Reviews
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Not many years ago the marketing executives at Holden believed the decline in Commodore sales was just a temporary thing but we now see that it really was the beginning of the end of market dominance of traditional Aussie six-cylinder and V8 sedans. ... Read More
The main virtues of the Epica is that it represents a lot of car for not much money and in runout mode is even better value again. All remaining Epicas are 2011-plate cars and dealers who have one in stock will be more than eager to write a sharp dea ... Read More
Who could ever have guessed that the Caprice name, introduced as a more lavish version of the Statesman in October 1974, would outlast Statesman itself? The original was called the Statesman Caprice and was intended to compete with Ford’s LTD while ... Read More
The locally manufactured Holden Cruze deserves to be taken very seriously. Now available in both sedan hatch guises with a wide choice of engines and a choice between six-speed manual and six-speed torque converter automatic transmissions, and in a v ... Read More
Just a few years ago it would have been hard to imagine a turbodiesel Holden hatchback being manufactured at the Elizabeth plant in South Australia. We had just got used to GM-Daewoo products being slightly tweaked before being sold as Holdens, when ... Read More
It is not often the Holden Commodore gets an all-new body design. The current VE shape has been around since August 2006 and has aged quite gracefully. Beneath the still bold and distinctive styling, in many respects the MY12 version of the entry lev ... Read More
Large locally manufactured V8 sports sedans have long been a key element of Australian motoring culture. While the MY12 Commodore SS-V is utterly modern in most respects, in feel and character it belongs more to the late 1970s than to the second deca ... Read More
The 2012 Commodore SS ute looks a lot like its 2006 predecessor, but it was much improved in Series II guise (September 2010) and continues to evolve. Its formidable 6.0-litre V8 engine can run on E85 fuel, as well as shutting down four cylinders at ... Read More
The Barina name made its ‘Beep-Beep’ debut in 1989 to give Holden a new entry level car. It was actually a Suzuki Swift with Holden badges and none the worse for that. Much has changed since then but the Barina remains Holden’s least expensive ... Read More
The Korean-manufactured Holden Cruze was very successful, so much so that the iconic Australian company decided to manufacture it locally alongside the Commodore. This decision also provided the opportunity to revamp this big-small car. Perhaps th ... Read More
The Caprice name evokes a long history. In 1974 the original Caprice was Holden’s answer to the Ford LTD. The LTD was a more luxurious edition of the Fairlane but built on an even longer wheelbase. Holden though was satisfied that the Statesman De ... Read More
