The Acadia large sports utility vehicle is proof that Holden has not been forgotten by its General Motors masters in the United States. The genuine seven-seater may be put together from parts in the US but it’s a fair dinkum product made solely for Down Under by Holden engineers and More
The Holden Colorado utility / pickup has been on sale in Australia since 2008 although, until 2012, it was simply a re-badged version of the long-serving and popular Isuzu built Rodeo. The current model is based on the Chevrolet Colorado which is designed in the US but built in Thailand. More
The FJ Holden was launched in October 1953, and although not the first Holden but an updated version of a car that was nearly five years old it has become the icon of Australia in the 50s and 60s. The FJ introduced the long-running Holden policy of facelifting. No glassware More
In July 1970 Holden released the model HG, a slightly restyled version of the HT. The HG range comprised 13 models including sedans, wagons, panel vans and utilities. It was the first Holden model launch to include the commercial vehicle range and showed that GMH, having previously concentrated on increasing More
Holden Cascada is the soft-top convertible version of the Holden Astra, both coming from Holden’s German affiliate, Opel. It was launched here in April 2015, but didn’t prove to be as popular as it deserved and was quietly slipped off the new-car price list midway through 2017. At almost 4.7 More
Since retiring from vehicle manufacture in Australia, Holden has been battling relevance in the marketplace. However, while the genuine born-and-bred Aussie car may have become a thing of the past, that could be about to change with the arrival of the Acadia. Okay, so the Holden seven-seat sports utility vehicle More
The new Holden seven-seat Acadia is due to arrive in Australia midway through October. Powered by the latest iteration of the renowned 3.6-litre V6 engine that drives through a nine-speed automatic it will be offered in both 2WD (the front wheels) and 4WD versions. Holden’ engineers and technicians were involved More
From 1996 the Astra was imported from the Opel in Europe but rebadged as a Holden. Holden Astra was sold as the AH Series from November 2004 until 2009. However, Holden chose to sell low-cost models of the otherwise-superseded TS series when the AH series was introduced. These had the More
Holden Acadia seven-seat SUV isn’t due to go on sale until the final quarter of this year. But many are already on the road in Australia on their final stages of real world testing. Two years of Australian engineering input to the Acadia have already been carried out here and More
Meet the Holden Trax, a small SUV with big style and lots of personality. Based on the underpinnings of the Holden Barina the Trax has a taller body for added interior room. Trax first arrived here in August 2013 and has sold moderately well since then. When SUVs began to More
