Blended More Instagram art, this time of a Holden (née Chevrolet) Equinox LTZ-V AWD that we tested for Lucire. As some of you know, these are images left behind by Instagram when multi-image posts are made. In many respects, they are their own “art form”, made by computing.
More Instagram art An image left behind by Instagram in a multi-image post. This is the front end of a Holden Equinox (Chevrolet to most readers).
More Instagram art Artefacts left over from multi-image Instagram posts: Royal Hotel, Featherston; sunset at Oriental Bay, Wellington; and the Holden (née Chevrolet) Equinox. The posts are on my account.
The last Goat Great Holden Monaro stunt in The Mechanic. You don’t often see Australian cars in US films.
Scots centennial picnic Some lovely classic motors at my Alma Mater’s centennial picnic yesterday: two Plymouths, a Chrysler, three Ford coupés, a Buick, a Holden, a Goat, and a Mini. There was also a Ford truck.
What a difference 38 years makes top pic Holden Commodore VB series SL Station Wagon, 1978; bottom pic Holden Commodore VF series International Sportwagon, 2015
Commodore As horrid as the VB was, it did look smart, as does the current model.
Holden HR 2-door, sketches from 1964 show GMH contemplated a coupe version of the HR series Holden Premier
HR Premier coupé This would have predated the Monaro, had it been built.
Sandman Looks like Holden was there before Logan’s Run (the movie, not the novel). (From the MySandman.com.au site.)
That’ll be the Daewoo Finding it rather appropriate that of all the pages a Holden ad would show up on Autocade, it’s this one. And it’s selling all the ex-Daewoo models, such as Matiz, Lacetti and Winstorm (Spark, Cruze and Captiva), as well as the Holden version of the Chevrolet Aveo, the Barina.
Rewriting history I guess I only go in to Wikipedia’s car pages for a laugh, or in the (vain) hope that I might find a page without a glaring factual error. I’m sure General Motors would love to know it had a Holden subsidiary in New Zealand in the years the Pontiac Le Mans was sold here.
The actual company, of course, was General Motors New Zealand. I don’t recall if it was Co. Ltd. or just Ltd. And it should be no surprise that General Motors sold a Pontiac car, given that Pontiac was a General Motors brand. Sigh.
And it’s red This isn’t my best car photo, for sure, but it’s not every day I see an HQ Monaro.
I see that in Australia, the Daewoo Lacetti (sold as the Holden Cruze) has completely replaced the Opel Astra H (Holden Astra), which means it’s yet another retrograde step for Holden. So, in the last few years:
Daewoo Kalos and Gentra replaced the Opel Corsa C as the Holden Barina Daewoo Lacetti replaced the Opel Astra H Daewoo Tosca (a.k.a. Holden Epica) replaced the Opel Vectra C Holden’s own VE Commodore, with a four-star safety rating, replaced the VZ Commodore, which had five stars (though the VE has since been upgraded to get five stars)
Someone remind me why anyone would buy a Holden again when every single model in the range is outclassed by Ford, Hyundai and the Japanese?
Cop that One thing I noticed about the rent-a-Commodore from the end of November: when I drive a Commodore at the speed limit in most parts of the country, people slow down, just in case I am a cop. In Auckland, they overtake you and don’t give a darn if you are a cop. No wonder the police officers on the Auckland-based Motorway Patrol have so much to do.
My transport in Auckland this time: the Holden Commodore SV6. Pros: people still look at this car, despite the basic shape having been around for a few years. And the V6 is smooth. Cons: the interior is about as low-line as a mid-size car from the 1990s. You can’t even get the electric windows up all the way with one touch: you have to keep your finger on the button. And despite being a supposedly sporty model, it lacks a flappy-paddle gear change. We are talking rugged and simple here, not sophisticated and sporty.
Homer Simpson must be doing really well if he can afford a Holden Crewman.
