Holden may be relegated to importing and rebadging
other GM products since the end of its manufacturing operations, but it will
still offer products unique to the Australian market. Like the new Astra sedan.
Based on the same architecture as the
"Astra hatchback and Chevy Cruze, the Astra sedan was engineered in
Germany, designed in America, and will be manufactured in Korea – all with
specific traits to the Aussie market.
It seems
clear that what we're looking at is essentially a Cruze with a new face
designed to match that of the new Commodore – itself a rebadged and reskinned
Opel Insignia.
Together with the coupe and five-door hatch, the
Astra sedan promises to give Holden a wider array of small-car offerings. This
will be the thirteenth in a total of 24 new products Holden aims to launch Down
Under by the end of this decade – all of them rebadged from other markets. The
little sedan is scheduled to launch in May, following the new Trax that hits
showrooms in February.
