Holden Astra LS Demo
Comes with:
- Android Auto/CarPlay
- Reverse Camera
- Remainder of 5 year warranty
- Automatic
- 12 months registration
Advertised for $17,990 Driveaway (0.9% Comparison Rate Finance also on offer)
Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is $21,490
Dealers should have this car in stock - best to contact your local dealer to check.
No Holden no
Ah well, it's not that simple. Holden is certainly re-badgeing heaps of rubbish vehicles like Crapriva, Barina etc.
However, Astra is not one of those and is a decent car designed by Opel. Assuming that Holden will provide a honest 5 years of warranty, which I'm not confident about, this Astra is a good alternative to koreans.
Apparently, Astra hatches and sedans are made in Poland and South Korea respectively.
Wagons are made in the UK.
In my experience of owning a opel astra, it is like home brand of Europe. I'd rather Japanese brand or Korean brand over opel
These Holden Astra sedans are actually a Chevy Cruze built by GM Korea (the old Daewoo). Production has been shut down and discontinued since May 2018. Holden changed the appearance at the front etc to make them look like the other (Opel) Astra's in the range.
@jkt: In other words:
Opel Astra hatch is rebadged to Holden Astra hatch
Opel Astra Sports tourer is rebadged to Holden Astra wagon
GM Korea Cruze is rebadged to Holden Astra Sedan (previously badged and sold as Holden Cruze)
Holden should rename themselves hALDIn. Or maybe Hogan.
Holden Astra hatch - Opel Astra hatch from Poland
Holden Astra wagon - Vauxhall Astra wagon from UK
Holden Astra sedan - Chevy Cruze sedan from South Korea
Correct
@jkt: https://www.opel.ie/index.html
Actually the Cruze name was traditionally its own complete model (and is still a rebranded Daewoo). Hence the different front end compared to the hatch and wagon. Cruze was also a compact SUV at one stage.
The astra model was once all three shapes (hatch, sedan and wagon - all designed by opel), now it is just hatch and wagon which still is engineered by shitty Opel and made in different countries.
Holden have combined the traditional Astra model with the Cruze to cover all body shape variants since Opel no longer make an astra "sedan"
Geez, the new commodore has dropped in price quickly!
If only it has a real LS in it :(
LS the world
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Rather spend around the same if not a few $k more, and buy the vastly superior Made In Japan Mitsubishi Lancer
You mean the Lancer that has a 10yo design with no modern Tech?
I'm not saying the Holden is the best in the range, but the Lancer should be last on the list for a new car.
Also as a Mitsubishi owner, I wouldn't call modern Mitsibishi's to be the best examples of Japanase reliability…
I was with you until you suggested a lancer
Probably still leftover demo's from December 2017 when they put on a whole bunch to falsely inflate figures
These are probably not demos, they are new cars
Holden can't sell them, they did the same last year. They sold their entire Astra holdings as demos.
Many Astra models have been some of the most unreliable cars ever sold in Australia.
They'd be pre-registered, hence still sell as a 'demo'. Might not have kms, but the warranty, cps & registration have already started.
Yeah probably likely. They can report them as being sold when they aren't sold yet to trick people into thinking they are good selling car.
Am i missing something?
Dealer demo on carsales $16,290 drive away.
https://www.carsales.com.au/demo/details/Holden-Astra-2017/O…
My friend bought this last month $16,000.
Hold-on Ashtray
No one wants the sedan. They were doing Astra RS-V hatches for about 20k driveaway (demos) last year, that was a better deal.
id prefer the astra hatch - can get 2017 plated RS-V manual demos for under $20k pretty easily at the moment, which really is a bargain (leather, blind spot monitoring, 7" touchscreen with apple carplay and android auto, 147kw engine…)
Are these for the people who only work at Commonwealth Bank?
Im sure there is a joke in there but I don't get it
Do investment bankers and capital W's ring bells?
You've wreck it.
They don't even make this car in Australia anymore, why would anyone buy this?
They were never made here ever
LOL busted!
Uh, yeah it was.. The original Astra was a rebadged Nissan Pulsar, which was made in Clayton, VIC.
Best me to it, they were a kick arse car too. Not sure where the previous ET turbo was made?
Gee holden, sends shivers down my spije the thought of buying one. Oh how the mighty have fallen
rip holden
Not made in Aus should be favourable ….
This is basically a Daewoo.
Not a fan of Holden of any sort but these are a good buy for the $ and from what little I have seen from owners not a bad car.
Anyone have any "real" experience of their quality, ride, handling etc.. ?
Assumed opinions not wanted…
Yes.
Test drove the higher trim hatch (not sedan) with the sunroof when looking for a cheap daily commute car. Had the previous Opel Astra and it was great.
Excellent value on the demo (pretty much new) for around 25-26k driveaway. Puts other "european" peers to shame when "value" is considered (not if someone is purely looking for the badge wank factor). Excellent dynamic for a small car and the 1.6T worked well.
I would avoid the sedan. Received very poor review across most sites.
Ended up with a top spec Focus with sunroof instead. Extremely happy with it. The car actually took all the modern gadgets from Volvo. Very well tuned safety sensor (ie. Adoptive cruise control kicks in without being invasive). One of the best navigation system too - compared to the latest Audi, Toyoto, Mazda, Porsche.
You got a RS?
No, sorry. Not the RS, nor the ST. Titanium.
PS. RS is not a Focus, it's an RS!
Husband and I have owned a manual hatchback since December 2016. It was one of the first ones in QLD. I would not recommend it. Spend the extra and by a corolla instead. This year, we have had a few problems, the main one being the handbrake released itself in the middle of the night and it rolled down the hill. We had dashcam footage with sound to show we applied the hand brake, the last time we drove it. (and a manual vehicle, if the hand brake is not applied correctly, you cannot get out of the car without it moving - it stayed put for atleast 10 minutes while hubby was checking his phone on the driveway.) After months of fighting Holden, we got told that the footage we provided we doctored and we were lying and we didn't apply the hand break hard enough, and if we wanted to pursue our complaint any further to go to small claims.
Further to this fiasco, when we finally get the vehicle back after repairs, the Air Conditioner has run out of gas. it no longer cools. I have been told it is not damaged from the incident, but it just needs to be re-gassed as per regular vehicle maintenance. It ran out of gas when it was 18 months old, and it wasn't being used for the last 3 of those months… I don't know if we are just incredibly unlucky, or if this is standard… but I feel its a bit shit. My 2010 Mazda we have owned since 2014 and not once have I had to do anything with the air conditioner, and it is still ice cold.
We will never own a Holden again.
Sounds like Holden are living up(down?) to their reputation.
Video proof and they say you doctored it… Wow.
Good way to lose a customer (and then some).
And regassing a year old car… Holy moley.
my corolla needs to be regassed, it doesn't cool as quick and struggles in extreme summer heat. but then again it's 13 years old and has never been regassed lol.
thanks for the review. was tempted by the "value" but have always avoided holdens and will keep doing so!
Didn't you have the car in gear?
Hubby thought he had, but he cant remember for sure. In any regard, regardless of if it was in gear or not, the handbrake still failed, and that is a safety concern for us. If it was in gear, and the handbrake failed, it just would not have been damaged. Our biggest problem is the fact that the handbrake failed, and in our eyes, that is a major fault. You don't want your handbrake to fail in an emergency, and in this scenario, we were lucky our kids were not playing on the driveway, and it didn't do any damage to any other property. Also, according to the user manual for the vehicle, It does not state that the vehicle should be left in gear when parked, So we operated the vehicle according to the instructions.
We did our own internet research, and turns out the same issue is being had in the same vehicle in the UK. Exactly the same scenario as ours. (handbrake self releasing hours after parked) Also, the Holden Cruize, Predecessor to the Astra, some of the manual versions of that were recalled due to a handbrake fault, so its not uncommon for a Holden handbrake to be dodgy. We suspect that Holden just don't want to own up to it being faulty, its easier to blame the owner as "user error" as admitting that a hand brake is faulty may force them to do costly investigations and testing, and potentially a recall.. which cant help the already struggling brand name.
We now park it on the flattest ground we can find, ensure it is in gear, and pull the handbrake ratchet one click at a time to get the strongest hold we can. We have some old fashioned chucks in the back to use if we ever have to park it on a slope.
@missspeckles: The handbrake is integrated into the rear brake caliper. When you drive the rear brake rotor & brake pads heat up and expand slightly. When you put the handbrake on the brake pads clamp against the rotor. As the pads and rotor cools the metal contracts and there isn't as much clamping force on the brake rotor and the car rolls down the road if the gearbox isn't in Park or 1st/reverse.
VW group vehicles (VW, Audi, Skoda) and many other vehicles do the same thing.
It's part of normal driving practice to select park or 1st (if facing up hill) or reverse (down hill).
Useless fact: In San Francisco you are also required to turn the front wheels towards the kerb if facing downhill or away from the kerb if facing up hill.
Bought one 3 months ago. Demo with 48km . Done 8000 more kms since then. Good quality for the price, ride is good, probably better if it didn’t have the eco tyres. Electronic steering is great. Turbo provides more than enough power. Apple CarPlay is great. The price and rear seat room is mainly why I bought the car. I’m average hieght and can sit in the front and then hop in the back and I’ve got a good 10cm gap between my knees and the back of the front seat. Corrolla, Mazda 3 and i30 i also looked at couldn’t compare in that respect. 15,000km service intervals make a difference when you do high kms. 5 year roadside.
How much did you you get it for?
What is the normal price?