Comments on: Holden Barina Korean Safety

By: jack

jack — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:08:31 +0000

There’s not enough information in the article. Ok so it’s definitely manufactured in Korea. But where was it designed? In Korea too? Or somewhere else? The design matters far more than manufacturing. Who oversaw the design?

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:28:26 +0000

I know for a fact all the problms that certain people were having with a Holden Barina.Holden didn’t help in any way at all and couldn’t have cared.They should have been recalled asap.Sure was a turn off for me and my family in dealing with Holden at anytime for anything.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:09:35 +0000

hi all, the TK barina does indeed have only a 2/5 safety rating, though the new TK model has 4/5. The thing is, is that the cars’ only bad point ? I mean reading most of the comments on here doesn’t say that the car has mechanical problems, and thats a good thing.

By: stan

stan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:33:24 +0000

Remember when the hyundai excel arrived on our shores and all the press, The wheels will fall off etc etc (yes that joke has been done)
Next time your driving look for cars built in the 90s and see how many are xls also check for wheels. At the moment Korea is making some of the best cars in the world hyundai 130, 120, iload, at half the price of the european market. By the way Astras have a bad mechanical reputation.

By: OzzieGuyz

OzzieGuyz — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:47:04 +0000

Hey Carol Brownlie,was great reading your commentabout the Holden Barina.Thanks for your guts and honesty about Holden cars and for having the guts to say and do something about it. Good for you.All Holdens are crap.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:24:15 +0000

But is only a few cars i bet don’t make it to australia like the astra van the corsa van and the astra sadan mainly because the astra sedan is only sold in ireland and i think its realy sad when you see a daewoo kalos on the street by the way you have to see the opel vans at
http://www.opel.ie/action/go?cntryCd=IE&langCd=en&webSiteId=GBPIE&page=commercial_vehicles&nav=main

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:59:22 +0000

I agree Aaron – I never really understood why Dumb a–e Denny Mooney decided to stop importing Opel Barinas in favour of Daewoos.. yet continued to import Astras.

Thankfully though Holdens current CEO Mark Reuss is seriously looking at importing a number of new Opels including the Corsa and the Insignia.. as is HSV. Whilst Holden will most likely export their new unnamed “Small Car” [Torana?]

One particular Opel I’d like to see Holden import is the GT Roadster.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:49:15 +0000

I hate all of those crap daewoos that holdens bringing over here if you go to the opel site you’ll see so many models that holden had gotten rid of such as the zafira,vectra,corsa(barina)and the european captiva.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:46:34 +0000

I hte all of those crap daewoos that holdens bringing over here if you go to the opel site you’ll see so many modles that holdens gotten rid of such as the zafira,vectra,corsa(barina)and the european captiva.

By: Nic

Nic — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:41:41 +0000

Kai-the 04 barina is made in spain by gm opel europe.