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The last Australian-made Holden Cruze has some pretty solid value under the skin, but is there enough reward for buyers to look past the polarising styling?
Is this a face you could love? We jump into the freshly facelifted 2015 Holden Cruze SRi-V...
Dave takes the 2014 Holden Cruze SRi Z-Series to Castlemaine to quench a craving...
Almost anyone can throw on a pair of gym shorts and runners and look reasonably sporting in the checkout line at Coles, and the same is true with cars – the addition of alloy wheels, a spoiler and foglights can suddenly make your small hatchback look at least a bit athletic. As ever, though, it's the muscles beneath the clothes that counts...
A better-value version of Holden’s small car is brought to you by the letter Z.
Small sedans are generally not quite as popular as small hatchbacks in Australia. The newly released Toyota Corolla sedan is expected to snare only a 20 per cent share of the nameplate’s sales this year, while the Hyundai Elantra is outsold by its i30 sibling five-to-one...
Before the fireworks are blown at year's end more than a quarter of a million Australians will sign for a small hatchback or sedan, of which about 75 per cent will pick one of the eight nameplates featured in this test. This is the biggest, most relevant test of the year. The catalyst for this mega-comparison is the arrival of the new Volkswagen Golf...
Now the fastest car in its class, for less money, with more equipment. Suddenly, the Holden Cruze gets impressive.
Cheaper, better equipped and with re-tuned suspension, the entry-level Holden Cruze does just enough to be a compelling small car force.
The Walkinshaw Holden Cruze is the beginning of a new chapter for locally tuned performance cars.
