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New Generation Torana

Started by knoath , Jan 21 2009 09:11 PM

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#1 knoath

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 09:11 PM

Hey all.

Waltzing (not really, those that know me, know I don't dance!!) thru the local Safeway, spotted Wheels with... what's this? A Torana on the front cover???

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Story about new small car to be built alongside the VE.
Turbo 4 pots, direct injection CNG etc.

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#2 mitchg

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 09:14 PM

Looks disgusting... has it been officially called a Torana, or is it another magazine talking shit again.
Why do they keep putting the Torana badge on ugly POS?

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#3 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 09:16 PM

Spose they have to get some value out of all the engineers they just axed!!!!

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#4 Heath

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 09:28 PM

If it's RWD they should make it
It shouldn't be called a Torana
Wheels magazine is shit.

'nuff said

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#5 _torana_umunga74_

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 09:28 PM

what in christs name are they doing? the tt36 concept was crap enough (mangenta.. pffft) now it looks like a yaris. or is it the same one? either way its ass.

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#6 _Stuart_

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 10:06 PM

If they do call it a Torana, it'll piss a lot of people off. An absolute outrage.

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 10:11 PM

Looks disgusting... has it been officially called a Torana, or is it another magazine talking shit again.
Why do they keep putting the Torana badge on ugly POS?

Remember they did put a torana badge on a UC to unfortunately.

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#8 _torana_umunga74_

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 10:13 PM

Remember they did put a torana badge on a UC to unfortunately.

ROFL sunbird. they did make a new monaro an ppl liked it (not personally) but this is a real wank of a car.

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#9 _AGGRO_

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 10:53 PM

wow what a bunch of rubbish...i love how the car mags see a holden mid sizer and automatically call it the new torana. It does sell for them though.... people will read the front cover and go holy shit its a new torana and get sucked in. wheels dont give a shit what its called if it comes out, as long as they can suck some ppl in.

but i agree with Heath!

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#10 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 11:39 PM

I wonder if there was similar outrage on the Monaro forums when the new Monaro came out? Just a two door Commodore, etc.

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#11 _AGGRO_

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Posted 21 January 2009 - 11:44 PM

yeah but the original monaro was just a 2 door HK/HT/HG but there probably was similar outrage

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#12 _threeblindmice_

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 12:22 AM

That's right Dan , we can't forget the UC , if they did that , anything is possible !

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 02:30 AM

.If it's RWD they should make it
.It shouldn't be called a Torana
.Wheels magazine is shit.

'nuff said

Well said

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 03:09 AM

If it's RWD they should make it
It shouldn't be called a Torana
Wheels magazine is shit.
'nuff said

Well said

+1.

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#15 bally253

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 05:30 AM

I bought the mag because of the front cover. Very misleading. Just a catchy headline to increase sales IMO. This issue is mainly a Car of the Year issue (Honda Accord Euro).

Holden has not announced what it will be named and the computer generated image is just a guess of what a smaller holden may look like (on a front wheel drive platform). The article really has nothing to do with the Torana name.

Leave the Torana name alone unless they come up with something befitting a legend.

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#16 GML-31

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 06:40 AM

forget the torana name and just call it a sunbird

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#17 _torana_umunga74_

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 07:26 AM

thats the ticket then noone will buy it and holden will go broke and learn their lesson.

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 07:50 AM

If it's RWD they should make it
It shouldn't be called a Torana
Wheels magazine is shit.
'nuff said

Yep! Spot on Heath

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#19 Heath

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 08:22 AM

forget the torana name and just call it a sunbird

HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

I wonder how many people would be put off by the name and nothing else lmao

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#20 sadmannt

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 10:09 AM

They could always give it a more fitting name.....Camira!!. :clap:

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#21 _chrome yella_

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 10:23 AM

They could always give it a more fitting name.....Camira!!.

maybe call it a UC CAMIRA SUNBIRD, that would be a cool name for an uuugly car.

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Posted 22 January 2009 - 10:26 AM

The BaZrina... It's an Aussie twist on an otherwise GAY car!

Make it a bit more occa, its a swearing bleep, bleep Bazrina! LOL

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Posted 23 January 2009 - 09:42 AM

As said above if they want to call it a torana atleast model it a UC.

There will be no more outrage then there already was in 78.

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#24 _TRRANA_

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Posted 26 January 2009 - 12:34 AM

they better not call it a torana. i think im gonna be sick.
if holden are gonna revamp the torana, which i hope they dont, at least get some ideas from the EFIJY classic design, not this astra lookin crap

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#25 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 26 January 2009 - 08:17 AM

This one is better

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and if you had read the article it is a concept by the people at wheels, not from Holden.

I quote"NO-ONE OUTSIDE hOLDEN'S INNER SANCTUM KNOWS WHAT THE NEW MODEL WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT OUR COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE DRAWS ON ESTABLISHED GM AND HOLDEN DESIGN CUES"