2007 Holden Epica

[omicron]

Rubbish name, that.



Now, mirror this image and pretend it's a Holden.




Not bad. I hope it's better than the past Korean efforts masquerading as Holdens.

[Galaxy]

Not bad. I hope it's better than the past Korean efforts masquerading as Holdens.

It's funny when I saw the pictures, before I read that line I thought that the design looked very asien.

[nickdrinkwater]

Surely this will just cannibalise Vectra sales?

[MX793]

Surely this will just cannibalise Vectra sales?

According to Wikipedia, it's going to replace the Vectra in Australia.

[Secret Chimp]

Looks kind of unremarkable and vaguely like a Cobalt.

[omicron]

According to Wikipedia, it's going to replace the Vectra in Australia.

Ja. No-one buys Vectras anyway - too expensive, and by the time a few thousand was lopped off the price, buyers had already gone elsewhere.

[pommes-t]

Surely this will just cannibalise Vectra sales?

The Epica is offered here (you probably know that, Nick, but I take that as a quote anyways...) as a Chevrolet. It competes in the midsize segment as a cheap car.

It doesn't cannibalise the Vectra sales, because nobody wants to drive this piece of shit... 

[TheIntrepid]

Whenever I think Epica, I think of this

[pommes-t]

Whenever I think Epica, I think of this

well, that's the predecessor...

[MX793]

Whenever I think Epica, I think of this

That was the previous generation Epica.  The car above is the next generation.

[the Teuton]

So it's a Suzuki Verona?

[MX793]

So it's a Suzuki Verona?

It could possibly be the next generation Verona, or Verona replacement, if sold in the US.

[TheIntrepid]

That was the previous generation Epica.  The car above is the next generation.

AFAIK we in Canuckistan still get that one.

[nickdrinkwater]

The Epica is offered here (you probably know that, Nick, but I take that as a quote anyways...) as a Chevrolet. It competes in the midsize segment as a cheap car.

It doesn't cannibalise the Vectra sales, because nobody wants to drive this piece of shit... 

True, true.  That's probably why they don't sell the Epica here!

[Raghavan]

It doesn't look bad...

[MX793]

AFAIK we in Canuckistan still get that one.

North America doesn't have the new one yet.  I question if North America will even get this car.  The Verona was cancelled in the US due to poor sales and in Canandia, where it would be marketed as a Chevy, it seems it would be stepping on the Malibu's toes (or vice versa).