holden nova !!!!!!!!

[yellowsrnova]

http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt35/yellowsrnova/Holden_Nova_Prototype_01.jpg


just seen this !

[Ernie]

how does any air get through the grill lol

[Graeme]

I thought Holden only offered a rebadged Suzuki Swift in the 80's and early 90's before the got the Corsa b, I can't find any more holden nova gen

[Southie]

Även Australien behövde en inhemsk småbil, Denna Holden Nova är omissigenkännligt ett derivat på Opel, eller mer en Vauxhall Astra och togs fram 1983. Dock kom den aldrig till skott utan man vände sig till Nissan och sålde deras Pulsar/Sunny under namnet Holden Astra, som senare byttes ut mot Toyota Corolla som då fick namnet Holden Nova.

http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/images/2010/1983-holden-nova-prototype_101649299.jpg
I translated that by the way lol Still some weren't detected lol lol

"Although Australia had a domestic small car, this Holden Nova is omissigenkännligt a derivative of the Opel, or more a Vauxhall Astra and was developed 1983rd
Dock kom den aldrig till skott utan man vände sig till Nissan och sålde deras Pulsar/Sunny under namnet Holden Astra, som senare byttes ut mot Toyota Corolla som då fick namnet Holden Nova.
However, it never came to shoot, but it turned to Nissan and sold their Pulsar / Sunny under the name Holden Astra, which later gave way to the Toyota Corolla, which then was named Holden Nova."

[John]

Front bumper is cool as fook!

[Southie]

Front bumper is cool as fook!
I thought the same, what dash has it though??

[John]

I thought the same, what dash has it though??

I hope it's some mad mk1/2 combo like that bumper lol

[Southie]

I hope it's some mad mk1/2 combo like that bumper lol
Not like this then lol

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_nRe95dskNIw/R9RS_FasgFI/AAAAAAAAACQ/Lqbc2yPi20Q/100_0007%5B1%5D.jpg

[Edd]

That looks very nice, me like the front bumper too

Any more pics/info ?

[Edd]

WTF is that ????? Nasty lol

[John]

lol is that a taxi?

[Southie]

That looks very nice, me like the front bumper too

Any more pics/info ?

Nah cannot find anymore about it :(

[General Baxter]

i hope its running a v8 lol

[Southie]

lol is that a taxi?

lol According to the link yes lol

[Balley]

Like a Nova, but not a Nova but a Soloon!

[Pistol Pete]

Has a "fake" look to it IMO lol

Do not like.

[bmw156]

it probably looks fake as the wing join line has been filled under the wind screen

[SR Kyle]

Looks verry toy like doesent it

[Mike]

Erm, its very er different lol

[david dixon]

No door locks either.....something isn't right there!!

David.

[Mike]

No vents in scuttle panel either.... no 1/4 windows in front doors, no trim on roof gutters. Oddness....

[NOV4_SPORT]

pretty cool all the same.

iain

[Danny s-p]

it look like a escort to me look at the back end to it has no rear quarter glass like normal 4 door loon's

[Danny s-p]

No vents in scuttle panel either.... no 1/4 windows in front doors, no trim on roof gutters. Oddness....4 doors don't have front 1/4 glass

[General Baxter]

i think its a toy lol

[Danny s-p]

it a photo shop front wheel got flat spot at the bottom

[Danny s-p]

http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt35/yellowsrnova/Holden_Nova_Prototype_01.jpg

http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx20/dannys-p08/nova%20saloon/Photo-0221.jpg

[Bubba]

it looks like some sort of concept

[Bubba]

No vents in scuttle panel either.... no 1/4 windows in front doors, no trim on roof gutters. Oddness....
the wings, scuttle panel and a pillar are all joined too

no locks

[L14MNP]

What about the mk2 in front of it, more crazy bumpers? lol

I agree on concept too.

[draper]

wonder wether sloffzzzz will buy one when he gets there

[dj_wudgey]

well its differant thats for shure lol!! i dont like the little changes though and the front bumper/grille is awfull!!

[yellowsrnova]

prototype :)

just see it
bit mad like

[Edd]

wonder wether sloffzzzz will buy one when if he ever gets there
Troofs :d

[NovaBoi92]

''Holden Nova prototype, photographed at the National Holden Motor Museum, Echuca, Victoria, Australia.''

[dj_wudgey]

yea i thoughtit be prototype looks awfull though id rather have a vauxhall nova lol

[burgo]

amazed its still alive as its a concept

[Lynsey]

There are loads of concept cars at the Opel factory in Rüsselsheim too. We weren't allowed to take photos in some sections but have got some, somewhere!

[D8MOF]

looks like something buck rodgers should be driving about in haha

[pie]

cant believe no one has mentioned the weird shadow round the boot lid?

[Alex J]

http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt35/yellowsrnova/Holden_Nova_Prototype_01.jpg





























looks craplol

[Jack]

Its a concept, hence some of the oddities.

Quids on it actually being a model rather than a "functional" car. That would explain why some of the lines look odd, I reckon the main body of the car is just a giant foam block. That would explain why the lines round the bonnet look weird, and lack of scuttle vents, and odd hubcaps


cant believe no one has mentioned the weird shadow round the boot lid?
Thats due to the flash from the camera [edit] I tell a lie, looking at the pic on a decent monitor now (at home lol) its just the reflection on the back end.

[loggyboy]

Its a concept, hence some of the oddities.

Quids on it actually being a model rather than a "functional" car. That would explain why some of the lines look odd, I reckon the main body of the car is just a giant foam block. That would explain why the lines round the bonnet look weird, and lack of scuttle vents, and odd hubcaps


Thats due to the flash from the camera

Why would they bother remaking a concept of a car that would have already existed? Small cars like this would never have been developed in oz/nz as they were like america in the lates 70s/80s, they liked their big gas guzzling cruisers.
They would have just taken a corsa/nova from europe then messed around with some filler and made up some new bumpers and hubcaps, then released to the press to see what the consumer reaction was, which no doubt was pretty rubbish, hence there was never an official holden corsa/nova.

[Jack]

They would have just taken a corsa/nova from europe then messed around with some filler and made up some new bumpers and hubcaps, then released to the press to see what the consumer reaction was, which no doubt was pretty rubbish, hence there was never an official holden corsa/nova.
^ thats what I meant by the term concept, not that they'd designed the car from scratch

The Oil Crisis in '73 and rising emissions controls had pretty much killed the muscle car in the US by the mid-70s, so from that point and well into the early 80s, smaller, lightweight 4cylinder cars were being pushed onto the market, so a car of this style fits very well

[mowgli]

australia has a long tradition of taking foreign car designs & tailoring them to suit their unique domestic requirements... google leyland australia & you'll see what i mean..

the holden concept is no worse than that mk3 nova concept car with all the smoothed bits....

[L14MNP]

Ironically it's now Vauxhall taking cars from Oz and sticking their own badges on them.

[Alex J]

it would still be **** no matter what badge it haslol

[japsportscarmad]

I have a Holden HSV its V8

[NavNova]

The rear quarter windows look bigger on one side than the other, very odd.

[loggyboy]

The rear quarter windows look bigger on one side than the other, very odd.
Thats a very good spot,

Shows theyve only half modified a european one as the opposite side still has the standard large rear quarter windows the saloons have as standard. They've modded the drivers side rear door to come down at angle, then kink half way down the pillar and drop vertically, where as the european verions have a constant angle pillar with no kink half way down.