I come from a massive Holden family - we have owned Commodores, Toranas, Monaros since my dad was a young lad. They were cool, they were special and they were local. Now they are none of those things and are actively destroying their brand.

Oh we will see it. Repeatedly. Against our will

Nah, I am in north Texas so I just have all seasons on for the winter. Doesn’t stay consistently cold enough for winters to be optimal

The non-turbo V6 has been kicking around in various Hyundai/Kias since 2012, the turbo version has been in Genesis model’s since 2016. Turbo 4 has been around since 2011ish

Also had a GT1 for about 6 months and I am still raving about it to anyone who will listen. I have it as a daily and have also taken it on a week long road trip. Would highly recommend it for anything but winter duty- I have the RWD and it can definitely get a little tail-happy

I have had a 2019 GT1 for just about 6 months now and I completely love it as a DD. Fun, engaging and quick as hell - but it can also be a complete pussycat when you don’t feel like giving it the gas. The only reason I can think of people getting rid of them so quickly is they couldn’t make the payments..........

I was recently shopping for a new car and I really wanted to love one of these. But the absolute lack of power killed it. Less than 170 hp in 2019 just seems woefully inadequate - especially when that only results in 25 combined MPG.

Having worked with product development teams who do this, I can’t wait for this trend to die a horrible death. All the avatar’s seem to be ridiculous stereotypes that the product managers project onto them. It is a lazy mental shortcut that seems to impress the higher ups but ends up with products that are so hyper…