Holden Astra is a small car formerly marketed by Holden.
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22 Facts About Holden Astra
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The first couple of generations of Holden Astra were made only for Australia, and was a derivative of the locally produced Nissan Pulsar.
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Holden Astra discontinued the Nova line in Australia in favour of Opel's TR.
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The AH continued its success, before Holden discontinued Opel-sourced product range, replacing Astra with GM Daewoo's Cruze.
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On 1 May 2014, Holden announced plans to import the Opel Astra J GTC and Opel Astra J OPC with Holden badges to Australia and New Zealand, and the following generation replaced the Cruze officially in 2017.
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Original Holden Astra, introduced in August 1984 as the LB series was a badge engineered Nissan Pulsar .
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Unlike its Nissan counterpart, the Holden Astra was only offered as a five-door hatchback, with the three-door hatchback and four-door sedan body styles omitted from the range due to fears they would overlap with Nissan's own Pulsar range.
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That is, Nissan provided the bodywork and Holden Astra supplied powertrains for fitment in both applications.
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In September 1988, Holden Special Vehicles launched the HSV Astra SV1800, which was a tuned version of the LD Astra.
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Upgrades from the standard Holden Astra were limited to cosmetic and suspension changes, with both "Stage 1" and "Stage 2" suspension setups offered.
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In 1995, the Holden Astra name was used again, this time in New Zealand for a model based on the Opel Astra F, Opel being the General Motors subsidiary in Germany.
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In September 1998, the Holden Astra was replaced again with a German Opel-engineered, Belgium-built version.
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The Holden Astra CD gained 15-inch alloy wheels as standard equipment in circa 1999, replacing the steel wheels with hubcaps previously standard.
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The philosophy behind this was for Holden Astra to remain competitive in the market until the cheaper Viva model was introduced.
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On 31 August 2009, Holden confirmed that the cessation of Astra imports would become permanent, with no intention of further imports of either the then current AH series or the next generation car.
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Sixth generation Holden Astra is based on General Motors' Delta II platform and went on sale in 2015.
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In late 2015, Holden announced that the Astra and second-generation Cruze will be sold alongside each other.
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New BK Holden Astra hatch went on sale in December 2016 with three models forming the lineup: R, RS and RS-V.
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Holden Astra had later added an R+ grade which includes the autonomous safety pack.
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New Cruze-based BL Holden Astra sedan was released in June 2017 with four models forming the lineup, but instead being referred to as LS, LS+, LT and LTZ.
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In 2017, Holden released a station wagon to complement the BK Astra hatchback.
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In late 2019, despite the announcement that Holden would be exiting the market in 2020, the MY20 Astra facelift was announced.
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