New Cars Quick Drives

QUICK DRIVE: Holden Colorado 7 LTZ

The big ol’ Holden Colorado 7 is one of those increasingly rare vehicles – a full-size SUV on a proper ladder frame chassis. Meaning that, like the Colorado ute it is based on, it is remarkably capable off the sealed stuff. It also means that it is quite a way from being the best ON […]

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FIRST DRIVE: Holden Colorado

“A massive improvement” would be the best way to describe the revised Colorado ute and Colorado 7 SUV. And it was an improvement that needed to happen too. When it was launched the Colorado was, well, underwhelming. Holden had taken aim at the venerable Toyota Hilux and while it had made a better ute than […]

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New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Holden Colorado 7

OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Holden Colorado 7 Okay, so the Colorado ute missed the target somewhat, but how about the seven-seat SUV version? It’s got a more sophisticated rear suspensions set up for a start, so it shouldn’t be as crap, right? Turns out that actually IS right! We take the Holden Colorado 7 for a […]

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