Holden Epica has been axed!!! Thoughts :D

BP'93 · 07-03-2012, 07:28 PM

Holden Epica has just been axed. It sold 14 In Jan & 3 In Feb. I wonder how much stock is left?

Nic85 · 07-03-2012, 07:40 PM

A sad day in automotive history indeed.

naddis01 · 07-03-2012, 07:40 PM

Holden still sold the Epica? I thought it was discontinued months ago?

Nikked · 07-03-2012, 07:43 PM

This is no news...Cruze was always going to replace epica...

EL97 · 07-03-2012, 07:44 PM

It's getting replaced shortly by the Malibu, they have most likely just cleared the excess stock.

b2tf · 07-03-2012, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by naddis01

Holden still sold the Epica? I thought it was discontinued months ago?

so did i. I thought they killed it before Cruze came out.

mr smith · 07-03-2012, 07:50 PM

No loss. This car wont even be remembered.

BP'93 · 07-03-2012, 07:54 PM

It did sell nearly 10,500 cars in the whole 4 & a bit years it was on sale.

Lukeyson · 07-03-2012, 07:54 PM

was not a epica, more like epicfail

IceValk85 · 07-03-2012, 07:54 PM

it will be remembered mate...

in the memories of people actually crazy enough to buy the bucket of bolts in the first place.

we refer to them as "epikak or epiccrap" at work lol

lol

Ice

BP'93 · 07-03-2012, 07:57 PM

Remember when Holden were offering 30-day Money Back guarantees when Holden Epica first came out? That was a new low for Holden, though it did sell 480 cars in it's 2nd month on sale.

mr smith · 07-03-2012, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by IceValk85

it will be remembered mate...

in the memories of people actually crazy enough to buy the bucket of bolts in the first place.

we refer to them as "epikak or epiccrap" at work lol

lol

Ice

True..........

BP'93 · 07-03-2012, 08:00 PM

I won't miss Epica. So many Epic moments haha.

XR Martin · 07-03-2012, 08:01 PM

The last lot were sold to rental companies.

jpd80 · 07-03-2012, 08:04 PM

Malibu will make an interesting change, maybe Holden is testing the water to see if buyers are interested, much better car than epicfailure...

BP'93 · 07-03-2012, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jpd80

Malibu will make an interesting change, maybe Holden is testing the water to see if buyers are interested, much better car than epicfailure...

Yes it certainly looks like a winner. 500 Sales would be enough for Holden.

The Stylist · 07-03-2012, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

The last lot were sold to rental companies.

I've heard the same too, along with the last 2000 or so units being dumped in NZ?

Having driven numerous examples of them, I won't be sad if the remaining units fall into the ocean by mistake.

onfire · 07-03-2012, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by naddis01

Holden still sold the Epica? I thought it was discontinued months ago?

I thought, years.

Fairlane · 07-03-2012, 10:23 PM

Yeah im with most of the people here I thought it had already been discontinued.

Oh well good riddance, the Kia Optima and I45 make it look like a Camira.

**Elks** · 07-03-2012, 10:25 PM

Epica ha been axed, and 22 million Australians couldn't give a damn.

Not a great car. I'd be sad if that car could actually sell in any numbers.

MethodX · 07-03-2012, 10:26 PM

The diesel version was bearable for a daily flog box.
Hopefully the Malibu sells well. Maybe they should call it Torana.

Bossxr8 · 07-03-2012, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jpd80

Malibu will make an interesting change, maybe Holden is testing the water to see if buyers are interested, much better car than epicfailure...

Malibu has been touted as one of the cars to replace Commodore for local production, so they will definately be having a good look at it.

Windsor220 · 07-03-2012, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

The last lot were sold to rental companies.

The funny thing about that is some were sold on agreement that Holden dealerhsips bought them back after a certain period/kms. The dealer I used to work for ended up with about 30 Epicas on the used car yard. They took forever to sell.

jpd80 · 07-03-2012, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Malibu has been touted as one of the cars to replace Commodore for local production, so they will definately be having a good look at it.

The other one is a widened and lengthened Alpha based car, same size as next gen Cadillac CTS,
that would be around Malibu size and give Holden option of I-4, V6 and V8 while importing Impala sized car..

XR Martin · 07-03-2012, 11:29 PM

I must admit I always thought the interior materials in the Epica wernt bad, certainly parts of it felt more upmarket than a Falcon. The rest of the car however...

Auslandau · 07-03-2012, 11:38 PM

They actually sold 3 in Feb??? Damn would love to talk to those people and ask why?

FPVGT500 · 07-03-2012, 11:41 PM

Epica Fail.......

aussie muscle · 08-03-2012, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by IceValk85

we refer to them as "epikak or epiccrap" at work lol

isn't epicap the stuff you give people to make them vomit?

(i know, same effect as the epica).

Kynan · 08-03-2012, 02:22 PM

The question is... Whats an Epica..?

TC200six · 08-03-2012, 02:35 PM

I swear I thought they discontinued them when the Cruse was released. Back in 2009, a pre-delivery worker at a Holden dealership told me that he hoped the Cruse will actually sell because they could never sell a single Epica and they only kept one Epica as a demonstrator hidden all the way out the back