Holden Equinox? Yea or Nay?

[Crazy Dazz]

Still looking for a car for my daughter (yes. I have lots of daughters) and the Equinox would fit roughly within the parameters.
Still some reasonable deals available on clearance stock. But am I correct in think they stopped production in 2018? So even a 2020 "compliance was actually built in 2018??

Built in Mexico, so what does that mean for build quality? Better or worse than Thai?

[lra]

J&D Power survey in 'merica gave Chev a top 5 (?) rating, so it's build quality would be typical Chev.
But it has a Holden badge, and if you are buying it new, may you live in interesting Holden days.

[Adamz Ghia]

Good friends of ours have one and they love it, the only thing they’ve had fixed on it was the front drivers side strut needed replacing.

[Dr Terry]

Probably the pick of Holden's final model range.

Dr Terry

[jaydee]

Go Japanese

[MercuryT]

Oh dear.

[hayseed]

Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

Still looking for a car for my daughter (yes. I have lots of daughters) and the Equinox would fit roughly within the parameters.
Still some reasonable deals available on clearance stock. But am I correct in think they stopped production in 2018? So even a 2020 "compliance was actually built in 2018??

Built in Mexico, so what does that mean for build quality? Better or worse than Thai?

You'll have to open the Bonnet & check the Build plate(as opposed to the Compliance Plate). I've seen them on Trucks being 2 yrs apart...!!

[hackney]

Originally Posted by Dr Terry

Probably the pick of Holden's final model range.

Dr Terry

They are far from being a bad SUV,for what they are,they are fine.

[Dr Terry]

Originally Posted by hayseed

You'll have to open the Bonnet & check the Build plate(as opposed to the Compliance Plate). I've seen them on Trucks being 2 yrs apart...!!

This is common on some of the slower selling imports. Have a look at some of the Chinese cars, like MG for example.

I remember in the 80s, some of the expensive Mazdas & Hondas were nearly 3 years apart.

The built is the day the car was completed at the factory. The compliance date is the day it leaves the bond storage point in Aust.

Dr Terry

[whynot]

I think the vehicle itself is OK (one criticism in the reviews is the harsh ride). I suspect the answer is more about the drive away price, hold long parts will be available for, and how long your daughter intends to hold it for. Holden are discounting them for a reason.

[4wdsteve]

your mad what will it be worth in 3 years time good luck finding parts when it breaks, being holden it will nothing they made this century lasts. Holden don't even honour their warranty's when if something needs repairing under warranty they will ****you around.

[Crazy Dazz]

The warranty is a concern. It's a 5 year warranty, which is great, but who is going to service those warranties?
More to the point,, with no customer relations to worry about, will whomever is behind the warranty give a **** or just aim to save money?

Since it's actually a Chevy, I think replacing the badges would be justified.

[Sprintey]

What is the pricing Dazz?
At 27K that I see on CA, you could get Suby XV or maybe base CH-R and see the happy $$$ at resale time

[minheim]

Why not a Ford escape? They are in runout with a new model due soon. Some pretty good prices on demos and low km cars might be on offer. Brand new cars are on promotion at present and might be open to some extra haggling. I think the escape would be a better long term option than the equinox for future parts and servicing given the Holden exit.

I am biased though as I own an escape. :-)

[Express]

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by Sprintey

What is the pricing Dazz?
At 27K that I see on CA, you could get Suby XV or maybe base CH-R and see the happy $$$ at resale time

Well yes, my enthusiasm may have been a bit premature.
I'm still talking to a few dealers, but it seems mostly they don't give a **** about pushing the sales. The pricing is mostly counter-intuitive.
I might just wait until Holden is gone completely and the bottom calls out of the 2nd hand market.

[xxx000]

Pickles have a couple currently. Both are build date Circa 2018 but Compliance 2019
Maybe wstch what they go for at auction?

[au2000]

Anything with a gm badge now is only worth driving into the ground and binning, biggest concern I'd have is parts as even though gm has a "legal" requirement to supply servicing and parts what's are the authorities gonna do if they fail to provide this?
(I'm only referring to new gm products)
One of my workmates was considering a zb as a daily as he travels approx 250 round trip for work but ended up in a hybrid Camry for this reason.

[hackney]

Originally Posted by au2000

Anything with a gm badge now is only worth driving into the ground and binning, biggest concern I'd have is parts as even though gm has a "legal" requirement to supply servicing and parts what's are the authorities gonna do if they fail to provide this?
(I'm only referring to new gm products)
One of my workmates was considering a zb as a daily as he travels approx 250 round trip for work but ended up in a hybrid Camry for this reason.

ZB,is quite a good car,but,I think he did the right thing buying the Camry Hybrid,will never have a problem moving it in @ a later date as well.

[Swordie]

There are demos in the low $20's with low kms. They are worth looking at and have potential to be negotiated lower. Ask dealers what is the max warranty they can offer.

[Magna]

It's like buying a stigmatised house, if you go in eyes wide open and know what your getting yourself into then sure, you might snag a bargain. But there is a reason why they are cheap and can you really live with the stigma of a Holden badge?

[Bossxr8]

I'd be more worried about GM saying f you australia after the big brawl with the dealers and the government. And parts running dry within a couple of years.

[hayseed]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

I'd be more worried about GM saying f you australia after the big brawl with the dealers and the government. And parts running dry within a couple of years.

^^^^ This, Plus expect some A grade Rape & Pillage with the Price of Spare parts..

[CyberWasp]

I dunno why but this song comes to mind when reading the title of this thread.

[Chopped]

I rented one in Canada, to be fair, it wasn’t bad.

Would I buy one, nope.

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by xxx000

Pickles have a couple currently. Both are build date Circa 2018 but Compliance 2019
Maybe wstch what they go for at auction?

Funnily enough they went for a few thousand MORE than we paid.

We got an ex-fleet demo, still with 4 years warranty, reasonable kms, for $18k.

[pauljh74]

Autoexpert TV on YT did a video about the effect of Holden pulling out on resale. I can't seem to find it but he used Infiniti as another example leaving Australia. I can't recall if it was projected resale or actual resale of 3 year old cars, but while most cars depreciate to around 50%+ over 3 years, the Infiniti was closer to 35% as a result of the ending support of the brand and their less than stellar perception on the market. I wonder which other car brand we could apply that to? Holden!

So you have to factor in the highly likely accelerated depreciation into your decision as to whether or not to get a new Holden. Sure, they're going to sell them at large discounts, but is it really enough compensation? If you're possibly going to lose another 15% over 3 years on a $30k car. That's about $5k. So if they knock $3k off as a supposed great deal, they're not doing you any favours

[Bossxr8]

The resale value was already in the toilet before they pulled the pin, cause they had slashed the hell out of the prices just to move them. Which absolutely burns resale values. The ZB commodore had 3 yr resale retained value of like 30%. That is insane. Buyers may as well just burn them.

[Swordie]

Secondhand values of Holden V8s have been going up in value since they stopped making the Commodore locally.

[hayseed]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

The resale value was already in the toilet before they pulled the pin, cause they had slashed the hell out of the prices just to move them. Which absolutely burns resale values. The ZB commodore had 3 yr resale retained value of like 30%. That is insane. Buyers may as well just burn them.

If you're going to Buy a Late Model Holden in the Current climate. You need to resign yourself to Keeping It 10+ yrs & Driving it into the Ground. (In My opinion)..