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In 2015, Opel reintroduced the Astra GTC and Astra VXR to Australia and New Zealand in 2015, again bearing the Holden badge. Between 2017 and 2019, the Astra nameplate was also used for the Holden version of the Cruze sedan.
ASTRA: Astra: 1991 2021 – C-segment/compact hatchback. Also marketed as the Vauxhall Astra in the UK. CORSA: ... 1899-1902 Opel Patent Motor Car, System Lutzmann;
Combined sales of Opel and Vauxhall Astra G made it the 26th most popular car in the world, with a total production of 3,799,015. [13] The MK5 was the most successful version of the Astra. It was Britain's second-best selling car in 2005, 2006 and 2007, further narrowing the gap between itself and the market–leading Ford Focus.
The last series to be renamed across the two companies was the Opel Kadett, being the only Opel to take the name of its Vauxhall counterpart, as Opel Astra. Although only two generations of Astra were built prior to the 1991 model, the new car was referred to across Europe as the Astra F, referring to its Kadett lineage.
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. Imported from Vauxhall 's Ellesmere Port plant in the UK, this third-generation Astra model and was sold as a four-door sedan, five-door hatchback and five-door wagon.
4-door sedan. 5-door estate. Z: L-series: 1999 2005 1 midsize: D: Aura 4-door sedan 5-door estate GM2900: Opel Vectra. Saab 9-3. Saab 9-5. Vue: 2002 2010 2 compact SUV: J: Chevrolet Captiva Sport: 5-door crossover: Theta: Opel Antara. Holden Captiva 5. Ion: 2003 2007 1 compact C S-series Astra 2-door coupe 4-door sedan Delta: Opel/Vauxhall ...
Vauxhall launched the new Agila city car. In 2009, a new generation of the Vauxhall Astra was launched. On 30 May 2009, a deal was announced that was to lead to the spin-off of the Vauxhall and Opel brands into a new company. On 1 June 2009, Vauxhall Motors' troubled parent company, General Motors, filed for bankruptcy in a court in New York.
The Saturn Astra was a rebadged version of the Opel Astra. The Saturn Astra was also the first Saturn to be built outside of North America. The Saturn Astra was built in Antwerp, Belgium. [27] Saturn's version of the Astra was available as a captive import from late 2007 until Saturn was discontinued following GM's 2010 bankruptcy.