no it wasnt the Family 1/2 ( J ) series engines , it was a bit earlier than that . Toranas had an imported Opel 2 litre engine which was notorious for blowing head gaskets and piston ovality. Even when new parts were damn expensive and hard to get. 100% of owners dropped in a red six as soon as the Opel died in the first 2 years.
look , its no great loss that Holden is gone. they stopped being an aussie company and i stopped supporting them the very moment they got into bed with Opel . Every piece of rubbish which was associated with anything Opel and found its way on Aussie roads was a disaster of a car , and Holden didnt give a toss - major design flaws , expensive parts , poor warranty and service coverage , major failures and Holden carried on bloating about how aussie and how good they were. dickheads. And then they bought Daewoo and moved most of their product sourcing to Korea.
i hope VW and FCA follow them into the garbage can of motoring history
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