80s Holden Ad

[fxstwg1955]

Camiras make good boat anchors

[mozaks80]

Best car in the world that Camira!

[Seattlecarnut]

I like the Camira wagon, although my favourite is the Commodore wagon.

[jaguarfanster]

fuck the camira was the biggest useless piece of shit....fair to say mine is currently serving the Australian community in the form of coke cans

[josh111559]

its the stig drivin lol

[dutto75man]

I like how he says ''super practicality'' whilst the car is airbourne.

[JOELx2257]

ITS THE STIG !!!

[ToxicHolocaust2050]

What a WHITEWASH job that was!! These cars are sooo dangerous it is bordering on CRIMINAL NEGLECT for ANY goverenment to permit their ongoing use / registration FOR ANY USE. Maybe the shells could be reused for motorsport AFTER fitting gussets and cages, and doubleplating, AND [wait - WHY BOTHER??] , NO, ... -CRUSH them and make sardine cans or SOMETHING USEFUL...

SEE: crash test commodore [1980's VB etc] Scarey stuff!!

[timrocket2008]

@ToxicHolocaust2050 I bet they win in crash tests against the results of the best motorcycle crash tests!

[elapxidi]

i love camira

dont have to pull gearbox out to do clutch

how grouse cop that cunts

[I3331934]

they look like tin cans.

[thatrowl]

dont make adds like this no more :/

[sutherlandA1]

Great design and engineering badly executed

[tcpnetworks]

@sutherlandA1

The main problem was with the engine, and the gearbox, and the differentials, and the sealing, and the paint, and the electrics, and the bodywork.. Other than that - it was brilliant.

[testadura75]

Camira, fucken Korean shit!

[meringandan]

@testadura75 European designed, opel designed engines assenbled here, nothing Korean about it.

you're probably way too young to know that, I remember when these cars were sold new.

[tcpnetworks]

@testadura75

Nup -it was built in Adelaide.. Best leave stupid comments at the door.

[OLDS98]

The J body was used globally by GM. We had it in the US as:

Chevrolet Cavalier, Pontiac J2000,Sunbird, Sunfire, Oldsmobile Firenza, Buick Skyhawk, Cadillac Cimarron.

It was also used at Opel and Vauxhall as well.

[tcpnetworks]

@OLDS98

That's right. The Chevy Cavalier had airbags if I remember correctly. It was a horrid little car right from new. When we moved over here, we got a Commodore Calais V8 - I remember the dealer trying to sell dad a Camira... urghhh.. Dad said that it was sold in the US as a blah and the stupid dealer said something like - mate - this is an all Australian car and it's not made in septic land... We went to another dealer.

[OLDS98]

@tcpnetworks Good for your family going to another dealer. See, he did not know you had knowledge of the car. I liked that story. So you got the Calais V8 I assume..

[tcpnetworks]

@OLDS98

Yep - VL Calais. We still have that car too. It's a keeper. It's also mint with only 45,000 on the clock. I've had Ford Falcons since I started buying cars - All V8's or 6T's The current car collection has my first car - an EBGT, an FPV GT-P and an F6. The F6 is used all the time (company car) whilst the GT-P is shedded and doesn't see the roads - it isn't even registered.

[jmmelnyk]

super junk

[taza11659]

Why would you have a Camira when you could have a V8 Commodore. the ad was awesome though. Super wagon, it kinda makes me want one.

[kmfw72]

The Camira wagon's bodywork was exported to the UK for the Vauxhall Cavalier. NZ axed the Aussie Camira sedan and sold the Isuzu Aska as the JJ Camira

[aussiemick83]

ROFL Superwagon! I think globally the J-cars were probably sold under more false pretenses than any other family of cars ever has been. Cadillac Cimmaron anybody?

[I3331934]

there was a book!!? OMG lol exact same as my old camira

[alexdendy]

that was such a good add that I now want one of those cars even though they wouldn't stack up against most cars from today

[chargin48]

they didnt stack up against anything in them days

[insanecaraudio1]

super wagon

[nuffydude1994]

could this be the stig  .....

[Elwingstar]

apart from the camira, that ad rocks!... flying cars at speed! o for awesome!... (ps there never should have been a 4 cyl holden!)

[mrfoxboy]

I think the flying cars were influenced (a teensy bit) from the Dukes of Hazzard

[tcpnetworks]

@mrfoxboy

I bet you they bent a few of them doing that too :)

[duhabcdef]

Bahaha so fukin ugly super wagon u mean super paddy wagon

[HalfEatenDimSim]

super smoky camira, fords feel airy and like you're floating, holdens feel grunty and like your powering down a train track, i prefer the feel of the holden

[tcpnetworks]

@HalfEatenDimSim

Don't mind either of them - you WOULD mind this as a car though...

[dazaruso]

amen

[soddy31]

thats probaly the only good thing camiras are for. paddy bashing and jumping

[Nolube69er]

I am going to sell everything and purchase a Camira! HAHAHAHA

[gearhead308]

do u no the muffin man??? the muffin man? THE MUFFIN MAN!!! ass cakes snoz berries with clit sauce and a dildo muffin........ oh yea fuck babies

[tossa450f]

That super wagon camira was a SUPER FUCK UP!!!!

[kennymiesta]

yep, im a holden fan through and through, but i hated the kemira. it was a piece of shit

[joh2]

General Motors New Zealand also shared your thoughts on the Camira at the time - the Camira's build quality proved so poor initially that in 1984 that they instead of the Australian product, they assembled the Japanese Isuzu Aska, and simply placed "Holden Camira" badges on it!

[GYMJUNKIE187]

wtf! there flying evrywhere lol

[oxigenta]

Thats my caravan!!

[l3ARNARD]

yea holden

[bigfella13]

ROFL, he says maximun practicality just as its flying threw the air.

[caseyg79]

the funny thing is that the tailgate did pop open whilst driving -just like in the ad!

[superspit]

geeesh,,,,would hope that holden didn't try and flog off that camira back to a holden dealer after this ad was done.....Dad bought one new and I recall all the issues he had with it...hey!..they did flog it off back to the dealer!

[kennymiesta]

they were buckets of shit, thats why lol

[tossa450f]

LOL yeah , fuck camiras , but go holden . I bet whoever designed that super fuck up go sacked soon after lol

[kennymiesta]

they got transferred over to ford

[tossa450f]

lmao nice call dude

[kennymiesta]

hehe thanks

[neoartifact]

Extra practicality? For performing stunts?

[adrrei]

LOL

[Pullous]

This must be where HSV coined the phrase "I want one"

[brycehanscomb]

It's like an action movie!