Whilst I'm not giving a definite opinion on the design myself from those mediocre photos, I think a lot of you need to get over others giving their opinion on what they gather from some lousy photographs. It's early to judge, and if someone else's subjective opinion annoys you; deal with it!!
Most people are expecting a radical new design for a large scale production car. It's safe to assume that if a car aimed at a broad consumer market is changed to the extreme, consumers are going to be afraid of the change and will either, not warm to it, or take a very long time.
GM/Holden is playing it smart: stick with a tried and tested (general) design that the public keep buying. It's going to be much more modern than the VZ anyway. They don't need to have a ground-breaking original design to make money.
It's already been mentioned about the AU being a flop when it was released. Personally I'm one of those said freaks that prefer the (series II/III) AU design to the bland and boring BA design (aside from FPV models).
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