Holden Adventra

The Holden Adventra is a soft roader that Holden built in Australia in the years 2003 to 2006 as the successor of the Frontera. It is based on the Commodore wagon of those model years but has all wheel drive, where the Commodore drives the rear wheels. The first Adventra VY, derived from the Commodore VY, came in the CX8 and LX8 trims with a 5.7 litre V8 of 235 kW and a four speed automatic. The VZ facelift series of February 2005 added a 3.6 litre V6 of 190 kW with a five speed automatic as the base engine in SX6, CX6 and LX6 trims, while the top LX8 got 250 kW from its V8 until production of that engine stopped in December 2005. Sales never met Holden expectations, especially against the Ford Territory, so it was withdrawn in 2006 and replaced by the Captiva bought from Daewoo in South Korea.