No more CRUNCH for Holden

[VE hsv maloo]

I got told today the new head man at Holden took a visit to the Elzabeth plant.
He was shocked when he saw the crunch colour. Rumour has it he said I hate this colour and its got to go !
So after MOST of the exisiting orders are filled CRUNCH will be no more. Big rumour is that there will be a yellow released, so if you are hanging for a yellow VE might pay to wait just a bit longer. HSV must be pissed off, most of their promo shots of the Maloo are in crunch. This colour is missing from the build your HSV on the website.
What did you think of the crunch colour ?

[BLACK 346]

What did you think of the crunch colour ?

Same as I think of most of the Hero colours, fusion and Tiger
Mica excepted :spew:
You did ask :)

[iloveholden]

Never thought too much of it so doesnt really worry me.

A nice proper metallic yellow may looks nice.

[Mungrel]

hmm im a lil confused as to why they would cancel the colour if they're are still orders on it (working on the assumption there are existing orders on it)

I mean sure i'm not keen on it, but clearly some people out there are.

[mustanger]

I don`t think it is the most popular colour in the Holden range :errr:


Although I like most of the colours in the Holden range, I think Ford have a better lineup:hide:

[The-V8-Power]

Wasnt the best colour they had released.
Looked good in some light, i must admit though.

Maybe the return of Devil Yellow ;)
Doubt it though.

[CSP]

GOOD!!!

Crunch
:spew:

[BadSeed]

crunch and morpheous both made me puke

[SCiFiRE]

Wouldn't suprise me if crunch is cancelled. Holden doesn't keep colors for long, and we have voodoo and atomic now, so its probably reaching the end of its time.

I find the story hard to believe, Considering the 'new' head man spends alot of his time at fishermens bend, and there are HEAPS of crunch SSs driving in and out of there every day, pretty hard to believe he hasn't seen the color beforehand.

[holden6.0]

kewl my car will be rare then lol, as someone said it does have a good look in certain shades(wen it turns limey green) - im happy wid it i dont reacon they should rid it.-kpow is the worst colour to me

[macca_779]

Thank god. Worst Colour Holden ever produced.:spew::spew::spew::spew::spew::spew:

[LS1HVN]

On anything other than a Maloo it looks like arse. But on the Maloo's it looks halfway decent

[WH Captain]

come on its not that bad, better that plain old red..

[macca_779]

come on its not that bad, better that plain old red..

No way.. Red is one of the those colours that never ever goes out of fashion.

[WH Captain]

No way.. Red is one of the those colours that never ever goes out of fashion.

yeah your right ive just never liked it at all.. i reckon its kinda tacky, no offence to anyone with one, i just would never buy a red car, fades way to easy too

[Darkrampage]

I guess you could say it was crunch time for Holden :p

[SII_Turbo]

Crunch is an awesome match to the maloos! i cant really understand why some boss would come along and say to can the colour cuz he personally doesnt like it.. At the end of the day its not for him to like it is it..if the customers like it, they will order it and holden wll sell cars..dont see why it would matter either way if it were on theyre line up of orderable colours!

[BadSeed]

i've seen that color before.. in a baby diaper.. or after a hot curry

[BullockBob]

I got told today the new head man at Holden took a visit to the Elzabeth plant.
He was shocked when he saw the crunch colour. Rumour has it he said I hate this colour and its got to go !
So after MOST of the exisiting orders are filled CRUNCH will be no more. Big rumour is that there will be a yellow released, so if you are hanging for a yellow VE might pay to wait just a bit longer. HSV must be pissed off, most of their promo shots of the Maloo are in crunch. This colour is missing from the build your HSV on the website.
What did you think of the crunch colour ?

It has been missing from HSV for at least a week, but oddly enough still on Holden site.

I'm happy though coz mine has been confirmed.


On anything other than a Maloo it looks like arse. But on the Maloo's it looks halfway decent

I agree it looked not nice on a Holden, but looks a lot better in HSV sedan.


i've seen that color before.. in a baby diaper.. or after a hot curry

Just like anything in blue is as boring as bat doodoo :rofl:

[Wonky]

On anything other than a Maloo it looks like arse. But on the Maloo's it looks halfway decent

Yep, I'm with you! On a Maloo it looks passable but on anything else.... :spew:

That Holden man has taste!! :yup:

[bwhinnen]

Has anyone noticed how the colour of the little emoticon throwing up is very similar to crunch?

I didn't mind it, not a colour I'd personally buy, but it is nice to see different way out colours on these cars from time to time.

[Devil CV8]

simple fact is some people liked crunch, same as the other "hero" colours such as hyper yellow, devil yellow and morpheous, not to mention the rest of them. If you want no colour choice to avoid offending some sensitive eyes out there maybe holden should allow any colour, as long as it is WHITE.

There you go, problem solved. No more whinging threads about how much people hate certain colours.:soap:

[BadSeed]

It has been missing from HSV for at least a week, but oddly enough still on Holden site.

I'm happy though coz mine has been confirmed.



I agree it looked not nice on a Holden, but looks a lot better in HSV sedan.



Just like anything in blue is as boring as bat doodoo :rofl:


i agree blue is boring.. thats why i bought purple. :rofl:

[bonners]

I actually quite like the colour but could never buy it on a car. It's typical of all Holden's 'Hero' colours. I loved the Tiger when it was first released and then every other brand of hotted up car seemed to be wearing it. My biggest fears with those colours is they go out of fashion really quickly so while it might look the goods when you first buy it, 3 years down the track when you try and sell it, nobody wants it. I'm all for nice colours but I'll stick to 'conservative'. That's why I just bought black.

[Nidz]

I don't mind the colour but I still want a Calais Sportswagon in Karma.. DRoool

[whvt]

Although I like most of the colours in the Holden range, I think Ford have a better lineup:hide:

Agree there. Bring back devil yellow and british racing green!!

[falcom]

I think Holden need another red to compliment Red Hot. Maybe a deeper metalic cherry red.

[mickeyVX350]

No Devil Yellow!!! EVER!!!! leave it to the Monaros

[Muscrat]

I think Holden need another red to compliment Red Hot. Maybe a deeper metalic cherry red.

They have it dont they? it's called Red Passion.

Steve.

[seangell]

I got told today the new head man at Holden took a visit to the Elzabeth plant.
He was shocked when he saw the crunch colour. Rumour has it he said I hate this colour and its got to go !
So after MOST of the exisiting orders are filled CRUNCH will be no more. Big rumour is that there will be a yellow released, so if you are hanging for a yellow VE might pay to wait just a bit longer.

Im sure he would have had prior knowledge of the colour, more then likely he saw the parking area to the North of the plant which is visable from Phillip hwy, more so when there is no workers cars parked in the staff area. In that area there are copius amounts of Crunch Sedans and utes, They have been there for a few months i reckon... So id say he crunched the numbers (pardon the pun) and said bye bye Crunch.

not sure when this sat pass was, but you can make out a few Crunch in there... looks to be earlier in the year because when you drive by now it just looks like rows of crunch, google maps (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=+34%C2%B044'26.59%22S+138%C2%B039'21.19%22E&ie=UTF8&ll=-34.740698,138.655886&spn=0.001087,0.002366&t=h&z=19&iwloc=addr)

Simon

[flappist]

Observation:

There are zillions of red SSs, Clubbies and Maloos but very few blue.
There are zillions of blue XRs, GTs and Pursuits but very few red.

If you see a red car on the road 7 out of 8 times it will be a commodore.

FPV introduced red leather in 2007 range and sold about 5 of them, the new W427 is all red leather.

[_MetalliX_]

I want to see Devil Yellow make a return, it looks fantasic on the VZ Utes I've seen out and about.

[mickeyVX350]

Holden Promised that they wouldn't use Devil on anything else... we got cheated on the Thunder Utes, and the SS' used by HWP....

Leave it exclusive.

I reckon K-POW is a massive loss, damn I love that colour.

[RABSP]

Sad to see it go, I did like it.

I am about to take delivery of a new sportwagon, in white.


I would have loved a nice bright Colour, but holden want subtle Colours for the Calais range, the only Issue I have with it is, the Colours for the top of the range are the same as those at the bottom ( Omega ).

The Calais should have it own Colour range too, like the SS.

[mitchtj]

Red and black ftw

i like other colours, but i just don't think i would option anything but those two given the choice

Morpheus is really nice too, but for someone elses car, not mine.

[smokey777]

Hot House Green best Holden colour ever :)

[Mad4Monaros]

Hot House Green best Holden colour ever :)


Loved hot house when it first came out...very sick of it now.

I think a Devil Yellow VE would look sexy, lets hope for them on the next model.

Personally I didn't like crunch at all. My girlfriends dad had it on a VE SS sedan....looked horrible. Now he has it on a VE SSV Ute and it does suit it better than the sedan but it's not a colour I'd buy.

Then agian, everyone is different. He doesn't really like the Turismo blue paint on my Monaro but I love it.

Each to their own.

[mitchtj]

Hot House Green best Holden colour ever :)

i'm a fan too, it's looking a bit dated though :(

[mustanger]

Holden Promised that they wouldn't use Devil on anything else... we got cheated on the Thunder Utes, and the SS' used by HWP....

Leave it exclusive.

I reckon K-POW is a massive loss, damn I love that colour.

And do you think Holden will stick to it`s promise of no more Yellow:toetap:, I don`t think so:teach:.

I think it will be only a matter of time before yellow is re-introduced to the line up:yup:..Cheers John

[Chappie]

i just would never buy a red car, fades way to easy too


The fading of red only happened when Car companies use to paint the reds in a solid color (i.e NOT clear over base ) and this lead to oxidisation of the paint ( fading and sunwear ).
Pretty much nowadays 90% of all car manufactures solid colours ( non mettalic) are painted in the clear over base system ( Bar white) and this elimantes the oxidisation process as the clear coat is a lot more durable to wear and tear from the harsh Aussie climate. If my memory serves me correctly the VX was the last commodore to have a Solid Red paint job as i know that the VYs Reds are definantly clear over Base Red.

A quick way to tell is the give the car wax and see what colour the Rag is when the wax is buffed off...... if it is the same colour as the car( or have paint on it) you do "not" have a Clear over base finish if it is un coloured you will have a clear coat on the car.

Cheers Chappie. :)

[vessloveit]

The colour choices people make for their cars can be one of the most difficult for some people.

I had owned 4 white cars before I bought a Morpheous SS, was not my first choice in fact from looking at the colour choices on the Holden web site I woulf not have picked it I was looking at a black SS but when I was offered the morpheous SS at a real good price and I saw it in the flesh I was sold.

By the way if I was buying now I would look seriously at a crunch ute.

[Marco]

I don't mind Crunch personally - I like it maybe slightly more than Atomic, which I find just a little too green - but I don't think you should order a performance Holden in blue! It's all wrong!

[mitchtj]

The colour choices people make for their cars can be one of the most difficult for some people.

I had owned 4 white cars before I bought a Morpheous SS, was not my first choice in fact from looking at the colour choices on the Holden web site I woulf not have picked it I was looking at a black SS but when I was offered the morpheous SS at a real good price and I saw it in the flesh I was sold.

By the way if I was buying now I would look seriously at a crunch ute.

Morpheus is a really nice colour, i still don't think i could sign for one though

I like seeing them on the road. A nice change to the common black/white/red etc.

Ditto that new green colour.

[BullockBob]

i agree blue is boring.. thats why i bought purple. :rofl:

There was me thinking K-pow was more blue than purple. Then again some people used to reckon my Cosmo ute was a dark blue. :confused:

[CSP]

They have it dont they? it's called Red Passion.

Steve.

Actually, technically it's Passion Red.

[Marco]

Better tell Holden then, its brochures and website seem to think it's called Red Passion :)

[smokey777]

i'm a fan too, it's looking a bit dated though :(

no where near as dated as Mica :) it looked dated about a month after it came out lol

[lukey73]

It could have been dropped due to the amount of claims Holden Warranty were getting for mis-match of colour.

The delareship i worked at until 2 months ago had every Crunch car re-sprayed to some extent as the bumpers and panels never came close to looking the same.

K-Pow was dropped as they couldnt get the colour to match on the production line properly on consistent basis, it was becoming very expensive for Holden to produce K-Pow coloured cars.

[FatBoy]

Tiga Mica, Hyper Yellow, Snothouse Green, K-Puke, Morpheous, Crunch - they all looked like shite.

Seriously, i wouldn't wish those colours on my worst enemy... :spew:

Devil Yellow was one of the few true "hero" colours that actually worked. The rest were out of fashion before they were released...

[cspiteri]

Better tell Holden then, its brochures and website seem to think it's called Red Passion :)

It's called Red Passion. The brochures are correct.


The fading of red only happened when Car companies use to paint the reds in a solid color (i.e NOT clear over base ) and this lead to oxidisation of the paint ( fading and sunwear ).
Pretty much nowadays 90% of all car manufactures solid colours ( non mettalic) are painted in the clear over base system ( Bar white) and this elimantes the oxidisation process as the clear coat is a lot more durable to wear and tear from the harsh Aussie climate. If my memory serves me correctly the VX was the last commodore to have a Solid Red paint job as i know that the VYs Reds are definantly clear over Base Red.

A quick way to tell is the give the car wax and see what colour the Rag is when the wax is buffed off...... if it is the same colour as the car( or have paint on it) you do "not" have a Clear over base finish if it is un coloured you will have a clear coat on the car.

Cheers Chappie. :)


All Holden colours including the solids (Heron White & Red-Hot) have a clear of base coat now. Clear coat helps for durability.


I don`t think it is the most popular colour in the Holden range :errr:


Although I like most of the colours in the Holden range, I think Ford have a better lineup:hide:

How does Ford have a better line up??? They copied the Atomic, and did a bad job of that. Couldn't come up with their own colours. On the FG XR that colour does nothing in comparison to what the Atomic does on the VE SSV.

Too many solid Brights. Their colours make the car look like a plastic toy. Doesn't compliment the form nor the surface details at all.

Holden have been far more successful with exterior colours. Who do you think started the 'Hero' colours trend??? And who followed??

I know for a fact Ford freaked out when Holden brought out their first Hero colour, Tiger Mica. Now all they have been doing is playing chat up, trying over flood the market with lots of colours. Not a good line up or business strategy I think.

Yes...as you can tell, I am Biased.

[Gee]

How does Ford have a better line up??? They copied the Atomic, and did a bad job of that. Couldn't come up with their own colours. On the FG XR that colour does nothing in comparison to what the Atomic does on the VE SSV.

Too many solid Brights. Their colours make the car look like a plastic toy. Doesn't compliment the form nor the surface details at all.

Holden have been far more successful with exterior colours. Who do you think started the 'Hero' colours trend??? And who followed??

It's a bit rich to be precious about Holden's claims to the invention of a trend here - 'stand out' colours on performance vehicles was happening in at least the 1960's and I bet earlier. Just its latest label in Aus is 'hero' colour.

Opinions are like belly buttons, interesting to know how you measure the greater success of yourselves over Ford? I for one think the new Fords look great, and have had a better range of colours for the last few years. Some VE colours are great, other not - hence many Holden buyers on here have shite-canned as many of the colours as they have raved about - so more to do I would think.

[mustanger]

It's called Red Passion. The brochures are correct.




All Holden colours including the solids (Heron White & Red-Hot) have a clear of base coat now. Clear coat helps for durability.



How does Ford have a better line up??? They copied the Atomic, and did a bad job of that. Couldn't come up with their own colours. On the FG XR that colour does nothing in comparison to what the Atomic does on the VE SSV.

Too many solid Brights. Their colours make the car look like a plastic toy. Doesn't compliment the form nor the surface details at all.

Holden have been far more successful with exterior colours. Who do you think started the 'Hero' colours trend??? And who followed??

I know for a fact Ford freaked out when Holden brought out their first Hero colour, Tiger Mica. Now all they have been doing is playing chat up, trying over flood the market with lots of colours. Not a good line up or business strategy I think.

Yes...as you can tell, I am Biased.

Here you go ,have a look http://www.fpv.com.au/fpv-range/overview.aspx

[SCiFiRE]

How does Ford have a better line up???

Im a Holden person, But i have no problems admitting Ford have the better colour line up.

Sure, not all their colours suit everyones taste, but atleast you have a variety. An SS has a choice of 8 colors, and XR6 has a choice of 13. If you dont like Holdens 'Hero' colours of the day, your stuck with one of the basic 'fleet' white/black/red or silver. Atleast with ford you've got a few variations.

[Excellent]

Crunch is the worst colour in the catalog. I'm glad it's gone, hopefully forever.

Holden came out with the fancy Monaro colours that we hadn't seen before on an Australian made car. Then Ford quickly followed and one-upped Holden when the BA colour catalog came out. Better colour palette than Monaro's I thought.

[BullockBob]

Tiga Mica, Hyper Yellow, Snothouse Green, K-Puke, Morpheous, Crunch - they all looked like shite.

Seriously, i wouldn't wish those colours on my worst enemy... :spew:

Devil Yellow was one of the few true "hero" colours that actually worked. The rest were out of fashion before they were released...

You must live an amazingly bland life. :rolleyes:

[RABSP]

Colour trends change, its a fact.

in 2000 when i was about to order my Calais, i wanted Tiger, but found out it did not come on the Calais, i was so upset i just ordered white.

Now i'm glad, because Tiger does look dated.

as i said before, i liked the crunch.

but over the weeked i saw three, and the bumpers were a different colour to the body in each case.

also noticed this in other bright colours too.

As an ex-spray painter i notice colours, i can see why holden have dropped the light colours.

[Holden Man]

Bring back a Dark Metallic Green instead.

(there was a pic of a VE on this forum that was almost like a British Racing Green that someone said was Karma (which it isn't) but now I can't find it!)

or a dark purple like Cosmos Mica.

[Ghosn]

come on its not that bad, better that plain old red..

Exactly, what the hell are Ferrari thinking! :confused:

[VE SSV XCLER8]

Has anyone noticed how the colour of the little emoticon throwing up is very similar to crunch?

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

I am keeping my wife up laughing so hard!!!

:spew::spew::spew:Cruunch:spew: