Holden HX

Holden

MarqueHolden
ProductionJuly 1976 – October 1977
EngineI6 / 3.3 L 88 kW Red V8 / 4.2 L 120 kW Red / 5.0 L 161 kW Red

The Holden HX is a 4-door sedan / 4-door station wagon / 2-door coupe / 2-door coupe utility / 2-door panel van / 2-door chassis cab from Holden, built from 1976 to 1977, as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. Under the bonnet: I6.

The engineering

Power comes from I6; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It shifts through a 4-speed manual / 3-speed automatic / Tri-Matic / Turbo-Hydramatic 400. The wheelbase is 2819 mm (sedan) / 2896 mm (wagon). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Where it sits

Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Holden HJ; its successor was the Holden HZ; assembly was at Dandenong. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Ford Fiesta, the Lotus Esprit, the Hyundai Pony — show what else the money bought that year. Its Holden stablemates include the Holden 48-215 and the Holden Adventra.

What it costs now

There is no federal ownership record for the Holden HX — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.

Specifications

Transmission4-speed manual / 3-speed automatic / Tri-Matic / Turbo-Hydramatic 400
Body style4-door sedan / 4-door station wagon / 2-door coupe / 2-door coupe utility / 2-door panel van / 2-door chassis cab
Wheelbase2819 mm (sedan) / 2896 mm (wagon)
AssemblyDandenong / Elizabeth / Pagewood / Trenham
PredecessorHolden HJ
SuccessorHolden HZ
Catalogue IDQ1624352
SourceWikipedia