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It has a two-part retractable hardtop, not the canvas roof seen in the earlier Holden Astra droptop in Australia, to give it a showroom advantage over the Volkswagen Golf.

There is no confirmation yet that the fresh-air favourite will return down under but it looks highly likely.

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