Holden’s Barina Spark was a budget-focused, city-sized (3.5m long) five-door hatch powered by a 1.2-litre four-cylinder engine driving the front wheel through a five-speed manual gearbox early on, with a four-speed auto offered late in its life here.
Sold in CD and CDX grades and surprisingly roomy for its size, the car only remained in market for two years (2010-’12).
The line-up currently starts at $6,600 for the Barina Spark CD and ranges through to $10,780 for the range-topping Barina Spark CD.