Smithston
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- Joined
- Nov 23, 2016
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- Age
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- Location
- Newcastle
- Members Ride
- Vt ss 5.0
I've been thinking. This might be a very good car but it's not a commodore. Commodore may have started its life as an opel but that's not what it became. It became a part of australian culture. Like vegemite or meat pies. GM shows a lack of respect for this culture and i think for Australia generally. Sounds a bit of an over reaction but to me it is like having a child that dies and then trying to replace that child with another. Give them the same name and the same bedroom and try to pass them off as the same person. It's like getting rid of vegemite and trying to tell us caviar is the same thing. Ford showed respect for their Falcon and for Australian manufacturing and Australian history. GM think the name Commodore is theirs to do with as they want. It's not. It's ours, it's Peter Brocks and Mark Skaifes, it belongs to Australia like Ned Kelly and the Hills Hoist. GM should be generous and let us have our legend and let it rest in peace. Caviar may be better thsn vegemite but it's not Australian and it's disrespectful to pretend that it is.