30 Holden dealers to close dec 17

[BLACK-VE]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/techn...s/news-story/91e74e5dcb68b6ec20c21c61864fe38a

Might be a few on here having to get warranty work/servicing done elsewhere

 

[VS 5.0]

"Holden will not say which outlets are affected as it is bound by confidentiality agreements"

It will become readily apparent in the short term anyway when branding changes / disappears from the affected sites.

 

[BLACK-VE]

a few in Adelaide have disappeared last few years, I wonder why a mob like suttons is mentioned and how they work out which ones to close. Does it go on sales or location?

 

[VS 5.0]

Could be any number of reasons. I would expect location effects sales.

Maybe GM is p!ssed off with certain dealers and have been biding their time to shed them without having issues with the Franchising Code or maybe some dealers are p!ssed off with GM have decided to jump ship and not renew coz of the future product offering.

Of course, if the latter is the case, GM is never going to present that to the public.

 

[Immortality]

This is probably only the start of the decline of the brand....

 

[commodore665]

quite possibly the same thing may happen in NZ , although I heard today the Holden stand sold 70 vehicles at the Field Days at Mystery Creek yesterday .

 

[BLACK-VE]

This is probably only the start of the decline of the brand....

Chev brand coming?

 

[VS 5.0]

Chev brand coming?

Or plain old GM branding...so they can dump whatever crap they like here without having to change badges.

 

[Immortality]

Chev brand coming?

Who knows but Holden are been outsold by Ford who doesn't have a locally produced product but does have a Mustang, what do Holden have coming? crap!

Quiet frankly, GM have lost the plot and Holden is paying the price!

 

[Calaber]

Some of the new models won't be crap but they are now playing in market segments which are already dominated by imports with good reputations. Euro cars are generally uncompetitive on price and equipment levels and reliability has been suss in the past.

The GM Korean models need to be far better than they have been to even be considered seriously by buyers. Other Korean companies can design and build really good cars for the asking price. Why can't GM?

Good luck Holden.