Holden Acadia - Kills ZB.

[commodore665]

interesting that people prefer a re- badged GMC built by fat guys in Kentucky called Cletus and Jethro , over a re-badged Opel built by guys in Germany call Klaus and Herman , I'd take the German made offering , probably the RS V6

 

[Calaber]

Today's rag indicates total Holden sales for the month of September were lower than any month since the 48/215 was released. I cannot accept that the GM management could ever have forseen just how badly the company would go once it became an importer.

 

[arsevee]

Today's rag indicates total Holden sales for the month of September were lower than any month since the 48/215 was released. I cannot accept that the GM management could ever have forseen just how badly the company would go once it became an importer.

https://www.caradvice.com.au/797541/holden-lowest-monthly-sales-since-1948/

 

[arsevee]

Doesn't help that the passenger car market has halved in size due to C/SUVs - the large car market has dropped twice that amount..:

https://www.caradvice.com.au/797477/vfacts-september-2019/

The entire new car market has dropped, the only exception being C/SUVs (FFS!)

 

[arsevee]

And even within the still-expanding C/SUV market, Holden's dropped the ball with it's inconsistent, too-rapidly-changing product portfolio and, let's be honest, questionable product quality and post-sales support.

Holden - sorry General Motors - has spent too long trading on brand equity and not kept up with the offerings of competing brands..

https://www.goauto.com.au/news/vfac...lides-out-of-the-top-10/2019-10-03/80223.html

Wait 'til John Cadogan gets hold of this one...

 

[kos]

SUV s sigh.
Woman in a gigantic BMW x7 roaring round today. I made sure her path on the left lane closed.
Coming home on the GC motorway yesterday after a long slow commute for 20 kms the traffic freed up.
Prado driver lurched rapidly centre to left lane then lurched back to centre lane then in a final fast lurch lurched centre to right lane in the process with extreme body lean into an impossibly small gap. How I would have enjoyed it if the pos and it’s aggressive dangerous driver had rolled. All to get 2 car lengths ahead of where he was originally.

 

[arsevee]

...although there is a modicum of good news:

Sales by category
Passenger cars

• Micro cars: Kia Picanto (560), Mitsubishi Mirage (71), Fiat/Abarth 500 (39)
• Light cars: Mazda 2 (781), Toyota Yaris (735), Hyundai Accent (609)
• Small cars under $40k: Hyundai i30 (2447), Toyota Corolla (2219), Kia Cerato (2022)
• Small cars over $40k: Mercedes-Benz A-Class (307), Audi A3 (297), BMW 1 Series (126)
• Medium cars under $60k: Toyota Camry (1186), Mazda 6 (193), Skoda Octavia (171)
• Medium cars over $60k: Mercedes-Benz C-Class (636), BMW 3 Series (294), Mercedes-Benz CLA (145)
• Large cars under $70k: Holden Commodore (419), Kia Stinger (135), Skoda Superb (38)

 

[arsevee]

SUV s sigh.
Woman in a gigantic BMW x7 roaring round today. I made sure her path on the left lane closed.
Coming home on the GC motorway yesterday after a long slow commute for 20 kms the traffic freed up.
Prado driver lurched rapidly centre to left lane then lurched back to centre lane then in a final fast lurch lurched centre to right lane in the process with extreme body lean into an impossibly small gap. How I would have enjoyed it if the pos and it’s aggressive dangerous driver had rolled. All to get 2 car lengths ahead of where he was originally.

I did the GC - SW Brisbane run for ten years - never knew which day would be my last; the worst is idiot P-plate tradies/apprentices driving shitbox utes like they're at a track day...

 

[kos]

Yeah I have been doing it for 12 years.

Yes tradies with their double cabs are amongst the worst speeding impossibly close following distances sometimes with a trailer braking distance would be 1.5 what a car is.
Then some other of them now are buying 4 tonne Isuzu trade pack trucks and still want to drive like maniacs at 120 130 again with a trailer on sometimes.
I leave the GC at 450 am on work days and tradies are roaring up to bris.
Something that really shits me is the impossibly harsh bright headlight bulbs that the latest model pos HiLux have. I have to dim my mirror as the light is blinding.

 

[losh1971]

...although there is a modicum of good news:

Sales by category
Passenger cars

• Micro cars: Kia Picanto (560), Mitsubishi Mirage (71), Fiat/Abarth 500 (39)
• Light cars: Mazda 2 (781), Toyota Yaris (735), Hyundai Accent (609)
• Small cars under $40k: Hyundai i30 (2447), Toyota Corolla (2219), Kia Cerato (2022)
• Small cars over $40k: Mercedes-Benz A-Class (307), Audi A3 (297), BMW 1 Series (126)
• Medium cars under $60k: Toyota Camry (1186), Mazda 6 (193), Skoda Octavia (171)
• Medium cars over $60k: Mercedes-Benz C-Class (636), BMW 3 Series (294), Mercedes-Benz CLA (145)
• Large cars under $70k: Holden Commodore (419), Kia Stinger (135), Skoda Superb (38)

goes to show that sedans and hatches are still selling. But the ones that are selling have a good rep. When Holden sell Korean rubbish at a higher price than the original equivalent its no wonder sales are so so for GMH.