Holden no more: 600 jobs go, 10 yr support.

[losh1971]

Now that Holden is finished and with all the broken promises, I really wouldn't be surprised if we see SH Holden's, rebadge and Aussie built flooding the market. Given what has happened over the last few years don't be surprised if there is a mass panic with people trying to offload, because the public may start to wonder about the warranties and parts supply and whether GM will really be there for after-sale support. .

 

[vc commodore]

why didn't they just sell off the brand if they were planning to close it? That Gupta guy at one stage wanted to buy it and open the factory and build the cars as a niche market. it could of worked. HSV has and will be doing it.

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The gov't stuck their filthy nose into this deal and stuffed it up for Gupta....From what I was told, the gov't wanted him to put the company on the stock exchange and he wanted it to be his private company. So the gov't told him, he couldn't build vehicles at the site and canned the deal

 

[vc commodore]

Today's greeny hipster youth will not be interested in old commodores. I don't see VFs going up in value. They will keep depreciating slowly just like any ordinary car. Majority of population has no interest.
This was demonstrated by all NEW VFs sitting in the dealerships for 2 years after the production...
I ll certainly be selling mine when the warranty is out...
Time to move on..

From what I read, only special edition models will keep their immediate valve....All other ones will drop dramatically in valve, very much like a new car does, when it's driven out of the dealership

 

[stooge]

Time to switch sides? lol

https://www.9news.com.au/national/f...l-motors/4d453cd9-2926-4a3e-8af2-3d2cdf04be06

 

[losh1971]

Time to switch sides? lol

https://www.9news.com.au/national/f...l-motors/4d453cd9-2926-4a3e-8af2-3d2cdf04be06

Tas public needs no convincing, the roads are already flooded with Rangers.

 

[stooge]

This was published in 2017 and now speaks to the current state of holden

And why not throw in this one too

 

[Forg]

It took a while but we know what happened to Saab manufacturing and who knows what will happen to Volvo going forward.

GM is good at mismanaging, like all US manufacturers ... Saab might still be around if it had been bought by someone other than GM.
Volvo's doing pretty well under their Chinese overlords at the moment.

So which side of the road one drives on is not an indicator of whether a motor car manufacturer will be successful. Success is all up to management and the board to run the company well by producing a product the public wants in droves.

In Holden case, it’s probably the GM shackles that hamstrung the company which assisted in the demise and it really had nothing to do with RHD/LHD unless you’re one to subscribe to excuses

Agree with this.
I think RHD is a bit of an impediment to importing, though, but probably no more so than any of our pointlessly-unique ADR's.

 

[Mayuri Krab]

Time to switch sides? lol

https://www.9news.com.au/national/f...l-motors/4d453cd9-2926-4a3e-8af2-3d2cdf04be06

I'm considering a Mustang for my next car to replace the VF few years later.

Got V8 (would also settle for a turbo 6),
Got noise
got good straight line acceleration
pisses green hipsters off, coz emissions (bonus)
Plus the wife think they look cool in Green.

Lol

 

[figjam]

I'm considering a Mustang for my next car to replace the VF few years later.
Got V8 (would also settle for a turbo 6), Got noise, got good straight line acceleration, pisses green hipsters off, coz emissions (bonus)
Plus the wife think they look cool in Green. Lol

Don't think you will get a turbo 6, but definitely get a 'Green' one to keep the emissions hipsters happy

 

[VS 5.0]

sell the "holden" brand to psa

They've already said no thanks.