What do you think of rumours about Commodore being axed

[Pincottk]

The rumours have been flying around today -- no doubt you've seen them. Carsguide's Peter Barnwell is suss on the timing of the 48.215 news yesterday (but he's deeply cynical about everything).

What do you think? Is it a taste test to see if Australia will cop the axe?

Peter Barnwell blogs on the Holden Commodore axing rumours.

Don't you love the way Holden's PR machine handles bad news - namely the possible end of a locally designed Commodore - by preceding it with good news the day before.

In this case it was a feel good yarn about the restoration of the first 48-215 Holden, built in 1948 and owned by legendary BHP boss Essington Lewis. Clever, but we saw straight through it.

Cynics might suggest Holden is simply kite flying to see how much heat a possible end of local large car production might bring. And there's been plenty already from all quarters, including government and unions.

Good news, bad news | carsguide.com.au

 

[scouser king]

Just a rumour nothing more.

 

[aaronevolution]

Third thread today

 

[Lazyr8]

soon australia will have nothing aussie made :/

 

[bloomers]

A sign of the times. Corporations trying to save money so that the proffits are bigger. Just like Quantas. Big proffits but still want to move jobs offshore to save money.

The government has always helped the car industry. Hopefully this will continue.

 

[Full Spectrum]

Wouldn't surprise me if Holden and the union set this up to notify GM smaller fwd Holden family cars wont be accepted. Maybe a hatch back?.

Someone had % of Commodores sold V6/V8. it was somewhere about 40-60% V8s which you couldn't imagine fleet would touch.

 

[koins76]

Seeing as those it still came in as the second most purchased car for the year, I doubt it will be scrapped any time soon.

 

[Tsunamix]

the only people talking about axeing the commodore are Union Scaremongers.

How to lose your job in one easy lesson: Scare away the customers.

Idiots. QANTAS part 2.

 

[Full Spectrum]

LOL. It's not so doom and gloom union driving holden to death. Their trying to get people on the back of the Government GM and Holden (the latter i think have a finger in this) to pressure making the decision to keep rwd cars here beyond 2020 easier.

 

[Mick1988]

Commodore is consistently the top selling car in Australia. They would be idiots to get rid of it. And I'm willing to bet that those Commodore sales don't include Berlina, Calais and Statesman sales as those are all technically separate models.