Holden falls to number 10

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 01/06/2020 at 06:22 • Filed to: holden, GM, General Motors, CarAdvice.com.au

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Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/06/2020 at 06:33

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I thought GM killed Holden last year?

pip bip - choose Corrour > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/06/2020 at 06:34

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pip bip - choose Corrour > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 01/06/2020 at 06:35

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not yet, only killed the Commodore and Astra locally

Cé hé sin > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/06/2020 at 06:48

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Not long to go now I’d say. If it wasn’t for the Ranger I suppose Ford wouldn’t do much business either.

Bad year overall in Australia looking at those figures.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Cé hé sin 01/06/2020 at 06:49

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only down a little, but yes if Ford didn’t have the Ranger, they’d be in deep shit

mind you the 2.0L Ranger is on stop sale due to fuel injector issues

Cé hé sin > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 01/06/2020 at 06:50

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Only local production. Tariffs in the past meant that Australia had a significant car manufacturing sector but without tariffs it wasn’t sustainable. Most vehicles so ld there now are made in the Far East.

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > Cé hé sin 01/06/2020 at 06:55

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I see, thanks for the info. Is it possible that production will return down under or is this for good?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 01/06/2020 at 06:57

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gone for good

shop-teacher > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/06/2020 at 07:02

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So let me get this straight. If you starve a brand of decent and relevant product, then sales drop? Interesting ...

pip bip - choose Corrour > shop-teacher 01/06/2020 at 07:04

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who’d a thunk it.........

Cé hé sin > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 01/06/2020 at 07:08

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Not a chance of Australian production again. It’s a high cost country without a big enough local market.

MultiplaOrgasms > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/06/2020 at 08:00

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People only bought Holden “because made in Australia”. Now that they’ve finally come to realize that Holden is in fact   General Motors with a badge , they’ve finally started buying   cars that are actually good.

Cash Rewards > shop-teacher 01/06/2020 at 08:54

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Gm execs: see, this is why we dropped those products

benn454 > MultiplaOrgasms 01/06/2020 at 08:55

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  Holdens were designed by Aussies. The only GM parts were the drivetrains.

Brickman > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/06/2020 at 09:12

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Can’t Holden on anymore.

MultiplaOrgasms > benn454 01/06/2020 at 09:46

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“because made in Australia”

benn454 > MultiplaOrgasms 01/06/2020 at 10:53

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Then which is it? “Designed and built by Aussies”, or “GM badge swap”?

Pick one.

shop-teacher > Cash Rewards 01/06/2020 at 11:04

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Yerp.

carcrasher88 > Cé hé sin 01/06/2020 at 17:54

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Actually, with the Commodore and Astra gone, the lineup’s production amounts to this:

US: Acadia, Camaro (HSV modified), Silverado HD (HSV modified), Corvette (yes, Holden dealers will be selling the C8 Corvette, since it’s going to be built in RHD)

Mexico: Equinox (H as Holden Equinox production restarted yet? Wikipedia says no, but that’s said that for a while now)

Thailand: Colorado, TrailBlazer

South Korea: Spark (New Zealand only, as it hasn’t been removed from the lineup there), Trax

If you DO count the HSV modified Chevrolets, 5 out of 8 (9 in New Zealand) Holden models are built in North America, more than 50%.

If not, then the Far East level is 4 of 6 (7 in New Zealand), more than 50%.

Cé hé sin > carcrasher88 01/06/2020 at 18:22

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In terms of actual numbers sold though I'd guess that the Thai built ones are in the majority and that the North American ones are more niche products.