Not a happy camp!
https://www.smh.com.au/business/comp...13-p4z9gs.html
Not a happy camp!
https://www.smh.com.au/business/comp...13-p4z9gs.html
Bye bye holden, I’d be betting brand is done by 2020.
GM: Has millions of dollars and highly trained engineers.
Guy in his backyard: Has a hole saw.
I bet sooner than 2020. All the armchair critics could see this blind folded.
What amazes me is all the GM people getting paid the big bucks couldn't for see this?
I smell a rat... GM is desperately pulling out everywhere globally.
GM is only interested in 3 main left hand drive markets - North America, China & South America.
Australian GM market accounts for 0.97%.
I bet they can't wait to sell / bankrupt GM Korea which they mis managed after Holden profits bought originally called Daewoo then.
If GM Korea goes, one can kiss the Holden brand goodnight.
The only decent MD Holden ever had was Peter Hanenberger and they never listened to him, those dumb HQ GM morons.
Here is history re visited and it is so ironic it is not funny:
https://www.motoring.com.au/hanenber...nymore-109467/
Gaywoo have built some absolute crap over the years!
These are very sad days indeed and I cannot see how Holden can dig themselves out of this. Unfortunately the bad decisions Holden have made in the past are now coming back to bite them hard. Bringing in poor quality products has burnt so many people that they will not even consider a Holden now no matter how good the current product is. They are also very slow at fixing known problems such as the wheel sensor issue in the VE and the leaking engines in the diesel Captivas.I have spoken to people who have changed sensors 6 or 7 times and had to foot the bill themselves once out of warranty. I have always purchased Commodores as I had a passion for the brand but a lot of people as well as myself have now lost that passion. I currently have a VF and love it but it will be my last Holden. My next car will now most likely be a Mazda. Crossing my fingers for an unlikely miracle but not holding my breath.
Last edited by falcom; 18-04-2018 at 08:24 PM.
Interesting read , bought a new 03 VY Tonner in 04 (still have it) then in 2012 i went car shopping again.
Looked at the 1.4 SRI Cruze as i didn't want a large car , didn't think much of the styling but it had local input when made.
Also test drove the Veloster and Focus , the Focus got the nod but was moved on after a year because of the transmission (the Powershift)
Have a VY Equipe as a runabout , cost about $400 290,000k on the clock (265,000k when i got it) and the auto trans works better that the Ford jobbie and seems to accelerate quicker than the Cruze , i am having to spend some money on it over the next week or so (tires & rear brakes) but its still cheap transport.
If the modern Torana had gone ahead it would have been a one i would have looked at but as it is i think the Focus was my last new car.
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Here is some stuff on the new Fiesta...
"FORD Australia has officially confirmed a local arrival of the next-generation Ford Fiesta ST for about this time next year.
The new ST will feature a more powerful 147kW/290Nm 1.5-litre three-pot EcoBoost engine and six-speed manual transmission,
with performance further enhanced by light-weight cutting-edge chassis technology and advanced aerodynamics.............."
(continued see link below....)
https://www.wheelsmag.com.au/news/18...-for-australia
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