Quote Originally Posted by Pickles View Post
G'Day Smitty.
So, in view of your position as a National Fleet Manager, & consequently a multiple buyer of all sorts of cars,, and someone that has probably bought many VFs, I have a question for you! Which car makes/models would you say have been the major beneficiaries of the "unpopularity" of the current Commodore?
Pickles.
Pickles
..back in to Mexico so catching up

the gain (from Holden Commodore sales losses) has gone in 3 areas imo...

SUV/truck.. everyone is aware that Colorado is keeping Holden going
and Expedia is doing ok against some stiff competition (Honda Nissan Mitsu small SUVs)

Astra is getting some decent interest and sales are slowly increasing but... again
Holden screwed it up, the Astra SEDAN is a piece of pox and sales reflect that.
Compare a hatch and a sedan .. and the build quality difference is obvious
inside and out. Holden should never have taken the sedan until the quality improved.
If they can better the sedan quality, then as long as they keep the price down (remember
the price debacle when Astra hatch was released?) then Astra will be ok
If not... well

and thirdly, Kia (Genesis and Optima) Hyundai Sonata and the Euros ...BMWs 2, 3 and 4 range
and MB A and Class, even VW (in Passat and Arteon) are getting showroom traffic they never
experienced before