No more ute?

[VYBerlinaV8]

http://www.news.com.au/national/reti...-1226747396393

A shame if it turns out to be true.

[brasher]

yes because news.com.au is the defining authority in quality journalism.

should read "My uncles brothers mate barry who mows the lawn for a guy that works at the same pub that a guy from holden goes to said that the utes are kaput"


Oh look it's by Josh Dowling....

[Jag530G]

No surprise. Unless Holden just keep production lines going building VFs, but there won't be a replacement apart from the Colorado. The market wants full chassis utes with crew cab, 4WD and diesel options. Let's be honest, if you needed a ute for work purposes, the Holden wouldn't be first choice by a long shot, poor off road ability, no crew cab option, worse fuel economy/no diesel and poor towing capacity compared with say a Hilux. The Holden ute has long been a lifestyle vehicle rather than a work horse.

The problem with the Holden ute goes back to its inception. It was a compromise vehicle, a passenger car based commercial vehicle. It worked back in an era when few people could afford multiple vehicles so a jack-of-all-trades vehicle had to do but once families/businesses could afford to buy more vehicles they could afford to specialise. A 4WD/full chassis ute instead of a Holden ute, a Jap van instead of a Pano, a 4WD for towing instead of a Statesman, an SUV instead of a wagon etc.

Cheers, Matthew

[ti0350]

let me see it says the ute ia dead but then says it could be saved because of the PPV Caprice program.

[Marco]

Oh look it's by Josh Dowling....

Came here to post this. Having said that, I now wondering if I have a reason to buy a new ute in the next few years, and if not, which older model ute should I buy...a proper Holden Ute is on my "cars to own" list.

[VYBerlinaV8]

Came here to post this. Having said that, I now wondering if I have a reason to buy a new ute in the next few years, and if not, which older model ute should I buy...a proper Holden Ute is on my "cars to own" list.

The last 'proper' Holden ute was the WB, I reckon.

[Evman]

Oh look it's by Josh Dowling....

I'm sure if someone did the research they'd find an article by him from each year saying that Holden will close the following year. After doing this annually I'm sure one day he'll be right and think of himself a mighty automotive journalist with impeccable foresight.

[SSer]

Who the **** is Josh Dowling and what is his problem?

[iloveholden]

So having a ute...shall I hold it and hope it appreciates due to second hand demand being higher than supply?

[C4B]

So having a ute...shall I hold it and hope it appreciates due to second hand demand being higher than supply?

When Holden stopped making the Ute's in the 80's there was still a huge demand for them so the re-sales went up. When they stop making them this time it's because no-one wants them, no demand = no resale.

I'm sure there will be a level of nostalgia sales when it's first discontinued, but they're not going to be something you'd put in your super portfolio.

[redvxr8clubby]

When Holden stopped making the Ute's in the 80's there was still a huge demand for them so the re-sales went up. When they stop making them this time it's because no-one wants them, no demand = no resale.

I'm sure there will be a level of nostalgia sales when it's first discontinued, but they're not going to be something you'd put in your super portfolio.

Pretty much agree with above, but on the other hand by 2017 presumably there will be none to be found in the showroom, and while I doubt V6 ute will be in demand, if there is no replacement, a V8 ute especially a well kept low Km 2015 or 2016 example could have pretty good resale value. From that article I guess the suggestion is the ute may not run to 2016. Predicting the ute will disappear is a no brainer as the Commodore as will know it will be gone by end of 2016. The only question is will the ute continue the same as the sedan (and wagon)? My feeling is yes it will, even if numbers may dictate less frequent production.

[CLUBRED]

Replace the ute with a Monaro on the line.

My brother in law's a builder for a large contractor and they're only replacing their crewmans if they need to, 80% of their fleet still want a crewman thus they're holding them until they basically need to be binned.

[VYBerlinaV8]

Replace the ute with a Monaro on the line.

My brother in law's a builder for a large contractor and they're only replacing their crewmans if they need to, 80% of their fleet still want a crewman thus they're holding them until they basically need to be binned.

I liked the crewman, they were a good idea.

[sjhugh]

When Holden stopped making the Ute's in the 80's there was still a huge demand for them so the re-sales went up. When they stop making them this time it's because no-one wants them, no demand = no resale.



I'm sure there will be a level of nostalgia sales when it's first discontinued, but they're not going to be something you'd put in your super portfolio.

I tend to agree there will be many, many second hand ones around for a long while so demand versus price will not be a major player and it will take almost a lifetime before collectors will need to pay the bigger dollars for them, if ever.

There is no short term gain in cars, it is a very long term investment and you are better looking at other alternatives.

Collectors are very savvy today and anything worth keeping will be locked away therefore decreasing it rareness.

In saying that, I'll be keeping mine as it's just handy to have.


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[HSV Listy]

Took a look on the way home and just about every late model Holden ute had sign writing over them. No work cars just seem promo cars. What was no promo car was modified or a army fellas car