ZB Commodore sales

[whitels1ss]

Seriously Ed, when is the last time you ever looked at a V6 commodore and got excited?? I can honestly say that V6 Commo's or for that matter non turbo 6 cylinder Falcons hold no interest for me whatsoever (not even for daily transport).

Might not excite me enough to want to buy one for myself
but as C4B wrote a few days ago....
everything is vanilla these days
but this one I saw today looked much better than most of the really plain vanilla that we see
it's the best looking ZB I have seen to date.

[Micks]

Cop car spotted in SA on a dry day!!

[Smitty]

Cop car spotted in SA on a dry day!!

curious that... RS version, not the base LT

and wonder what they have done re the 'no spare wheel' situation

[Ausmartin1]

It is what we have all been saying, GM Camaro locally converted is too expensive vs Ford mustang off the production line in RHD.

It goes on in this weeks Goauto article but the conclusion stumps me.... If the overpriced Camaro's wan't sell then they will not do RHD off the production line.
This is Typical arrogant GM Chicken and egg scenario.
Oh and GM must be smoking crack with the latest comment below .... Eventually we will get Holden's from CHINA.
China has trouble building bicycles and small mower engines from recent experiences and they want us to buy a whole car from China ?
Shoot me now. Lol!
I say GM is about as sharp as bowling ball with current management these days......

"The conversion process for Camaro will add extra cost to the car compared with Ford’s rival, the Mustang, which comes direct from the factory with the steering wheel on the right side.
With Britain’s Vauxhall being sold to France’s PSA Group, one of GM’s main right-hand-drive vehicle markets has evaporated, leaving Australia and New Zealand as the prime RHD outlets"

"The cost of engineering RHD into new models aimed primarily at LHD markets such as North America and China is an issue for GM, making it think carefully about which models it can justify the expenditure on.
Mr Reuss admitted as much when he asked Australian media to support the new Holden models from North America, including the Equinox medium SUV and upcoming Acadia large SUV.
With Opel and Vauxhall leaving the GM sphere, a source of RHD models such as the new Commodore and Astra for Holden will ultimately dry up, leaving Holden to get its cars from other GM sources in North America, South Korea,
Thailand and – eventually – China."

[A^K^T]

Have seen three this week !!!

[Micks]

Interesting

https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/zb-...vfii-marked-up

[Jag530G]

a source of RHD models such as the new Commodore and Astra for Holden will ultimately dry up."

or GM just stops building RHD cars full stop and pulls out of RHD markets... GM's already sold out of UK, pulled out of South Africa and India, bugger all presence in Japan. Just needs a few Wall St analysts to start asking hard questions of GM's CEO about why they are spending money on RHD development and I think you will be surprised at how quickly the decision can be made.

Or maybe Holden gets sold to PSA to joint Vauxhall and Opel. I've always been a bit curious about why that didn't happen at the time when Holden is a good customer of RHD Opels, along with Vauxhall.

[raff]

557 sold in July, 682 in August according to prelim VFacts. No breakdown of ZB/VF though. Claiming it as an positive increase in sales......

[Micks]

One less ZB pursuit car on our roads now!!! Someone has some explaining to do

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...1a956c306be886

[Aus8]

62 were VF’s.

[csv rulz]

One less ZB pursuit car on our roads now!!! Someone has some explaining to do

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...1a956c306be886

Need to have an account to view it

[Micks]

Though a search in

https://www.theleader.com.au/story/5...e-car/?cs=1507

[Souljah]

Looks like an XR8?

[whitels1ss]

Looks like an XR8?

I can't see an XR8 bulge in the bonnet but it's certainly a Ford.

[macca_779]

Ford sold 736 Mustangs! I think this is the first time it’s outsold the commodore.

What’s retarded is that Holden is waiting to assess the success of HSV selling the Camaro before committing to it. I think it pretty obvious it would sell