Bye bye Holden
17 February 2020, 08:11 AM
#1
Bye bye Holden
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51499775
As a former Monoro VXR owner (HSV GTO), I find this a bit sad. Holden trying to keep the muscle car alive and best of all giving the UK a chance to buy them. But guess being chained to GM’s financial black hole meant they were going to cut Holden to save themselves....
First GM steal your chassis platform design to use in the Camero and Caprice...yes all those police cars use a Chassis designed in Oz...beggers belief that the mighty GM of the USA couldn’t come up with their own!
Then they shut your factories
Then they kill you off completely
Oh well...at least you didn’t end up being Chinese re-hashes like Rover/Roewe.
I’ll sign off and just say is thanks for putting a Corvette engine into stretched Opel Omega...it was a blast!
As a former Monoro VXR owner (HSV GTO), I find this a bit sad. Holden trying to keep the muscle car alive and best of all giving the UK a chance to buy them. But guess being chained to GM’s financial black hole meant they were going to cut Holden to save themselves....
First GM steal your chassis platform design to use in the Camero and Caprice...yes all those police cars use a Chassis designed in Oz...beggers belief that the mighty GM of the USA couldn’t come up with their own!
Then they shut your factories
Then they kill you off completely
Oh well...at least you didn’t end up being Chinese re-hashes like Rover/Roewe.
I’ll sign off and just say is thanks for putting a Corvette engine into stretched Opel Omega...it was a blast!
Last edited by ALi-B; 17 February 2020 at 08:16 AM.
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17 February 2020, 08:46 AM
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The guy on the tripper boat skipper ( a pom ) pointed over to where the last Holden was made on south bank of the Yarra as we made our way out Melboure for 2 hour cruise , its now the site of 10m dollar townhouses
Aussies mourn the loss of the real deal - not made in amerca
No more cars made in Aus
Aussies mourn the loss of the real deal - not made in amerca
No more cars made in Aus
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