Comments on: Leaner GM dumps Pontiac

By: Duck

Duck — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:29:14 +0000

Thankyou Schah7! =D

By: Schah7

Schah7 — Sun, 03 May 2009 08:20:18 +0000

Duck I agree 100%
For years G.M has been “vehicle-cloning” and for years the buying public have had to been put up with G.M’s second class vehicles.
G.M going bankrupt and selling off all those “unneeded-clone-brands”.
This is just “catch-up” which is probably long over due.!

By: Duck

Duck — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:06:44 +0000

WTF!!!!!!!! Why can’t General Motors ditch GMC as well!??!!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?! HOW IS IT A CORE BRAND?!?!?!?!?!

For an example………….the GMC Sierra is a bloody rebadged Chevrolet Silverado!!!!!!!!!!!! And there both sold in the same country.

Pretty silly in my opinion. Anybody agree?

By: RoFlmaTiC

RoFlmaTiC — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:51:19 +0000

Nah the g8 is around about 30k USD which is about 43k in Australian dollars; I think 35k would be a reasonable estimate of building costs.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:48:42 +0000

^^^
sorry i quoted my exchange rates the wrong way around ha ha ha ha ha

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:27:30 +0000

Evora,
OK,
Ill slow it down a beat.

What Im getting at is they are only displaying a turnover figure and not the profit figure.
The turnover figure is useless in deciding how much this decision will affect holden.

What I do know is holden arent making too much profit (the figure that counts) on their exports.

As you rightly pointed out the article you referenced makes no mention of the profit figure and therefore is really useless and makes its claim based on nothing

RoFlmaTiC,
The article isnt that clear cut, I agree, but i highly doubt holden get 35K for each car. Isnt that what they are selling them for in the states???
Also the currency isnt quoted.
Im guessing those quoting 1 bill are quoting a round US dollar and those quoting 750mill are using a rounded aussie dollar.

By: eh179driver

eh179driver — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:54:21 +0000

Holden tried to sell the Viva and Barina and are still selling the Epica. The Viva has been dropped, the current updated Barina is a bit better than the superceded one and the Epica is just transport. But what could they do? The Astra and Opel Corsa are too expensive to import. Ford is doing ok with the Focus as it is made in South Africa and is cheaper to import. The Fiesta is made in Thailand (I think). But what does Holden do for a small car. The Cruze looks and sounds like it will be a good drive. I sat in one at the MIMS in February and it seems well put together, but time will tell.

By: Andronicus

Andronicus — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:30:23 +0000

There is no imminant death of Holden…. the spirit went missing some time ago…. and then again when they released the Epica.

By: eh179driver

eh179driver — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:57:27 +0000

Ah so the funny blogs continue to role in. Alex you are a true genius. Holden still exports a significant number of cars to the middle east, South Africa, Brazil, Malaysia, Thailand just to name a few.
The production of G8′s wound down in Jan this year as the car never sold in the numbers it was hoped for. Holden production schedules for G8′s shows no production call up until October 09 so the loss of the G8 make hardly any difference to Holden anyway.
And finally to all of you writing about the imminant death of Holden, the first production tools for the 4 cylinder car have been released for tooling so I seriously doubt that a company that is strapped for cash (like GM)is going to relase a serious wedge of cash if they were going to close the plant.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:43:17 +0000

OK people, this is properly funny. I was watching television earlier when one of those sickening Holden ads came on advertising the new Commodore “International” edition. Ha! Not so International any more!