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Old 07-01-2009, 10:50 AM   #1
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I know this is FF but this is bad news for Holden...

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Old 07-01-2009, 01:45 PM   #2
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Ouch. Bet thats going to hurt a bit.
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Old 07-01-2009, 01:46 PM   #3
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Oh well atleast they have a 2 to 1 export ratio on their range.

Pitty same cant be said about Ford.
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Old 07-01-2009, 01:49 PM   #4
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Maybe they'll start making a profit now....



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Old 07-01-2009, 04:02 PM   #5
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Sadly it probably had more appeal stateside than the G8 did.
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Old 07-01-2009, 05:31 PM   #6
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Sadly it probably had more appeal stateside than the G8 did.
I was thinking that. I'm sure plenty of Americans were holding out for a new age El Camino
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Old 07-01-2009, 05:59 PM   #7
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Well that isn't good for GM-Holden then is it?

Their parent company GM saying they want Pontiac to be "sporty, fun to drive cars" and when asked "does this vehicle fit into where we believe Pontiac will be in the future? The simple answer is we did not believe so."

Well, there you go. Proof GMH has been lying to us that their cars go better...
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Old 07-01-2009, 06:18 PM   #8
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Their parent company GM saying they want Pontiac to be "sporty, fun to drive cars"
Roughly translated the "sporty, fun to drive" is a RC car, Pontiac will cease to exsist in 3 months
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Old 07-01-2009, 06:22 PM   #9
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Roughly translated the "sporty, fun to drive" is a RC car, Pontiac will cease to exsist in 3 months
Agreed. It's simply a matter of time and how much money the dealers can steal from them in the form of compo.
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Old 07-01-2009, 06:58 PM   #10
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i dont think this will have a real negative effect on Holden...Given that exports wern't making much profit anyway.
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Old 07-01-2009, 08:05 PM   #11
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The G8 would have been canned too if it wasn't already on sale. I think that once its due for an update they will decide to cut it from the range.

Holden must be in serious poo, they spends massive amounts of money on the brand new platform for the VE in the belief GM would build a heap of cars such as the Impala, a Buick and other models off the platform, but the only one that will come off the platform is the Camaro. All the others have been cancelled. Holden was relying on writing off the platforms development costs by using it in all the models GM planned to use it under. Now the G8 isn't selling, the G8 ST has been cancelled and GM don't want the Sportswagon like Holden hoped they would. Plus they would have lost heaps of money on every car they sold over there when the aussie dollar was high.
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Old 07-01-2009, 09:18 PM   #12
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Yup!

I'll eat humble pie and say I thought they were on to a good thing at the time, but it doesn't look that way now, with the only other car built off the platform being a comparatively niche vehicle...
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Old 07-01-2009, 09:21 PM   #13
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well atleast now its not only Ford thats gone soft coq
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This isnt a good thing its yuck for not only holden but for australia. We need to try and export more into Asia and capitlise on a boooming economy. But is ense it copuld be too little too late...
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Shame.. the Yanks love our utes when they come out here.
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Old 07-01-2009, 10:15 PM   #16
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Probably for the best.
Looking at American forums most didnt want it anyway.
-Doesnt fit into Pontiac heritage (Like the G3 does?).
-Not American enough
-Not a real truck
-no bench seat.
-needs screaming eagle decals and cladding
- I wont buy it on principle, because they wont make a firebird.

hell a lot dont even like the G8.
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Old 07-01-2009, 10:26 PM   #17
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Probably for the best.
Looking at American forums most didnt want it anyway.
-Doesnt fit into Pontiac heritage (Like the G3 does?).
-Not American enough
-Not a real truck
-no bench seat.
-needs screaming eagle decals and cladding
- I wont buy it on principle, because they wont make a firebird.

hell a lot dont even like the G8.
No room for gun racks either..



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No room for gun racks either..
Hit the nail on the head i think.
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Time to kill the Pontiac brand GM.
shame, they made great muscle cars years ago.
GTO, Trans Am.
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