Thread: Holden Wants How Much ?

Yep, and all to save about 6,000 jobs.
Lots of talk about all the component manufacturers too, oddly Dana, a Chrysler subsiduary, makes most of Holdens suspensions.
That's going to save a lot of Aussie jobs.
Castalloy in Adelaide has closed, they used to make just about all the small alloy bits like thermostat housings etc, and Harley Davidson wheels, heads, gearbox casings.
I don't see this lasting too long anymore, far too cheap to produce those bits in Asia.
Well at least the wife and I still have our slightly secondhand Aussie 6's and the old Aussie built Landy, I even buy Aussie made guitars (Maton and Ashton) rather than anything else.

Well mark my words no dunnydore after 2016 Global platform they say = no testing engineering or research and development in oz only assembly which they have the cheek to call manufacturing , What was your 275 million going to do

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

I dont know how this really works but $275 mil is $10mil/per man woman and child in this country. If every driver in australia was given the option of a tax deductable gift by the govt that mean they ONLY can purchase a new Holden of there choice at govt expense, wouldnt this stimulate the GMH manufacturing at a fraction of the cost of giving them a $275mil handout? Makes sense to me. Next year they could give Ford a turn.....it still wont cost anywhere near $275mil

$275m is more like $10 per person in Australia. $10 is still more than I'd pay for a new dunnydore though...

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I've been a Holden man all my life, but the current model Commodore is a travesty of a vehicle. It is by far one of the worst cars I have ever driven, and it amazes me they can sell such rubbish to an unsuspecting public. Not only are they a bad car to drive, they are unreliable - I'm not just talking about my own experience here - we have 70 of them (All under 2 years old) in our Victorian fleet, and there is always something going wrong with somebodys. From minor stuff like shudddering brakes (That can happen to any car) to full rewires of vehicles, transmissions, engine issues - low power & not reving, did I mention transmissions???

Anyway, you get the idea of what I'm on about. How does a manufacturer expect to be able to be viable when they are selling this crud? I bought an 89, VN Commodore way back in 91 when it had just 38KKM on the clock. We got rid of it last year with 380KKM on the clock, and it never left me stranded, and it was a better car to drive than my latest model POS. The transmission actually kicked down when I stood on the thottle, not faffed around for 5 seconds like the new ones do trying to work out what gear it should be in...

Why are they making a loss - because they have forgotton how to build a decent car. End of story.

It will be sad to see the Commodore disappear;

5 year ago we regretfully traded my wife’s 1987 VL Commodore (Nissan Engine) in on our current 2001 VX Commodore. Back to the future?

The first car I drove (my parents) was a 1986 VK Commodore. Simple and great for driving long halls on country roads.

My grandfather drove a dark blue V8 Commodore.

My dad now drives the last Monaro. Yellow of course.

The problem with Commodore's is they last forever.....