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101RRS
Along this line, I am surprised HSV has not developed the new Commodore (it does actually look OK) along the lines of the old HSV Commodore - the old HSV Commodores had a following and I think putting in a 6.2 V8 with rear wheel drive in the new Commodore like they have done with the V8 Supercars would probably have sold well in a small niche corner of the market.
Garry
Who's going to pay for R&D, including crash testing etc. for a niche car like that? HSV did mods that fell within the testing Holden did on the base car. HSV never paid a cent for crash or emission testing, everything they did was already tested by the big boys. A 6.2 Opel Insignia exists nowhere in the world, in fact a V8 RWD Opel Insignia exists nowhere in the world, so there is absolutely no avenue for HSV to pursue such a thing, and the number of punters who would buy one would in no way justify the $BILLIONS it would cost to develop one. If, and it is a VERY big if, there was a market worldwide then maybe, but there ain't and there never will be. It's why Commodore and Falcon went belly up in the first place. With safety and emission laws the way they are there is simply no financial justification for building low volume vehicles ( make no mistake, the mainstream Commodore and Falcon were low volume on a world scale, HSV and FPV were mere blips ) anywhere except maybe Mexico, ( who'd buy a car developed there? ), and the UK which still allows tiny mobs like Noble and Morgan to make their 100 or so cars a year out of some sort of British charity.
(OT) This is precisely the reason the old Deefer died. LR could have kept it going, UK only, but sales had fallen to ridiculous levels.
Maybe LR should sell the plans and dies and stamping tools to Morgan. The two seem to fit each other, clinging tooth and nail to the past, and Morgan need a new model.... That was said with a bit of a tear in my eye, as I love the Deefer. The new one will never be a Deefer. It'll just be good.
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