Thread: Holden axed in Aussie.

Originally Posted by 3toes

Compliance are to regulations that have been agreed at a UN body that operates out of Switzerland. They have been around since the fifties setting minimum standards for global use. Countries / manufacturers are then able to make specifications that meet or exceed these minimum standards. All the motor manufacturers are well represented along with governments and the NGO community.

The standards are generally followed by Europe where as the USA sees exceeding them as important hence their more advanced crash and pollution standards...………...

What actually drove the US pollution standards was the California Fuel Efficiency (CaFE) standard which is why GM made the EV1 all electric car for that market. Who Killed the Electric Car? - Wikipedia

Originally Posted by justinc

My cousin bought a 1 owner HZ kingswood SL sedan, was factory ordered with 4 spd 308 and 3.36:1 diff for towing horse floats. Had 450k on it, original diff and trans but second engine. Was a sleeper with SL hubcaps and single exhaust etc....

Got any pics of the Z?

No sorry my son has all the pics of my HZ since that post I have replaced the motor and put a 427 chev whih a weiland blower and 2 750 holly double pumper carbys turbo 400 trans my daughter is looking after it in victoria as I live in Queensland.

Originally Posted by laney

No sorry my son has all the pics of my HZ since that post I have replaced the motor and put a 427 chev whih a weiland blower and 2 750 holly double pumper carbys turbo 400 trans my daughter is looking after it in victoria as I live in Queensland.

I like!
Pickles.

Appears Honda is heading the same way

Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner

Appears Honda is heading the same way

Saw a Cadogan clip last night stating that.

Not good for choice.

Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner

Appears Honda is heading the same way

I read something relative to that in the paper yesterday,..something about Honda Japan saying that their brand is unprofitable in Aus?
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

I read something relative to that in the paper yesterday,..something about Honda Japan saying that their brand is unprofitable in Aus?
Pickles.

I am surprise JLR are still here,with the tiny volume of vehicles they sell.

But i suppose at a guess,they would be making good money,based on the new car and dealer servicing and repair costs.

Where Honda are more into the garden variety car where there is huge competition.

In fact if you look at Toyota,they are probably the smartest of them all,and the most experienced with Hybrids,which are the next big thing.They have been manufacturing them for over 20yrs.
And their overall sales in Aus,and many other countries speak for themselves.

Do not confuse volume of sales with profit. You can sell lots and still make a loss

Have worked with too many businesses over the years where the first thing you have to do is refocus management to profit not volume as the initial step to a return to profit and a future

This can be hardest where there are too many people in management who have come up through a sales focused career as they have been trained to go for volume. They have to understand the volume targets they were given were put together by someone who understood profit and the volume target was a product of this

This can require a few sacred cows to be sacrificed which is perhaps even harder than management understanding profit is king not sales