Thread: Holden axed in Aussie.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Premier, not Statesman.

Thanks Ian
Might have been the hj not the q
Memory not my forte
Give it 2 days and it will all come back

Mazda Roadpacer AP - Wikipedia

Wasn't the Statesman also sold in the Middle East?

A little old however gives some insight into Holden exports during the sixties

General Motors Holden: Export Holden | NFSA

Commodore with a 4 cylinder engine and Gemini were CKD to Indonesia. Perhaps this was connected to the Thai cars mentioned earlier

More recently Holden had 40% ( from memory) of Middle East market. They were also still exporting Commodore to the Caribbean and South America and other places

Toyota Camry production in Australia was also dependent on exports to Middle East

Mitsubishi was exporting the Magna to UK and USA in the mid to late nineties. When inspecting the Magna here in the U.K. there was a plate saying it had been exported by Holden. Not sure what the reason was perhaps they used the Holden car export infrastructure to move the cars to the U.K. ? Interesting that here the Magna was seen as a BMW 5 series competitor.

Originally Posted by Gav 110

Sounds a lot like the old Statesman
Sold in Japan with a Mazda rotary
HQ I think

Mazda Roadacer. HX

Originally Posted by johntins

Mazda Roadacer. HX

Premier, not Statesman.

The Statesman was exported to Japan, marketed as the Isuzu Statesman.

The later Monaro went to the US,i know a guy who had one,and had it 'tuned',as he didn't think it had enough punch.