Superluminal 3750 Posted February 17, 2020 BBC news saying that GM are getting rid if the Holden brand. Sad times. Any chance of a domestic buyout to keep it alive even if at a much smaller scale? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boomerang_kid 18 Posted February 17, 2020 Sad times, this has been on the cards since the Holden Commodores died. The sales of the rebadged Insignia didn't appeal to the Oz market. Also Holden were heavily subsided by the Government and when that stopped the money and protected market ended. I'm a big fan of the V8 supercars and this will mean that it may become Ford Vs Chevrolet as they will bring in the Camaro or similar. I noticed that Ryan Walkinshaw HSV business do right hand conversions of the Chevy Camaro. But they need to change the control chassis rules to adapt better to two door cars. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamiyabigstuff 832 Posted February 17, 2020 Several years ago I visited some relatives in Oz - my uncle was a toolmaker at the Holden plant near Adelaide and my cousins other half worked on the assembly line building bodyshells. Uncle was a Ford guy ( Falcon wagon ), cousins other half was a Holden guy and drove a Kingswood wagon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillyChang 1814 Posted February 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Superluminal said: Any chance of a domestic buyout to keep it alive even if at a much smaller scale? What for? There's just no $$ to be made in tiny RHD market. The big boss said it flat outright himself "it's throwing good money after bad" Kangaroos (bushfire), meat pies (gone plant-based) and now Holden cars (-$$)... bye bye. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tam-trucks 116 Posted February 18, 2020 sign of the times,,,get use to it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 507 Posted May 3, 2020 Didn’t Ford pull out of Australia back in 2013? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon#5 594 Posted May 4, 2020 On 5/3/2020 at 4:57 PM, Toolmaker72 said: Didn’t Ford pull out of Australia back in 2013? Ford stopped manufacturing vehicles in Australia in 2016. They still sell imported vehicles here. Holden stopped manufacturing vehicles in 2017. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 507 Posted May 4, 2020 Oh right, in the U.K. I asked to relocate to Ford Australia and was told no as they were pulling out manufacturing wise but that was 2013. I ended up in Ford Bridgend engine plant South Wales but now that’s also shutting this September. I tried to relocate to Ford Ohio in Feb this year then the covid19 pandemic hit 🙄. I’ve now decided to take redundancy from Ford. No more toolmaking for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted May 7, 2020 It's a shame. One of the first I've seen, but ,with the roads quiet, and the forecast for good weather, a guy in work took his out of its ,climate controlled cocoon ,to bring in for my appreciation today. 2018, Vauxhall VXR8 GTS-R,.one of only 15 in the UK, (I still prefer his old Manta i400 though....😏) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon#5 594 Posted May 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Wooders28 said: It's a shame. One of the first I've seen, but ,with the roads quiet, and the forecast for good weather, a guy in work took his out of its ,climate controlled cocoon ,to bring in for my appreciation today. 2018, Vauxhall VXR8 GTS-R,.one of only 15 in the UK, (I still prefer his old Manta i400 though....😏) I didn't know they were rebadged as Vauxhalls? Learn something new every day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted May 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Falcon#5 said: I didn't know they were rebadged as Vauxhalls? Learn something new every day. Yeah, GM are Vauxhalls in the UK ,Opel in Europe, although the Monaro is a Chevrolet Lumnia over there I think? What's not to love about a 6.2 ,supercharged V8! 🚀🎶🎵 (Apart from the £75k price tag.....😳) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 507 Posted May 7, 2020 Vauxhall and Opel are remodelled Citroen’s now 😟 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 507 Posted May 7, 2020 Lotus Carlton is the Griffin I would like to own. I missed the boat on those when prices were reasonable Did Australia get a version? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites