Today i spoke to my mate from Holden regarding the latest rumour about Holden releasing an all-new Commodore in September '03 because of the BA and he said it was not true.
Anyway he said that Holden will stop production of the Monaro (He didn't tell me the reason why) at the end of this year and will resume in 2005/6 with an all new model including a Monaro Convertible.
I couldn't have asked for anything more The less of them I see on the road the better for my sanity (How could they hype something up that bad and succeed?) but yes, the better for their resale value - as I'm sure alot of them will be sold off with the XR6-T and XR8 out... But I agree with fordfan351, how are they going to be able to supply USA with Monaro's *cough* I mean Pontiacs, when they aren't making any? Or is it they are simply cutting of production for Australia - continuing to make them for overseas only.
Re: Holden will stop production of Monaro for 2 years
[QUOTE]Originally posted by #00 Lowndes Anyway he said that Holden will stop production of the Monaro (He didn't tell me the reason why) at the end of this year and will resume in 2005/6 with an all new model including a Monaro Convertible. [/QUOTE
Very strange as the Monaro II CV8 and CV6 is due for release in March 03 and has had very few changes.(I have pictures of the new vehicles exterior and interior).
Also the production of Monaro vehicles for the US market, GTO Pontiac's will continue for some time yet.
Makes sense - Holden is a full-on American company - they aren't interested in Australia in isolation. They are thinking global, and figure they can move more GTOs in the good ol' homeland at higher profits than selling Monaros in Oz. So it seems the entire Monaro production will be exported for a couple of years. This also gives them export credits to offset the costs of their crate engines bought in from overseas.
Originally posted by BrightEyes Makes sense - Holden is a full-on American company - This also gives them export credits to offset the costs of their crate engines bought in from overseas.
Makes you feel lucky that the BA has no componantry, design or styling elements borrowed from Ford's global partners, does it? LOL
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er.. i dont know why holden would be focusing on an american market when they're an australian company, and GM have numerous companies already running in the states.
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The less of them I see on the road the better for my sanity (How could they hype something up that bad and succeed?) but yes, the better for their resale value - as I'm sure alot of them will be sold off with the XR6-T and XR8 out... But I agree with fordfan351, how are they going to be able to supply USA with Monaro's *cough* I mean Pontiacs, when they aren't making any? Or is it they are simply cutting of production for Australia - continuing to make them for overseas only.
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