BYE BYE Pontiac
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/bu...tml?ref=global
officially official today
and Saturn will become whatever its going to be by the end of this year- the consensus is that dealers will by it and use it to sell cars from brands not currently in the states. Sort of like a Target for cars. One or 2 from Opel maybe something from Geely or Chery something from Seat maybe even a Fiat or 2. Who knows maybe even Peugeot and Renault.
I think once you down size GM and Chrysler goes away, Mazda's market share might finally climb above 5%
Its still about 3 right now.
officially official today
and Saturn will become whatever its going to be by the end of this year- the consensus is that dealers will by it and use it to sell cars from brands not currently in the states. Sort of like a Target for cars. One or 2 from Opel maybe something from Geely or Chery something from Seat maybe even a Fiat or 2. Who knows maybe even Peugeot and Renault.
I think once you down size GM and Chrysler goes away, Mazda's market share might finally climb above 5%
Its still about 3 right now.
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Holy crap there are a lot of scary statements in that article:
hey would get 225 shares, worth $414 as of Friday’s close, for every $1,000 in debt that they hold.
The closures would represent more than one out of every 10 car dealerships in the United States.
G.M. would either sell or shut down its Saturn brand by the end of this year, about two years earlier than it previously had said. Two other brands, Hummer and Saab, will be sold off or closed soon.
he closure of Pontiac, which was introduced in 1926, will leave G.M. with four brands in the United States: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC
The Treasury and the U.A.W. would own up to 89 percent of the company’s outstanding shares,
hey would get 225 shares, worth $414 as of Friday’s close, for every $1,000 in debt that they hold.
The closures would represent more than one out of every 10 car dealerships in the United States.
G.M. would either sell or shut down its Saturn brand by the end of this year, about two years earlier than it previously had said. Two other brands, Hummer and Saab, will be sold off or closed soon.
he closure of Pontiac, which was introduced in 1926, will leave G.M. with four brands in the United States: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC
The Treasury and the U.A.W. would own up to 89 percent of the company’s outstanding shares,
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Edit: Just researched and found out that for the first time in January there were more cars sold in China than the US.
whoa...http://www.chinastakes.com/story.aspx?id=992 Mainly due to the slump in our market coinciding with the Q1 holiday boom in theirs. So not really sustainable but still very cool to see.
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Like I said I would never buy one thus I never care to find out about where or who is building them
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Single shifts start Tomorrow, a week on and a week off.
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looks like you will be making police cruisers
https://www.rx8club.com/general-automotive-49/lapd-buy-holden-chevy-equipped-commodores-172726/
https://www.rx8club.com/general-automotive-49/lapd-buy-holden-chevy-equipped-commodores-172726/
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Yep, it is their "Other" market Holden's want, BUT, do you think GM would allow this and do you think the American Public would like an Aussie Made Cop Car?
In my state, where they are made Holden's fit the cars out very well with all the spec's any State police force ask for.
They are by far the most popular Cop Car here, then the Ford Falcon at Number Two.
There is even talk Ford Australia want to get into the act of making Cop cars for the USA, but, REALLY Ford Australia do not even make a LHD Falcon for any market, so I don't think they are going to do it for a Police Force.
Having said that Ford Australia needs to resume a "worthwhile" export program, the last time I can remember was the FWD Ford Capri....what a disaster that thing was, trying to compete with the MX-5/Miata!
In my state, where they are made Holden's fit the cars out very well with all the spec's any State police force ask for.
They are by far the most popular Cop Car here, then the Ford Falcon at Number Two.
There is even talk Ford Australia want to get into the act of making Cop cars for the USA, but, REALLY Ford Australia do not even make a LHD Falcon for any market, so I don't think they are going to do it for a Police Force.
Having said that Ford Australia needs to resume a "worthwhile" export program, the last time I can remember was the FWD Ford Capri....what a disaster that thing was, trying to compete with the MX-5/Miata!
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I think Holden could just breath through there nose and figure out how to build a better cop car than the 1970's vintage Crown Vic's the US cops have to deal with from Ford. They are possibly the oldest most out of date vehicle on American roads today and our police force has to use them for potentially dangerous work on a regular basis.
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