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20-10-2017, 10:50 PM
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Re: The Very Last Holden

Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->
Smart looking cars, Bruce. Why on earth are they stopping production ?
It is all to do with numbers. In the 80s Holden and Ford sold 84000 Commodores and Falcons out of a total annual market of 150000 new cars. Last year the biggest seller, the Toyota Hilux, sold 46000 out of total sales of 1.1 million new cars. (Those figures might not be exactly right but they are of the right order)

The market is far too diverse now with so many choices available. Mitsubishi stopped manufacturing here a few years back, Ford last year and now Holden.
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21-10-2017, 08:55 AM
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Re: The Very Last Holden

A guy round here has a Monaro, it seems a bit silly seeing it stuck in traffic, it should be on a Highway somewhere.
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21-10-2017, 12:08 PM
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Re: The Very Last Holden

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Only the smaller sportier early Torana but with the much bigger Aussie engines



The current Commodores have a lot in common with the Opel apparently (all GM)

The Aussie cars come with either a 3.6 ltr V6 or 6 ltr V8
Nice car. Reminds me of the Mustang.
 
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