Looks like you will all be supporting me when I sign up for centrelink in the next couple of years or even sooner when VSP's get offered.

it would be to hard to put tariffs up on all imported cars and make Holden more viable .na we'll wait to all industries are buried then they will whack it on .you see Australia has this wonderful thing called free trade. good on ya mate

The ABC reported that our illustrious Prime Minister is about to trade his Holden ministerial car in on a Bimmer. Shows how much those blokes think about manufacturing in Oz.

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Originally posted by AMunro327
The ABC reported that our illustrious Prime Minister is about to trade his Holden ministerial car in on a Bimmer. Shows how much those blokes think about manufacturing in Oz.

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Holden did not put in a tender to supply the cars.

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I like how while Labor was in power, Nissan, Mistubishi & Ford closed down, well that's life. But now, 3 months into Tony's tenure sees Holden close & he gets the blame.

Dr Terry

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Firstly I will say that I am a slightly left leaning Labor voter however I strongly believe that the current (dead) state of the Australian motor industry is mostly Labors fault with that stupid Button plan of the late 80's.

The other part we can blame every single person who has chosen to buy an imported new car in preference to an Aussie built car but the lowering of tariffs forms part of that decision.

Same with Quantas. If it were still government owned it would not be in it's current terrible state. Bank fees are another: if CBA were still government owned we would not be living with such high bank fees.

Telstra and it's mass sacking of employees over the last couple of decades we can directly blame the Liberals for.

GM should show Australia some respect and kill the Holden name and merely import Chevrolet Volts, Daewoo Captiva's etc instead of selling "pretend Holdens".

I hope those blaming people who buy imported cars have nothing in their possession made in China.
I also find it hard to follow the passion for Holden when they are American owned and funded by us the tax payer, but no such support is ever shown for farmers who compete in an equally unfair market and have no tax payer support at all. Yet everyone eats, only a small few drive a Holden.

...obviously there has been a confluence of events that have conspired to make happen what we see now...(the perfect storm scenario)....

...another angle on all of this is a demographic one....we have healthy immigration from some quite wealthy individuals and families, and THEIR preference for what they drive/drove "back home" cannot be disputed....so they might tend to buy European or Asian manufactured cars that they loved and felt comfortable with.....this aspect could add up to quite some amount of vehicle purchases through the course of any given year due to our strong immigration...

....also, i personally have had a healthy diet of Holdens, Fords, a Valiant Safari wagon and a fully imported 1985 Toyota Supra in amongst other bits and pieces in 35 years of motoring (my daily drive is a 500,000 K EL Falcon wagon!)....but what did i buy the wife a couple of years ago?...a very lovely 5 year old Mercedes Benz CLS 500...WHY?...why not, and this is the rub....there is nothing wrong with trying out something different and this may be something that has resonated with a lot of people like myself....a demographic issue bought about by the desire for "something a little different".....cheers fellas

Dr Terry "What is a VSP" Voluntary Separation Package

VF + very final

This will not change at all as the Holden name will simply be used on re badged foreign cars just like the name Vauxhall is these days.

So Holden as a brand will go backwards not improve by them becoming an importing scab.