The HQ vs HZ thread.

[Robbo]

Why was the HQ dash not carried over to the subsequent models? It just stopped with the HQ.

[Valencia]

Why was the HQ dash not carried over to the subsequent models? It just stopped with the HQ.

Coz it is bloody ugly just like the nose cone

[HK1837]

Why was the HQ dash not carried over to the subsequent models? It just stopped with the HQ.

I remember reading it was a combination of future ADR's and that GMH wanted the new WA (originally due in 1974) to be a new radically different design (as you see on both UC and WB). Plus the HQ's dash is probably a carryover from the car's original design as a US based Pontiac or whatever it was to be. When the original WA was either delayed or cancelled much of the design elements were used in the HQ facelifts.