3 of them, Camry, Commodore & Cruze.Originally Posted by chrisp
The Commodore is usually the best seller of the 3, although for several months last year, Cruze outsold Commodore. Also it's all about the way they count them. If you count Commodores as just Commodores (i.e. sedan, wagon etc.) then they're usually at no. 3 or 4. If you throw in utes & Caprices & add HSVs (which are all Commodores or derivatives) then it would most likely still be our no. 1 seller. So it's a little unfair to say that Holden isn't making cars that we want.
It is interesting to look at what's happened to the car market over the last decade or 2. We now sell over a million vehicles every year, so lack of total sales is not a problem. What is a problem is that the market is so fragmented. Even the top selling car only manages 3,500 sales per month. In the 70s, 80s & 90s the top sellers were doing 8,000 - 9,000 per month. Back in the good old days (1960s) GM-H were selling over 12,500 cars per month!!, all built on one platform. Back then you had the top 5 or 6 cars selling in good numbers & then daylight & everyone else were selling miniscule numbers. These days even no. 15 is a reasonable seller.
I like how people generally want someone or something to blame for the auto industry's demise.
Was it the Government's fault, this one or the last 3 ? Was it the $A ? Was it the GFC ? Was it the unions ? Was the high overall cost of manufacture in Aust. ? Was it bad corporate management ? Was it our fragmented car market ?
Well I reckon it was a combination of all of the above, plus this one.
If you still looking for somebody to blame, have a close look at what is currently parked in your driveway.
I'm the proud owner of over 15 cars (family, historic & my company cars included) & they are all Australian made & almost all Holdens. What about yours ?
Dr Terry
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