GM still playing hardball with Oz government

[Camino LS6]

http://www.news.com.au/business/m-more-from-taxpayers-to-save-car-jobs/story-e6frfm1i-1226282123276

[Z-06]

Whom would you support?

[Camino LS6]

Did a bit of reading on it, and things don't look good.

I want Holden to continue building cars - they are GM's best IMO.

But things don't look good.

[walter36]

I think they are realizing it was a mistake to build the Caprice police car in Australia. look for production of the Caprice to be shifted to a plant in the USA, Canada or Mexico within the next two years. the Caprice could be built in Oshawa Ontario alongsize the Camaro. or a possiblity of re opening the plant in Janesville wisconsin, or keeping the plant in shreveport open.

[hyperv6]

This is not so much about product as much as it is about Jobs in OZ and exports.

The Holdens will be designed and built it is just a matter of where. If GM can do it at a resonable profit in OZ it will be there if not they will be built else where and imported. The way GM is now they can build cars anywhere for any market and take advantage of the economy anywhere to increase the bottom line.

A long as there is a market for RWD cars they will be built for the OZ market. The guys doing the work designing them are spread all over the world now so that part will not change.

This is more an issue for Aussies vs the car fans. We lost our Camaro to Canada but we still love it. I suspect The Aussies will also adapt. They have made a Mazda 3 the best selling car and are now buying other imports in greater and greater numbers.

It is not unlike what we went through in the 70's and 80's here.