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To: smokingfrog

“They don’t make ‘em like they used to.”

That new Chevy SS is a rebadged Australian-built Holden Monaro with a V8 probably made in Mexico (where the engine of the defunct Holden/Pontiac GTO was made, IIRC).

Here is the Aussie coverage of this fire:

http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/commodore-fire-at-nascar-race-leaves-holden-redfaced-20140217-32uit.html

GM is shutting down all auto production in Australia in 2016, IIRC, so this Chevy SS is a stop-gap model until another halo hot-rod sedan can be introduced into the line-up that can be marketed via a NASCAR look-a-like.


31 posted on 02/16/2014 3:35:45 PM PST by Seizethecarp (Defend aircraft from "runway kill zone" mini-drone helicopter swarm attacks: www.runwaykillzone.com)
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To: Seizethecarp

So it wasn’t a Government Motors car after all then.


41 posted on 02/16/2014 5:01:23 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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