Posted on 10/21/2017 2:08:57 AM PDT by NorseViking
SYDNEY — Australia's near 100-year automotive industry ended on Friday as Holden, a unit of General Motors, closed its plant in South Australia to move manufacturing to cheaper locations.
The closure comes a year after Toyota and Ford similarly moved out, eliminating thousands of manufacturing jobs. It adds pressure on the government to help those made redundant find work in a battleground state ahead of a federal election in 18 months.
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My son in law just bought one this spring. I think the model is a Commodore, a Chevy Malibu body with a corvette engine.
Not exactly Malibu, more like a newer Caprice.
It is RWD full-size car which was an Australian idea of a family car. I think Camaro is somehow related to Commodore.
from the ad:
“....front mounted recirculating ball steering...”
Touting this as a new feature? Where else would it be mounted?
Had to be from the 1980’s I’d guess. Looks 80’s-ish to me but I don’t really know.
Paint it black and Mad Max might drive that.
What they are referring to is a front steer suspension design, meaning the tie rods attach to the spindles IN FRONT of the ball joints and the steering box is IN FRONT of the spindles. There is also a rear steer setup, whereas the tie rods attach to the spindle behind the ball joints and the steering box is behind the spindle, and on a rear wheel drive car is almost at the rear of the engine.
The designs differ in bump steer, roll steer and Ackermann (toe out on turns) performance, and in racing applications require quite different setups.
To me, this ad is sort of like the one for the Vega where they brag about the “alloy engine block”.
Let me guess. Thousands of well-paying Australian jobs outsourced to China.
I think one of the last hot Pontiacs was a Holden.
Closing factories and killing the secondary economy surrounding it and importing low IQ immigrants by the boat load. Yes, how smart.
Thanks for the real details.
Yes, in the “new” global economy wealth is created by printing money and handing it out to the peasants to by cheap duty free imported crap. Building things? That is so 20th century.
Painted black, the “Night Rider” *did* drive that, while being chased by Max in the very first movie.
Didn’t know this was in the works, kind of disappointing. Holden seemed to have some good influence on US GM products every now and then. Recall the last run of the Pontiac GTO was based on the Holden Monaro. Think the Chevrolet SS may have also?
The Chevy SS was imported from Australia. The Aussie Union killed the auto industry.
And here I thought I was just being a clever fellow. Thanks for that info. I will file it away in my movie trivia bank.
Holden together with baling wire
And the legendary FJ....expired in a pool of it's own oil
However...the latest would do me fine:
The Holden Commodore, now with Corvette ZR1 power
You know the drill; this is Australia’s Chevrolet SS, but with extra dinkum courtesy of Holden’s in-house tuner HSV. Underhood is GM's 6.2-liter supercharged LS9 V-8 from the Corvette ZR1, producing 635 horsepower and 601 lb-ft. At hand is a six-speed manual. Along with short gears to maximize liftoff, plus biggo brakes from AP Racing, the GTSR W1 has motorsport-spec adjustable dampers from Australia’s SupaShock instead of typical magnetic-ride suspension.
Add to that a wider stance and a set of Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires, and you’ve got a sort of Camaro Z28 with room for the in-laws.
Holden says the GTSR W1 will get from 0-60 in 4.2 seconds, and span the quarter-mile in 12.1 seconds. But with all that track gear, this potent alphabet souper will shine on a racing circuit.
Pontiac g8 is the car you are thinking of. It was a commodore.
Pontiac G8 withe Chev SS below
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