Testing what? There won’t be any cars made in Australia.
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Well, it can be turned into a driving circuit for car enthusiasts for a start, similar to Brooklands in England. Or the new owner can rent the circuit out to other carmakers to test their new models.
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The Gen3 Supercar doesn’t come into effect until 2022. I wonder if they keep racing with the current Commodore this year and next year. Although some teams might seek a new manufacturer quickly.
I’m hoping to see BMW enter the series. Ford at least is stable and Kelly Racing has switched this year from Nissan to Ford but we can’t have a grid of all Fords! Need at least 2 (even better 3) manufacturers on the grid.
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Probably, in fact, very likely, although there could be some interesting badge-work next year! New cars will need to be homologated, so 2021 seems fairly unlikely too, to race for just one season for anyone new.
Man, it’s ended up like DTM, half the manufacturers have pulled the plug.
Will this now be abandoned? July 2019:
The Corvette could be sold under the proposed General Motors Speciality Vehicles division for Australia.
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In the Press Conference, it was implied there was something in the works regarding it… but they said little about it (understandably) at this time.
After 164 years Holden will retire its brand. The Australian Motoring Industry will never be the same without the Holden brand. RIP Holden (1856-2021)
Also, this will affect the sponsorship for the State of Origin NRL series that will be coming up in June. 600 jobs will be gone by June 2020.
Huge news. Very sad to see, after Australia’s rich history with the brand. At the same time, though, it’s understandable after the poor decisions made in the past which have shattered consumer confidence and trust in Holden. Sadly, they also got way too comfortable with the Commodores leading position, leaving little thought for other areas of their portfolio before it was too late.
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Neither the ARLC nor Collingwood hasn’t said anything about the Holden sponsorship yet.
Not officially, but it was discussed earlier this month
All the Aussie Bogans will be devastated.
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“Holden - Australia’s Driving Future.”
So, does that mean no General Motors vehicle will be sold in Australia anymore? Or just Holden badged vehicles?
It appears that General Motors Australia will only be selling imported US made left hand drive vehicles that have been converted to right hand drive here. So they’ll only be selling to a niche market.
so once they sell out of stock atm can they get new stock??? untill the end of the year?
The thing I really don’t get is why GM didn’t just include Holden along with Opel/Vauxhall and the others that they sold to FCA. FCA have no real brand presence in Australia and they could have filled out Holden’s range.
I wonder if that’s still a chance of happening now, or another company coming in to buy the brand - or if GM will keep ‘owning’ it despite stopping making new cars.
by the sound of it gm will keep owening the holden brand regardless