Zeta to be built in China and Korea + other bits
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Zeta to be built in China and Korea + other bits
Both of these articles are from goauto, they should appear on the site within the next few days.
and
Even Iraq gets Commodores before the US :P
Edit: Just to get this straight, Zeta will be built in:
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
Holden export boost
HOLDEN’S long awaited China export deal will kick off in November, with annual volume expected to total between 25,000 and 35,000 cars.
Initially, the Chinese will take the WL long wheelbase with the 3.6-litre Alloytec V6, but there are plans for a 2.8-litre version later when Holden starts building it at its new Fishermens Bend facility.
The cars will be fully exported to start with but the long-term plan calls for local manufacture in China after the all-new VE/WM launches in 2006.
GM Daewoo has a similar strategy in place, initially taking fully built-up versions of the WL Holden before eventually building the car locally.
The GM subsidiary has also expressed interest in using the short wheelbase version of the Zeta platform in South Korea.
And that’s an opportunity that Holden says could exist in other areas of Asia.
“That’s a car we will be able to sell both long wheelbase and short wheelbase in lots of countries in Asia if we have a crack at it,” said Holden executive director sales and marketing, Ross McKenzie.
He said interest in VE, not only from Asia but around the globe, was strong.
“They are red hot in terms of the new car. They want to know,” he said. “The Middle East has come back and cranked up their bloody forecast again.
“The VE is a ball-tearer by any world standards. What we have to work out is how we do the right derivatives for the right countries at the right cost.”– BRUCE NEWTON
HOLDEN’S long awaited China export deal will kick off in November, with annual volume expected to total between 25,000 and 35,000 cars.
Initially, the Chinese will take the WL long wheelbase with the 3.6-litre Alloytec V6, but there are plans for a 2.8-litre version later when Holden starts building it at its new Fishermens Bend facility.
The cars will be fully exported to start with but the long-term plan calls for local manufacture in China after the all-new VE/WM launches in 2006.
GM Daewoo has a similar strategy in place, initially taking fully built-up versions of the WL Holden before eventually building the car locally.
The GM subsidiary has also expressed interest in using the short wheelbase version of the Zeta platform in South Korea.
And that’s an opportunity that Holden says could exist in other areas of Asia.
“That’s a car we will be able to sell both long wheelbase and short wheelbase in lots of countries in Asia if we have a crack at it,” said Holden executive director sales and marketing, Ross McKenzie.
He said interest in VE, not only from Asia but around the globe, was strong.
“They are red hot in terms of the new car. They want to know,” he said. “The Middle East has come back and cranked up their bloody forecast again.
“The VE is a ball-tearer by any world standards. What we have to work out is how we do the right derivatives for the right countries at the right cost.”– BRUCE NEWTON
IRAQ COPS IT SWEET
HOLDEN’S export drive has now reached Iraq, with up to 2500 Chevrolet Lumina LS V6s to serve as police cars in the war-torn country.
The rebadged Commodore Executives are part of Holden’s export program to the Middle East, which is expected to reach 25,000 sales this year.
While obviously dependent on many other factors, Holden is hopeful of additional sales there if the internal unrest abates.
“That market, if they could ever settle it down, is big,” said Holden sales and marketing boss, Ross McKenzie.
HOLDEN’S export drive has now reached Iraq, with up to 2500 Chevrolet Lumina LS V6s to serve as police cars in the war-torn country.
The rebadged Commodore Executives are part of Holden’s export program to the Middle East, which is expected to reach 25,000 sales this year.
While obviously dependent on many other factors, Holden is hopeful of additional sales there if the internal unrest abates.
“That market, if they could ever settle it down, is big,” said Holden sales and marketing boss, Ross McKenzie.
Edit: Just to get this straight, Zeta will be built in:
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
Last edited by crYnOid; Aug 31, 2004 at 10:22 AM.
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Re: Zeta to be built in China and Korea + other bits
Wow, and more talk about a SWB Zeta. Id like to hear or maybe see a SWB "concept" at an upcoming autoshow this year and see how "small" the SWB will be.
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Originally Posted by Big Als Z
Wow, and more talk about a SWB Zeta. Id like to hear or maybe see a SWB "concept" at an upcoming autoshow this year and see how "small" the SWB will be.
Holden makes 2 different wheelbases, one for their luxury cars & UTEs, and another for their bread & butter cars.
For instance, the Statesman has a 115.7 wheelbase, while the Commodore & Monaro has a 109.8 wheelbase.
Early indications are that Buick will have the LWB version of Zeta while everyone else will have the SWB version.
With Chrysler sporting 120" wheelbases on cars less than 197" long, & Velite being 114.7" and just 186" long, we probally have already seen the SWB Zeta.
Last edited by guionM; Aug 31, 2004 at 01:52 PM.
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Re: Zeta to be built in China and Korea + other bits
Originally Posted by crYnOid
Edit: Just to get this straight, Zeta will be built in:
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
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Re: Zeta to be built in China and Korea + other bits
Originally Posted by crYnOid
Edit: Just to get this straight, Zeta will be built in:
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
Yes.
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Re: Zeta to be built in China and Korea + other bits
Originally Posted by crYnOid
Edit: Just to get this straight, Zeta will be built in:
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
Edit: Just to get this straight, Zeta will be built in:
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
Originally Posted by Z284ever
Yes.
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Re: Zeta to be built in China and Korea + other bits
guys gettin all bilingual on it...
where else would they produce it? mexico perhaps? thats pretty much the only other unused continent...(south america, that is)
where else would they produce it? mexico perhaps? thats pretty much the only other unused continent...(south america, that is)
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Re: Zeta to be built in China and Korea + other bits
Originally Posted by guionM
Que?! żRealmente? Donde usted sospecha.
Yeah but if they've already commited to staying FWD on the Monte Carlo and Impala... what's the point?
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Originally Posted by jg95z28
Yeah but if they've already commited to staying FWD on the Monte Carlo and Impala... what's the point?
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Re: Zeta to be built in China and Korea + other bits
Originally Posted by guionM
My post (and Ontario) isn't French.
Just making light of historical RWD Monte and Impala buyers, hey compinche?
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Re: Zeta to be built in China and Korea + other bits
Originally Posted by crYnOid
Edit: Just to get this straight, Zeta will be built in:
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
Oh, I can't wait for this! Camaros being built within minutes of my house!!!
(that is, assuming the Camaro does in fact come back, and that it is in fact built on a Zeta chassis).
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Re: Zeta to be built in China and Korea + other bits
Originally Posted by crYnOid
Both of these articles are from goauto, they should appear on the site within the next few days.
and
Even Iraq gets Commodores before the US :P
Edit: Just to get this straight, Zeta will be built in:
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
and
Even Iraq gets Commodores before the US :P
Edit: Just to get this straight, Zeta will be built in:
-Australia
-Canada
-USA
-Europe somewhere
-China
-Korea
Anywhere else?
Thanks for that..
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