If they made a caprice version, with a wagon variety well I think they'd have a winner.
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April 30, 2009 6:48 p.m. wherethefmi HalfDork
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April 30, 2009 7:01 p.m. internetautomart SuperDork
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April 30, 2009 8:17 p.m. Slyp_Dawg New Reader
what I meant was literally build a Holden Commodore with the steering wheel on the correct side of the car, then put it on a ship bound for the states. same with the Ute. none of this body-on-a-different-chassis nonsense. bring the whole car over, exactly as it appears in Australia, apart from the location of the steering wheel. make Holden an American market brand as well as an Australian market brand. Holden chassis, Holden body, Holden engine, Holden drivetrain, and Holden badge. that's the absolute least effort GM can make to get the Monaro and the Ute over here, and it also happens to be the course of action I like the most
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April 30, 2009 9:18 p.m. YaNi Reader
Slyp_Dawg wrote:
what I meant was literally build a Holden Commodore with the steering wheel on the correct side of the car, then put it on a ship bound for the states. same with the Ute. none of this body-on-a-different-chassis nonsense. bring the whole car over, exactly as it appears in Australia, apart from the location of the steering wheel. make Holden an American market brand as well as an Australian market brand. Holden chassis, Holden body, Holden engine, Holden drivetrain, and Holden badge. that's the absolute least effort GM can make to get the Monaro and the Ute over here, and it also happens to be the course of action I like the most
A revolutionary idea. The European and Japanese manufacturers have been doing that for eternity. It's the reason you can get a J-Spec 13BT engine and drop in into your RX-7.
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May 1, 2009 9:02 a.m. aussiesmg Dork
Slyp_Dawg wrote:
what I meant was literally build a Holden Commodore with the steering wheel on the correct side of the car, then put it on a ship bound for the states. same with the Ute. none of this body-on-a-different-chassis nonsense. bring the whole car over, exactly as it appears in Australia, apart from the location of the steering wheel. make Holden an American market brand as well as an Australian market brand. Holden chassis, Holden body, Holden engine, Holden drivetrain, and Holden badge. that's the absolute least effort GM can make to get the Monaro and the Ute over here, and it also happens to be the course of action I like the most
Now that makes so much sense it will never happen..........and they are made that way in Oz right now, the only Umerican parts are the grill and lights.
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May 5, 2009 8:48 p.m. andrave New Reader
I hoped the G8 would stay alive, one of the few pontiacs... hell the few newer cars that I have actually been excited about.
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July 17, 2009 3:50 p.m. dyintorace Dork
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July 18, 2009 12:43 p.m. Hoop SuperDork
Give Lutz a week; it will be back on and subsequently killed another 27 times.
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Oct. 2, 2009 3:17 p.m. John Brown MegaDork
http://www.autonews.com/article/20091002/ANA02/910029991/1261
So it may be back to fight against the hole the Crown Vic will leave?
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Oct. 2, 2009 3:26 p.m. mtn SuperDork
Wanna get us a cut and paste? You have to register for that website.
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Oct. 2, 2009 3:34 p.m. John Brown MegaDork
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Chevrolet plans to unveil rear-drive police car
Rick Kranz Automotive News October 2, 2009 - 2:02 pm ET
Chevrolet plans to announce Monday that it will offer a rear-drive police car that appears likely to be based on the Pontiac G8 sedan.
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Chevrolet will outline the strategy at the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention in Denver, the division said in an e-mail today.
In an interview with an Australian newspaper last month, General Motors Co. CEO Fritz Henderson said the automaker is working on a car for U.S. police agencies, using a rear-drive sedan developed by Holden, GM's Australian subsidiary. Holden developed and assembled the Pontiac G8 and developed the new Chevrolet Camaro.
“We've been working on a package for (U.S.) police applications. I think that's going to work,” Henderson told The Sydney Morning Herald. “We're pretty optimistic about it.” His comments were posted on the leftlanenews.com Web site.
Chevrolet spokesman Brian Goebel declined to say today if the car would be based on the G8. GM plans to drop the Pontiac brand in 2010, making the 2009 model year the last for the car.
Lutz's role
Vice Chairman Bob Lutz was the force behind a family of V-8-powered, rear-wheel-drive cars, including the G8 and Camaro. Insiders said GM, spurred by the demise of Pontiac and favorable press reviews for the G8, was looking for opportunities for a rebadged G8.
Five months ago, reports circulated that GM might revive the G8 as a Chevrolet, possibly as a dedicated police car with the resurrected Caprice name. GM denied that story.
Then in early July, as GM emerged from bankruptcy, a GM source said the G8 would become a Chevrolet positioned above the Impala and sold as a pricey, V-8-powered, low-volume retail sedan.
A week or so later, Lutz wrote on GM's FastLane blog that the plan was dead.
“The G8 will not be a Caprice after all,” Lutz wrote. “Upon further review and careful study, we simply cannot make a business case for such a program. Not in today's market, in this economy, and with fuel regulations what they are and will be.”
You can reach Rick Kranz at rkranz@crain.com.
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Oct. 2, 2009 3:34 p.m. dyintorace Dork
Chevrolet plans to unveil rear-drive police car Rick Kranz Automotive News | October 2, 2009 - 2:02 pm EST
Chevrolet plans to announce Monday that it will offer a rear-drive police car that appears likely to be based on the Pontiac G8 sedan.
Chevrolet will outline the strategy at the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention in Denver, the division said in an e-mail today.
In an interview with an Australian newspaper last month, General Motors Co. CEO Fritz Henderson said the automaker is working on a car for U.S. police agencies, using a rear-drive sedan developed by Holden, GM's Australian subsidiary. Holden developed and assembled the Pontiac G8 and developed the new Chevrolet Camaro.
“We've been working on a package for (U.S.) police applications. I think that's going to work,” Henderson told The Sydney Morning Herald. “We're pretty optimistic about it.” His comments were posted on the leftlanenews.com Web site.
Chevrolet spokesman Brian Goebel declined to say today if the car would be based on the G8. GM plans to drop the Pontiac brand in 2010, making the 2009 model year the last for the car.
Lutz's role
Vice Chairman Bob Lutz was the force behind a family of V-8-powered, rear-wheel-drive cars, including the G8 and Camaro. Insiders said GM, spurred by the demise of Pontiac and favorable press reviews for the G8, was looking for opportunities for a rebadged G8.
Five months ago, reports circulated that GM might revive the G8 as a Chevrolet, possibly as a dedicated police car with the resurrected Caprice name. GM denied that story.
Then in early July, as GM emerged from bankruptcy, a GM source said the G8 would become a Chevrolet positioned above the Impala and sold as a pricey, V-8-powered, low-volume retail sedan.
A week or so later, Lutz wrote on GM's FastLane blog that the plan was dead.
“The G8 will not be a Caprice after all,” Lutz wrote. “Upon further review and careful study, we simply cannot make a business case for such a program. Not in today's market, in this economy, and with fuel regulations what they are and will be.”
