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| GoAuto Articles | | | Caddy on target for Oz | 2005-12-23 |  | GENERAL MOTORS' Cadillac luxury brand remains on target to be introduced Down Under in 2007, according to Holden boss Denny Mooney. "Is Cadillac still on the agenda? Yes, it is. (It's) probably still a year to two away, but we're working on a strategy," he said in a address to media earlier this month.
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| | VE Commodore "will be great" - Mooney | 2005-12-19 |  | HOLDEN chairman and managing director Denny Mooney has hit out at out suggestions the company has taken much of its supplier base offshore for next year's VE Commodore – an all-new model he promises will be "great". Mr Mooney's comments come in the wake of a decision to source windscreens for the new model from Thailand, a move that saw about 100 workers from Holden’s current glass supplier Pilkington Glass picket the Port Melbourne HQ on August 3. | | [Read Article] | Source: GoAuto |
| | Monaro lifeline | 2005-12-09 |  | AN ALL-NEW Monaro coupe could be designed in Australia after Holden's design director Tony Stolfo yesterday confirmed that a future performance vehicle for North America was on the agenda of an expanded Port Melbourne design studio. Speaking at a news conference announcing that Holden's design centre would assume key global roles in designing and engineering General Motors vehicles outside Australia, Mr Stolfo also said the company could be involved in designing a new hatchback for the Asia-Pacific region. | | [Read Article] Last Updated: 2005-12-24 13:27:16 | Source: GoAuto |
| | Daewoo reveals two S3X diesels | 2005-12-05 |  | GM DAEWOO will produce both standard and high-performance versions of the new 2.0-litre four-valve SOHC turbo-diesel engine that will debut in the S3X concept-based "Captiva" large 4WD next year. | | [Read Article] | Source: GoAuto |
| | First look: Holden FJ returns! | 2005-10-13 |  | As the Australian car giant prepares to lay off 1000 workers in Adelaide by Christmas, as an increasing number of consumers turn their back on large cars and as its parent company General Motors faces the prospect of financial ruin following Delphi’s bankruptcy filing this week, a little ray of sunshine found its way on to the Lion brand’s stand at the Darling Harbour exhibition centre this morning. | | [Read Article] | Source: GoAuto |
| | First look: Holden's Territory fighter revealed! | 2005-10-13 |  | HOLDEN has come clean on its worst-kept secret: GM Daewoo's S3X concept will morph into a production four-wheel drive wagon as part of its line-up in 2006. To prove it, at this morning's Sydney motor show opening Holden pulled the covers off a Lion-badged version of the S3X, which will eventually take over from the homegrown – but slow-selling – Adventra crossover as The General’s rival for Ford’s successful Territory and Toyota’s Kluger. | | [Read Article] Last Updated: 2005-12-21 14:54:52 | Source: GoAuto |
| | HSV unharmed | 2005-09-01 |  | HOLDEN'S performance vehicles arm HSV will not be affected by GM Holden's decision to cut its workforce and production levels – and has this week confirmed an export deal to China and the introduction to Australia of a stove-hot hatchback. | | [Read Article] | Source: GoAuto |
| | Trouble in paradise | 2005-08-31 |  | AUSTRALIA’S car industry is on the brink of an uncertain future as the fallout of Holden’s decision to axe 1400 jobs and revise downwards its production forecasts has long-term implications for local car manufacturing. Trade unions are meeting this week to discuss industrial action at Holden that could spread to the country’s other three vehicle manufacturers – Ford, Toyota and Mitsubishi, which is about to launch its crucial new 380 large car. | | [Read Article] | Source: GoAuto |
| | VE Commodore on track, says Holden | 2005-08-31 |  | HOLDEN is insistent that its decision to axe 1400 jobs and reduce vehicle production to 2003 levels will not affect the launch timing of next year’s crucial new VE Commodore. The first all-new large car for Holden since the VT model launched in September 1997, the VE has already been pushed back from its planned launch as early as April next year until the second half of 2006. | | [Read Article] | Source: GoAuto |
| | Holden's Territory chaser draws near | 2005-06-22 |  | HOLDEN will next year source two new four-wheel drive wagons from GM Daewoo in South Korea to fill the glaring gap it has in the 4WD market. The first, based on the GM Daewoo S3X show car, will go on sale in the first half of 2006. Final testing of prototypes is under way in Seoul prior to the start of production later this year. | | [Read Article] | Source: GoAuto |
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