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| I wanted a rude username:
The Commodore was exported to the UK too (no conversion required but a limited market due to fuel costs and road salting), and some Middle Eastern states. Not sure if the quantities were ever large enough to justify it. However, development was simplified because Holden was using a common platform, which GM had designed from the ground up to be international. It's that cost which GM presumably expects to save on new designs. The sad part is, it's probably not a large proportion of the platform's cost, and increases the barrier to entry to growing markets like India. |
| John B:
I'm a bit of a weeb myself when it comes to cars. There's a ton of japanese models that I'd like to see in australia, but the best you can do on that front is grey imports. Even when there's a common model between the countries, australia gets a crappier cut down model with lower specs. |
| Ed.Kloonk:
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| tautech:
--- Quote from: John B on February 19, 2020, 04:06:04 am ---I'm a bit of a weeb myself when it comes to cars. There's a ton of japanese models that I'd like to see in australia, but the best you can do on that front is grey imports. Even when there's a common model between the countries, australia gets a crappier cut down model with lower specs. --- End quote --- Yes and stuff the way Jap distributors manage the market too ! Over here Toyota are well known for bringing in the base/basic models of a new series and dribbling onto the market over the next few years better models when the home Jap market has already had the top models for years ! :rant: Never did NZ Toyota import new Surf's (also known as Forerunner's) and yet there's thousands of them on NZ roads all imported SH from Japan. Oh no, they couldn't possibly bring a cheaper model to the Prado and undermine it's obscene price so they lost 1000's of sales to private importers for a vehicle the public really wanted. Car and insurance salesmen are the lowest of the low. :-- |
| Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: tautech on February 19, 2020, 10:28:57 am --- --- Quote from: John B on February 19, 2020, 04:06:04 am ---I'm a bit of a weeb myself when it comes to cars. There's a ton of japanese models that I'd like to see in australia, but the best you can do on that front is grey imports. Even when there's a common model between the countries, australia gets a crappier cut down model with lower specs. --- End quote --- Yes and stuff the way Jap distributors manage the market too ! Over here Toyota are well known for bringing in the base/basic models of a new series and dribbling onto the market over the next few years better models when the home Jap market has already had the top models for years ! :rant: Never did NZ Toyota import new Surf's (also known as Forerunner's) and yet there's thousands of them on NZ roads all imported SH from Japan. Oh no, they couldn't possibly bring a cheaper model to the Prado and undermine it's obscene price so they lost 1000's of sales to private importers for a vehicle the public really wanted. Car and insurance salesmen are the lowest of the low. :-- --- End quote --- You didn't miss much with the foreskinner 4runner. That 2.4L deisel was a joke. Did a trip to Fraser Island in one. Boy did we ever have to get out and push every moment we turned away from the shoreline. |
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