The Holden Commodore is dead

[Jader1973]

Announced today.

The rise of the SUV claims another victim.

Nothing on Holden's website so the SMH will have to do.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/the-hold...

Shame as the ZB is actually a very good car.

[Jader1973]

Hackney2 said:

wisbech said:

Kia Stinger only sold 113 in November. So isn’t that Aussies are flocking to RWD fast saloons.

As I alluded to in my previous post( you did read it?) Dual cab utes are the biggest sellers.And yes they are RWD or AWD.Stinger is a bit of a niche market,as is the Mustang now.There also is the Ford Everest(Ranger platform) in RWD or AWD.

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Your argument is very confused.

First you state the Commodore died because people want RWD and then you use the rise of the 4WD pick up market to justify that statement. None of which makes sense.

The fact is that the market has shifted away from passenger cars (irrespective of drive type) to SUVs (again, irrespective of drive type) and pick ups.

As such the segment the Commodore was in is declining and in Holden’s case no longer viable.

People don’t buy pick ups because they are RWD, they buy them because the are pick ups.

The Mustang is a bad example. It is down 38% compared to last year. Only did 119 in November so people aren’t buying it.

The best selling RWD passenger car is the C Class at 6242 YTD, best selling passenger car is the FWD Corolla at 27691 YTD.

Ignoring people movers and upper large luxury cars over $100k, FWD / AWD passenger cars have sold roughly 250k YTD and RWD 16k. The market does not prefer RWD passenger cars.


So, in summary, the Commodore wouldn’t have been selling in huge numbers even if it was RWD because that segment is dead.