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Old 9 Jan 2010, 23:52 (Ref:2610754)   #1
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COT may be saving grace.
Reports today say Australian car exports have taken a dive. I imagine that holden has been hit hard.......will COT be the saving grace for V8 supercars?
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Old 10 Jan 2010, 00:13 (Ref:2610757)   #2
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Reports from? Post a link.

If its just a media outlet, nothing to worry about, slow news week
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Reports from? Post a link.

If its just a media outlet, nothing to worry about, slow news week
http://www.news.com.au/business/car-...-1225817734699

Sun Herald as well.
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No, it's all fine, the new Camry SLI-C Hybrid will save the day. YAY!!!

(SLI-C = Self Licking Ice-Cream)

Holden stioll does have an OK chance with the Police Fleet vehicles, and if the ute was pitched correctly then there wouldn't be an issue!
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Just as i thought, slow news week.
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, and if the ute was pitched correctly then there wouldn't be an issue!
I thought it was being pitched pretty accurately at the hoon market. You certainly wouldn't buy one as a work vehicle.
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I thought it was being pitched pretty accurately at the hoon market. You certainly wouldn't buy one as a work vehicle.
Yeah, they were looking at the "Sports Utility Truck (Light)" for the Ute in the US, rather than a suitable economical replacement for F truck/Silverado/Dodge Ram customers. The timing didn't work for the big wigs and the program was scrapped as introducing a hoon vehicle at that time (GFC) was not seen to be a good idea. Pity hey!

Agreed they are not in the same league, however how many of those "Trucks" get used to their full potential!

Canadian market seem to be a little more full on with 3500 trucks regularly being used as prime movers towing 5th wheelers carrying excavators and other machinery. Pretty remarkable really!

Holden S/SS utes (& Maloos etc) are a winner here with the hoon market though.
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Holden stioll does have an OK chance with the Police Fleet vehicles, and if the ute was pitched correctly then there wouldn't be an issue!
The overall picture doesn't look too rosy for the Falcon and commodore though.
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A Mondeo vs Vectra battle.. V8 engines, RWD... nothing like the road going version.

Is this good?
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Nameless, noisy insiders

A Mondeo vs Vectra battle.. V8 engines, RWD... nothing like the road going version.

Is this good?
......or maybe a return to a more varied category like Group A.......does it really matter if the cars are not manufactured in Oz? I liked the Sierra Cosworths and Mustangs.
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Article seems to have vanished from Speedcafe????

Scraped it out of the google cache here: http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache...re-affect-v8s/
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Old 15 Jan 2010, 09:34 (Ref:2613732)   #12
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Even KIA is probably too upmarket to be keen on racing some pretend spaceframe, so presumably the various new Chinese imports will be the best source of potential entrants?
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