They sold in reasonable numbers. More than comparably sized BMWs and Mercedes. It's just because they only sold them in Australia, New Zealand, and in limited numbers in the Middle East, America, and the United Kingdom is why they weren't able to justify the cost of an entire separate platform and chassis and building it only in a country where the people have to be payed reasonable wages.
They're buying more economical imports because Australian models have no small engine or diesel available. Even still, the Commodore still outsold the C class some 3 to 1. The Commodore is the best selling large car in the country, and the only reason it doesn't sell more is because it's petrol V6 and V8 only. The Commodore regularly outsold every car in Mazda's lineup. It's within a thousand cars a year of the Hilux.
My post was Aimed at @05XR8 keep forgetting to quote lol.
I'm guessing the Toyota Aurion didn't sell too well thanks to the gawdy fake wood grain trim in the middle to upper models and, a foot-operated hand brake
Smooth car. I liked the TRD option.
Oh gawd! That 380 could make anything else look stylish. I think it took them 2 years to get to the Series lll.
It's like the market changed just when the Mitsubishi 380 ceased production. Like a switch was flipped. To me, anyway.
The best option would've been to sell the Commodore as the Caprice in America. The name has meaning, and they could sell the Impala alongside. They already sold the Calais to the police as the Caprice, makes sense to sell the civvie one the same way.
Correction. GM never sold the Calais in the US. They sold the long wheelbase Statesman/Caprice sedan to the police departments.
I agree. It's an Insignia so call it for what it is. Holden are just going to try & trade on a long term nameplate that has no relevance to what it'll be attached to.
