Holden asks for 265 million bailout!

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  1. errol43

    errol43 New Member Silver Stacker

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    Not quite mate.. $265 million divide by 23 million = just over $11 per head. :)

    Regards Errol 43
     
    errol43, Jul 21, 2013
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  3. errol43

    errol43 New Member Silver Stacker

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    Yea.. I never though of that. :) ..Well in that case I'll have a lambourghini please...Can you make it a blue one. That will match my blue tie..

    Regards Errol 43
     
    errol43, Jul 21, 2013
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    You guys crack me up
     
    Nugget, Jul 21, 2013
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  5. Eruaran

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    And where would this bailout money come from?
     
    Eruaran, Jul 21, 2013
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  6. bordsilver

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    Saw adverts for the new Australian made Holden Volt last night. Fully electric (with a backup petrol generator). Cutting edge tech that may upset the old Prius dominance. But $60k apparently :(
     
    bordsilver, Jul 21, 2013
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    oops you are right ... musta had one of those zimbabwean hyperinflationary moments :rolleyes:
     
    systematic, Jul 22, 2013
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  8. systematic

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    i doubt it will come from Toys R Us
     
    systematic, Jul 22, 2013
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  9. RetardedMonkey

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    It's stupid isn't it?

    Rest of the worlds car manufacturers are trying to make cutting edge CHEAPER cars.

    Whilst Holden gets bail out after bail out, then jacks up the price on theirs.
     
    RetardedMonkey, Jul 22, 2013
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    Perhaps gov bailouts are more profitable than making cars?
     
    willrocks, Jul 22, 2013
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  11. CriticalSilver

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    Perhaps Governments are the only one's likely to buy them in quantity in Australia and they are not price sensitive.
     
    CriticalSilver, Jul 22, 2013
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    Potato, Aug 17, 2013
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  13. Shaddam IV

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    It isn't a Holden bail-out, it's a union dues bail-in.
     
    Shaddam IV, Aug 17, 2013
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    2 billion fuck yeah!
     
    col0016, Aug 17, 2013
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  15. AngloSaxon

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    The ads may lead you to believe it's Australian made but it's not, it is made in the USA, and General Motors loses money on every one sold.
     
    AngloSaxon, Aug 18, 2013
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    :eek: $60K and they still lose money!
     
    bordsilver, Aug 18, 2013
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    Fixed
     
    wrcmad, Aug 18, 2013
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  18. AngloSaxon

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    Thanks wrcmad, you could have also made it: "Government Motors".

    The costs of developing these new technology cars will probably never be recovered, apart from Toyota's Prius as it is the only one that sells.

    Before they recover their development costs the technologies for 'low emission' cars will have changed again and be obsolete. The Mitsubishi iMiev is already on it's way out 5 years after going on sale. A sales failure.. Interesting to read motoring journalists say what they really think of it in their articles now that they aren't trying to sell it or being paid to try sell it. They all seem to hate it.
     
    AngloSaxon, Aug 18, 2013
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