by fulltimestudent 7 Replies latest social current
I alluded to this possibility in another thread:
Now the axe has fallen! The GM bosses in Detroit made the decision to end GM car-making in Australia.
GM always tried to make their Aussie branch look Australian, famously in this advert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGW-WX77zjY
and -
Sad but no secret in the motor sport community.
V8 Super cars saw this coming and introduced "other makes"
to support the business. We now have mercedes, nissan, volvo
with bmw and chrysler sniffing around as well as the Penske
organisation looking to secure racing entitlements contracts.
Welcome to Nascar Australia
It's probably due to the fact that they make cars with the steering wheel on the wrong side of car.
Rub a Dub
A later advdert - dunno if its the current model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHX0hOvJrY
ps: don't ask me what a 'bogan' is - it's sort of a living experience that is inexplicable! (grin)
This was an early infommercial - when you look at the design process (on drawing boards) and all the guys who worked in that department, you get a sense of how far we've come.
The first Holden, was also my first car - bought second hand many years later, in order to "advance Kingdom interests." I spent more time under it, than in it, not saying that the car was bad - just that it was old, but all I could afford (as a poverty stricken servant of the Kingdom of Heaven). I rebuilt the engine, and the front end - so I advanced my mechanical skills if nothing else. Smile!
And lastly, (for now) - since the outworking of this decision affects the lives of many people, have some fun working through the pros and cons of the propaganda arguments in this anti-GM, anti China advertorial:
It coincides with their appointment of their FIRST LADY presiding oberseer, Coordinator.
She moved up from the design department.
better heads, better times ahead?.
