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Originally Posted by Iphido
Ford OZ is a intergral part of FOMOCO. Unlike holden which GM has prepared for a varity of reasons to be a bit more seperate, they did things like drop GM from GM Holden (so it was just Holden Co), they gave them export markets, They allowed them to buy Daewoo etc. Given GM money stance, it could happen, Holden could go it alone with some heavy backers (Government, Maqbank, heavy duty investors). They would still work with GM and share technologies, but it could break it alone. I think it was close to happening in Hambergers days, Holden was getting pretty dam independant. With Daewoo they have there own small cars, the Commodore and the fairly unique statesman. They have markets in Brazil, Thailand, UAE, US, Asia, EU, SA etc all ready established. They could setup dealer networks pretty much overnight if required. Holden also has greater capacity at the moment, enough it would be profitable. Sharing production between OZ and Korea of models would give it the kind of capacity greater than Porsche and approaching Hyundia/Subaru current capacity. (I have to check these figures).
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there is so many things wrong with that statement, first of all holden DO NOT own daewoo, GM does, secondly holden could certainly not make it on their own. where would they get there engines from? where would they get the bodys from? the V8 is a chev part, the V6 is a global GM part, the commodore body is a Opel part and the gearbox, the suspension are all imported parts. how is holden inderpendant again?