Comments on: Aussie V8 Sales Strong: How Gr8 is That?

By: jthorner

jthorner — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:49:18 +0000

” … they’re still playing minor league AA baseball at best.”

Just like everything with a Pontiac, Buick, Saturn, Mercury or Lincoln badge is.

If GM can keep Pontiac on life support then surely they can offer a good Versa class vehicle in the US.

By: Justin Berkowitz

Justin Berkowitz — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:52:11 +0000

God bless the Australians. Their gasoline costs way more than ours does, and they still buy substantial numbers of V8 RWD cars and SUVs.

@Sherman Lin:

GM has em, sort of. The Astra is very good, but not going to be mainstream for the U.S. The Opel Corsa is the car they sell in the Fit-Yaris category in Europe, and it’s also a very solid competitor. But as we know, European small cars aren’t part of GM’s business plans for now.

FWIW, Fit and Yaris sales are way up over the past 2-3 years, but compared to the real heavy hitters in the market (Accord, Camry), they’re still playing minor league AA baseball at best.

By: Sherman Lin

Sherman Lin — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:39:23 +0000

Nothing wrong with offering a RWD V8 but where are GM’s Fit and Yaris competitors? The Aveo doesn’t cut it.

By: shaker

shaker — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:36:31 +0000

The land of Mad Max loves V8’s and fighting over “juice”, right?. “Bring it on, Mate.”