Home » Public Forums » GMCnet » [GMCnet] Chevy SS
| [GMCnet] Chevy SS [message #231673] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 07:54  |
 |
USAussie
Messages: 15912
Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Karma: 6
|
Senior Member |
|
|
G'day,
Just watched the late news and noted that Chevy SS is being built by Holden and exported to the USA!
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS [message #231678 is a reply to message #231676] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 08:37  |
Ken Burton
Messages: 10030
Registered: January 2004
Location: Hebron, Indiana
Karma: 10
|
Senior Member |
|
|
| powerjon wrote on Fri, 29 November 2013 08:19 |
Rob,
Are they coming in Right hand Drive so we have to adapt?
J.R.
On Nov 29, 2013, at 8:54 AM, Robert Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> G'day,
>
>
>
> Just watched the late news and noted that Chevy SS is being built by Holden and exported to the USA!
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Rob M.
>
> Sydney, Australia
>
|
You beat me to it.
Are the wheels on the top or the bottom? If the wheels are on the top then you would not have to switch the steering wheel side when they arrive here.
I still haven't figured out how those people manage to hang upside down and drive on the wrong side of the road.
I figured out why Rob is so tall. He spends 6 months of the year hanging up side down.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS [message #231691 is a reply to message #231673] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 11:12 |
 |
mike miller
Messages: 3576
Registered: February 2004
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Karma: 0
|
Senior Member |
|
|
| Robert Mueller wrote on Fri, 29 November 2013 05:54 |
Just watched the late news and noted that Chevy SS is being built by Holden and exported to the USA!
|
Pretty much a Pontiac G8 with a bow-tie. Plus being a few years newer technology. I always wondered why the G8 wasn't marketed better...
If it can't be built in the US or Canada, Australia isn't bad. Lots of interesting cars from down under!
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
More Sidekicks than GMC's and a late model Malibu called 'Boo'
http://m000035.blogspot.com
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS [message #231694 is a reply to message #231691] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 11:37 |
Rob
Messages: 651
Registered: November 2013
Location: Victoria, BC
Karma: 3
|
Senior Member |
|
|
The G8 was one of the few domestic "brand" cars that I would have considered recently. It's too bad they killed it off - but with some luck this means we might getting a reprieve. There was a long period of domestic vehicles that could be summarized as "lipstick on a pig". Protectionism breeds complacency...
I think it's more important that products are made in a location that has a similar standard of living to that of USA and Canada. I prefer to buy items based on merit, rather than purely geographic terms. If items are built on the backs of underpaid labour - that's a problem for many reasons...
AFAIK - workers are well paid in Australia!
Rob
On 2013-11-29, at 9:12 AM, Mike Miller wrote:
>
>
> Robert Mueller wrote on Fri, 29 November 2013 05:54
>> Just watched the late news and noted that Chevy SS is being built by Holden and exported to the USA!
>
>
> Pretty much a Pontiac G8 with a bow-tie. Plus being a few years newer technology. I always wondered why the G8 wasn't marketed better...
>
> If it can't be built in the US or Canada, Australia isn't bad. Lots of interesting cars from down under!
>
> --
> Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
> (#1)'73 26' exPainted D. -- (#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
> http://m000035.blogspot.com
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
Rob -
Victoria, BC -
76 Royale - Rear Twins/Dry Bath
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS [message #231695 is a reply to message #231673] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 11:42 |
JohnL455
Messages: 4447
Registered: October 2006
Location: Woodstock, IL
Karma: 12
|
Senior Member |
|
|
I did the GM G8 GT press event with Bob Lutz and was really impressed by the car. In typical GM fashion it was discontinued (this case orphaned)after a short run here. Glad to see it getting a rebadged new life. The Sky and Solstice from same event -- not so lucky.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS [message #231708 is a reply to message #231678] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 14:44 |
|
USAussie
Messages: 15912
Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Karma: 6
|
Senior Member |
|
|
JR,
Leaving them RHD would prove to be interesting and exciting when drivers started down the "wrong" side of the road.
Ken,
Nah, the wheels are on the bottom. They considered putting them on the roof but the seat belt configuration was too complicated to
keep drivers and passengers in their seats and having to equip them with a special windshield that would turn everything right side
up was determined to make them non competitive cost wise.
You're right, after spending 8 months this year in the USA I find that while I haven't gotten any shorter my weight seems to have
shifted to a lower point on my body.
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Burton
powerjon wrote on Fri, 29 November 2013 08:19
> Rob,
> Are they coming in Right hand Drive so we have to adapt?
> J.R.
You beat me to it.
Are the wheels on the top or the bottom? If the wheels are on the top then you would not have to switch the steering wheel side
when they arrive here.
I still haven't figured out how those people manage to hang upside down and drive on the wrong side of the road.
I figured out why Rob is so tall. He spends 6 months of the year hanging up side down.
--
Ken
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS [message #231709 is a reply to message #231691] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 14:49 |
|
USAussie
Messages: 15912
Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Karma: 6
|
Senior Member |
|
|
Mike,
Holden also built the GTO before Pontiac's demise.
It's a global market now-a-days, unfortunately the desire for cheap goods forces companies in the USA and other countries to
manufacture goods in the cheapest place possible.
The up side of that is that it raises the standard of living in the countries where the goods are manufactured, the downside is that
you loose skills in the "mother" country.
We may all complain about it but it's a fact of life.
Personally I rather have the USA manufacture and sell hi-tech products rather than stuffed animals.
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Miller
Pretty much a Pontiac G8 with a bow-tie. Plus being a few years newer technology. I always wondered why the G8 wasn't marketed
better...
If it can't be built in the US or Canada, Australia isn't bad. Lots of interesting cars from down under!
Mike
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS [message #231710 is a reply to message #231706] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 14:48 |
Rob
Messages: 651
Registered: November 2013
Location: Victoria, BC
Karma: 3
|
Senior Member |
|
|
I quite liked the Solstice GXP and the Sky Redline. But put the top down and open the trunk - you'd have a hard time fitting a six-pack of beer in there...
It's pathetic. How GM's engineering departments could come up with a trunk like that is baffling... They almost got it right.
If you haven't seen it - Google "Saturn Sky trunk"...
Sorry - I bought a Honda S2000...
Rob
On 2013-11-29, at 12:31 PM, Robert Mueller wrote:
> John,
>
> Since I've been living Downunder since 2002 I was not really aware of the Sky or Solstice. This year John Sharpe's next door
> neighbor's son was selling a Sky. Looks wise it blew me away. I had NEVER seen one before. I had seen the Solstice but didn’t know
> what it was. Frankly I really didn't find the front end of the Solstice stylish. The "curved / rounded" front end and incorporation
> of the Pontiac "twin" grill wasn't very good looking. The front end of the Sky was reminiscent of a new Camaro which is HOT!
>
> However, the "V" shaped back end of the Sky wasn't so hot either. I liked the straight back end of the Solstice so reckon if you
> took the front end off the Sky and married it to the rear end of the Solstice you have a real winner!
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> Sydney, Australia
> AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
Rob -
Victoria, BC -
76 Royale - Rear Twins/Dry Bath
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS [message #231711 is a reply to message #231694] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 15:05 |
|
USAussie
Messages: 15912
Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Karma: 6
|
Senior Member |
|
|
Rob,
As noted in another one of my emails in this thread good or bad it's a Global Economy and it is doubtful that will change.
As far as vehicles go if I'm not mistaken most of the Japanese vehicle makers have set up factories in the USA. I don't know about
Hyundai or Kia.
I discovered even VW has a plant in the USA!
Yes, Aussies are well paid; currently the full-time minimum wage is $16.37 per hour or $622.20 per week or $32,354.40 per year.
Casuals covered by the national minimum wage get an extra 24% ($20.30 per hour).
http://www.fairwork.gov.au/PAY/NATIONAL-MINIMUM-WAGE/pages/default.aspx
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob
The G8 was one of the few domestic "brand" cars that I would have considered recently. It's too bad they killed it off - but with
some luck this means we might getting a reprieve. There was a long period of domestic vehicles that could be summarized as "lipstick
on a pig". Protectionism breeds complacency...
I think it's more important that products are made in a location that has a similar standard of living to that of USA and Canada. I
prefer to buy items based on merit, rather than purely geographic terms. If items are built on the backs of underpaid labour -
that's a problem for many reasons...
AFAIK - workers are well paid in Australia!
Rob
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS [message #231722 is a reply to message #231691] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 17:03 |
jhbridges
Messages: 8412
Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
Karma: -74
|
Senior Member |
|
|
Probably, GM felt that the G8 was cutting into Corvette sales. Through the years, projects which a[ppeared to do this were either stopped or never brought to market. Hence no turbo GT Fire-O, which would have eaten the 'vette of the day and spit pieces out. And when the going got crooked, it would of disappeared. They're like Suburbans/Tahoes - GM makes a lot of money off each unit.
--johnny
________________________________
From: Mike Miller <m000035@gmail.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS
Robert Mueller wrote on Fri, 29 November 2013 05:54
> Just watched the late news and noted that Chevy SS is being built by Holden and exported to the USA!
Pretty much a Pontiac G8 with a bow-tie. Plus being a few years newer technology. I always wondered why the G8 wasn't marketed better...
If it can't be built in the US or Canada, Australia isn't bad. Lots of interesting cars from down under!
--
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#1)'73 26' exPainted D. -- (#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
http://m000035.blogspot.com/
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS [message #231723 is a reply to message #231711] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 17:10 |
jhbridges
Messages: 8412
Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
Karma: -74
|
Senior Member |
|
|
I do. Hyundai is in Montgomery, AL, and Kia is 80 miles NE on I-85 just across the Georgia line. I pass Kia probably 6 times a year, HJyundai only 3 or 4.
--johnny
________________________________
From: Robert Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Chevy SS
Rob,
As noted in another one of my emails in this thread good or bad it's a Global Economy and it is doubtful that will change.
As far as vehicles go if I'm not mistaken most of the Japanese vehicle makers have set up factories in the USA. I don't know about
Hyundai or Kia.
I discovered even VW has a plant in the USA!
Yes, Aussies are well paid; currently the full-time minimum wage is $16.37 per hour or $622.20 per week or $32,354.40 per year.
Casuals covered by the national minimum wage get an extra 24% ($20.30 per hour).
http://www.fairwork.gov.au/PAY/NATIONAL-MINIMUM-WAGE/pages/default.aspx
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob
The G8 was one of the few domestic "brand" cars that I would have considered recently. It's too bad they killed it off - but with
some luck this means we might getting a reprieve. There was a long period of domestic vehicles that could be summarized as "lipstick
on a pig". Protectionism breeds complacency...
I think it's more important that products are made in a location that has a similar standard of living to that of USA and Canada. I
prefer to buy items based on merit, rather than purely geographic terms. If items are built on the backs of underpaid labour -
that's a problem for many reasons...
AFAIK - workers are well paid in Australia!
Rob
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goto Forum:
Current Time: Tue Oct 01 02:11:50 CDT 2024
Total time taken to generate the page: 0.11444 seconds
|
GMCforum
Search
Help
Register
Login
Home
