Holden's Daewoo gamble beginning to go sour?

[Falcon Freak]

Did anybody notice the sales figures for the Daewoo built Barina and Viva for April 2007 were 40% lower then 12 months earlier? This is in stark contrast to the market trend where the overall new vehicle market is up approximately 10%.

I questioned Holden's decision many months ago to source models from Daewoo and was ridiculed by some people. I will admit that these models did sell reasonably well when they were released. But as time has passed the sales performance of these models has begun to drop. Could it be that people who have purchased these vehicles have been less then satisfied with them and have either discouraged other people from buying them or has spread poor verdicts about these vehicles?

The Captiva has been selling well since its release. The question is will this initial sales surge be maintained? Now there is a fourth Daewoo built model released by Holden - Epica - which will also be worth watching. Early reviews have stated that the car is not a patch on the superseded Opel built Vectra.

Does anybody either own or know somebody who owns one of these Daewoo built Holdens have any comments about these vehicles?

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