backdoor way to sell more ve utes?

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saw this on another forum recently, the poster has a ve ute:

WARNING to all VE Commodore ute owners

In the past if you damaged a quarter panel on a VE Commodore ute Holden would supply your panel beater with a new quarter panel for around $750.00. Insurance companies have all been advised via email that Holden is no longer supplying VE ute quarter panels saying that removing a quarter panel and fitting a new one will structurally effect there product. Holden will only supply a complete quarter section making the repair job very costly. I spoke to GIO today about my ute which has minor damage to the LHS quarter panel from a white post when I left the road and on that basis alone my car will written off. When I spoke to my panel beater he said that’s correct and he had just written off a VE ute with damage to the door and LHS quarter panel due to the above reasons. This could make insurance companies raise the cost of insuring a VE ute as they are now to costly to repair.

maybe someone in the industry can confirm that a ve ute is now easier to write off? seems a bit strange that some rear quater panel damage on a ute will be enough for it to be written off???