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Old 06-07-2008, 03:10 PM   #61
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Too true, I reckon 90% of the time when a car is holding everyone else up, or they do something stupid like not even seeing you and nearly causing a collision, they are driving a Camry. The Camry is the new Volvo.
I'm not the only one. Thankyou!

Number of people going too slow, speeding, cutting me off, indicating at the last second, hogging the right lane etc. in a Camry is startling.

Indecision also annoys me, and the Camry is number one for that.

Not to say I'm the perfect driver...but I stay in the left lane unless turning right or overtaking.
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Old 06-07-2008, 03:15 PM   #62
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Got a chuckle out of the Epica. What were they thinking? It's a reheated Daewoo, it's slow, its UGLY and it's not even that cheap.
Unfortunately, the Barina (Daewoo Kalos), Viva (Daewoo Lacetti), and Craptiva are also reheated Daewoos and Holden managed to shift over 2500 of them in total.

Holden Barina 963
Holden Captiva 938
Holden Epica 37
Holden Viva 665

Shows how uneducated the general Australian car buyers are and how if you price something cheap enough, people will buy it.


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Old 06-07-2008, 03:19 PM   #63
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I feel sorry for the 37 people that bought the Epica. Would have to be brand bias.
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Old 06-07-2008, 03:33 PM   #64
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Ford are pushing dealers big at the moment to outsell the "lion" this month. It will be a very interesting July indeed.
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Old 06-07-2008, 09:53 PM   #65
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37 Epicas could be just dealer demos.
Registered but not sold to the unsuspecting public.
Unfortunately they will eventually be sold as used Holdens.
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Old 07-07-2008, 01:50 PM   #66
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We need to see a sales report from the FCAI that excludes fleet purchases. I'd bet that the number of privately purchased Tritons and Hiluxes would number in the tens rather than thousands.
Source - Drive:

Fleet to private sales as follows (fleet high):
Falcon - 85% of sales to fleets
Aurion - 77% of sales to fleets
Commodore - 75% of sales to fleets

Fleet to private sales as follows (Private high)
Honda Civic, CR-V, Mazda 2 - 87% Private Sales
Mazda 3 - 86%
Corolla - 65%

YTD June top 10 Overall:
1. Toyota Corolla
2. Holden Commodore
3. Toyota HiLux
4. Mazda3
5. Ford Falcon
6. Toyota Yaris
7. Toyota Camry
8. Toyota Aurion
9. Honda Civic
10. Mitsubishi Lancer

YTD June top ten Private:
1. Toyota Corolla
2. Mazda3
3. Toyota Yaris
4. Honda Civic
5. Mazda2
6. Ford Focus
7. Holden Commodore
8. Mitsubishi Lancer
9. Suzuki Swift
10. Honda CR-V
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Old 07-07-2008, 02:03 PM   #67
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No surprise Falcon didn't make it in the top 10 for private sales, when the G6ET, XR6T and FPV's come online in full swing we should see some better indication of where they'll sit.
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Old 07-07-2008, 03:08 PM   #68
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Unfortunately, the Barina (Daewoo Kalos), Viva (Daewoo Lacetti), and Craptiva are also reheated Daewoos and Holden managed to shift over 2500 of them in total.

Holden Barina 963
Holden Captiva 938
Holden Epica 37
Holden Viva 665

Shows how uneducated the general Australian car buyers are and how if you price something cheap enough, people will buy it.

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Interesting figures when you think about it. Of all four of the Holdenwoo's the only 1 I could conceed is worthy of sitting in the Holden stable is the lowest selling. Barina's should be rejected at the Port, sold to unsuspecting young women who think they are getting a downsized commodore instead are lumped with an underpowered golf cart.
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