I tell ppl this all the time. Ppl love being wrong out loud lol!

I think Holden would have happily sold more of them to Chevrolet at the time, but after being badly burned by Pontiac with the G8, they wanted to see the money and an ironclad contract. That also fit in nicely with the Australian government wanting some guarantees about production after putting tax payer money in. It is also why the SS and Commodore SS look so similar, as there was no way Holden was making expensive bespoke body kits etc, again after the G8 fiasco. This car had to be done as a bonus to mainstream Commodore production. Bottom line is if Chevrolet had said they wanted 20000 a year, they would have got them and if they said they wanted them until 2019, you can pretty much bet the VF end of production would have been delayed. There was a ton of NIMBY (not in my back yard) going on with Commodore too, as it was a dam fine car, made on a fraction of the budget of US cars, so lets not let that thing get too well known or successful in the US, as it makes everyone at GM look bad if questions were asked how Holden can do it, but GM North America cant. Ford Australia had the same problem with Falcon, as despite intense interest from focus groups in the US to Falcon when it was show to them, Ford US would not have a bar of it and the unions over there also got upset about a Falcon competitor. They even tried to replace Falcon here with Taurus in Australia, which was a complete train wreck of an idea as Taurus was outclassed by Falcon in every regard and that was in comparison to a soon to be obsolete model Falcon in its last months of production. The first and only shipment of Taurus sold here took literally years for Ford dealers to move. You could still buy a new car, three years after the boat had arrived. Australia could have been the engine house for large rear wheel sedans and mid size sedans for the world, but both companies internal politics killed it.

​@@McBurner007No shame in being wrong

I live in Australia so not that easy to get a Cadillac, love my commodore though 😂

lol! id didn't need a commercial. 6th gen camaro never had a commercial in the US and they sold. The Chevy ss sold every unit. it was only a handful of them imported to the US and they all sold. It was an enthusiast focused car and they hit their target. Holden was always planning to shut their doors. Chevy just brought a few cars to the US in order to speed up the process.

@@McBurner007 I'm glad you had a good laugh 🤪

@@McBurner007 the 6th generation sold so well, we are getting a 7th. Just like we are getting a second generation SS! Don't bust my balls!

@@crw3673 neither one of those will happen lol!

Ur mom = cool

No, thats a different all though very cool car. The Chevy Cobalt SS is a 2L turbocharger or supercharger depending on the year The Chevy SS like mentioned has an LS3

But the VF which was the Chevy SS , was defo an upgrade … it was around 50-100kg lighter massively improved interior, revised suspension setup , and better engine choices . It’s just unfortunate GM didn’t give any of you guys the wagon , ute versions we got as well