[Commodoreman2000]

Holden's Elizabeth factory to get upgrade
JOSHUA DOWLING
NATIONAL MOTORING EDITOR NEWS LIMITED NETWORK
NOVEMBER 04, 2013 4:17PM

HOLDEN will go ahead with a critical upgrade to its South Australian factory in Elizabeth to prepare for the next generation Commodore due in 2016 - even though it is yet to win further funding from the Federal Government.

The revelation contradicts Federal Government insiders who claimed last week that General Motors executives in Detroit had already decided to shut the Holden factory.

News Corp Australia has been told by factory workers that Holden will make the planned changes to the body shop during the scheduled summer shutdown in December and January, to pave the way for tooling for the new large sedan which, they say, is front-wheel-drive.

If the new large car - which Holden has said it will call a Commodore - goes ahead, it will be the first time in Holden's history that its top-selling model is not a rear-wheel-drive car.

News Corp Australia has been told that Holden is spending $250,000 to make the upgrades the body shop - effectively where a car starts its life on the production line - because it would be too costly to do at a later date.

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[Brett]

:blink: front wheel drive....

 

[jat63]

Looks like my next c'dore will be the last one

 

[Brett]

I still think it will be on the alpha platform, rear wheel drive. It would be a silly move to build a front wheel drive car. No one will buy it.

 

[Commodoreman2000]

I wouldn't read much into the FWD Bollocks as Joshie has been pushing that for months. I'd love for him to be proven wrong.
The main point of the article is thery are going ahead with body shop upgrades. However I think it will likely be more tha the 250 thousand in the article.

 

[Headrat]

Does the "Summer Shutdown" of the body shop effect ALL production??

 

[2074]

Does the "Summer Shutdown" of the body shop effect ALL production??

Does anybody know the dates of the summer shutdown?

 

[Headrat]

Does anybody know the dates of the summer shutdown?

I'm not the only one a little nervous about this "shutdown". Hey Commodoreman, can you help with this or do we need to wake up Asylum??

 

[Commodoreman2000]

The shutdown is just the normal Christmas break they get every year. I know it will be mid to late December can't remember whether it's 2 or 4 weeks. Asylum would know how long the break is

 

[2074]

I'm not the only one a little nervous about this "shutdown". Hey Commodoreman, can you help with this or do we need to wake up Asylum??

I'm nervous that mine ordered Oct 23rd will be built before the shutdown!

Living in the northeast, I want to get mine after the winter weather.

 

[Brett]

The shutdown is just the normal Christmas break they get every year. I know it will be mid to late December can't remember whether it's 2 or 4 weeks. Asylum would know how long the break is

pretty sure its 4 weeks, my previous car was an SS-V I ordered in 2009 in December, wasnt built till end of Jan 2010

 

[2074]

Summer shutdown dates

My order made it to 3300 with no TPW Tuesday.

I asked this before and it went no where but can one of the guys in Australia please find out the dates of the summer shutdown?

I'm hoping it is built after the shutdown because of bad weather here but who knows.

 

[jat63]

According to goauto the shut down is 3 weeks from mid dec till just after new year, this is to give engineers time to assess the plant for an upgrade study.

 

[Commodoreman2000]

Dec 20 to Jan 6 for shutdown

 

[Headrat]

Dec 20 to Jan 6 for shutdown

This will allow for one more great big four or five plus weeks of SS production to pack on a ship and get them to us early next year. I hope, I hope, I hope.