When you look at it that way they are in the middle of the band in a 66 Brand Market. Its actually not too bad. Look at Infiniti who launched here at the same time. Opel have over 3 times the amount in sales for July.
I decided to ring Holden today and ask there views on the claims made by some dealers that GM Dealers would take over as the servicing dealers and warranty dealearships.
They believe it will go that way with past exp when Hummer and Daewoo pulled out of Australia. Legally Opel / GM as a brand need to support the product for a min 10 years. From a parts business
prospective nearly all Manafacturers will slow make redundant stock thats not moving obsolete.
As an Assistant Parts Manager of 3 Truck Dealerships and having an understanding of how a Parts Business works i can give you some insight to some aspects of basic parts operations.
I have a feeling Opel use Holden's Distrubition Network and Warehousing when it comes to there NPDC( National Parts Distribution Centre) . If they dont they could be using someone like Ceva or Cat Logistics. This being the case Holden will continue to do this side if they are.
In other new i have been told the Dealers have until 31st August 2013 . After this date Opel will take back stock and the stock will be farmed out to Holden Dealerships to sell. There was is also another romour floating round the Automotive industry that the remanding stock and stock that is due to land in the ports will be registered and sent to Auction. bare in mind though this may not attract caped price servicing agreements.
Holdens comments were the following.
Opel is committed ensure there customer obligations will be met to the fullest and to the highest levels. This is the same as Opel Had to offer on Saturday when i called them.