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Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6
I remember reading that Holden have committed to a smaller import volume for Acadia at this stage, hoping to avoid overstocking like ZB Commodore / Equinox / Astra.
So the "official" line is that dealers are supply limited.
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More like they have woken up to the fact that they are going to sell in much more realistic numbers than the hyper inflated numbers they originally used for Equinox, Astra and Commodore.
When the Equinox was released Holden were hoping it was going to be a top 3 seller in that segment and ordered accordingly. It barely even scrapes into the top 10 with volumes less than half what they were expecting, leaving massive supplies of them sitting on grass.
Maybe they have finally realised that just throwing a Holden badge onto anything doesn't mean it will sell. It's not the 90's anymore.
Buttner would have schooled them on this. He's no corporate GM dummy where numbers are the be all and end all, and the Holden badge is the pride of Australia. Those times are over.