Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 14:33:26 +0200 From: Nel Frikandel <nelfrikandelnopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Got my Saab -- sort of
On 16 May 2003 14:35:17 GMT, davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: >> Back in those days GM did not make different car versions for >> different markets, leaving all localisation to the importer/dealer... >> They still used to believe the world was flat and pretty much limided >> to the north american continent in those days around Detroit I >> guess... > >When is that scheduled to change? ;) Well, They're slowly waking up, I seems they now even make right hand drive versions of their US models for certain export markets... http://waw.wardsauto.com/ar/auto_first_corvette_righthanddrive/ General Motors Corp. has approved right-hand-drive production of the next-gen Chevrolet Corvette, due out in late 2003. The move heralds GM's decision to engineer right-hand-drive capability for a far wider range of its American models, as it attempts to broaden their appeal and increase sales in countries such as the U.K., Japan and Australia. Only half of GM's models are available in rhd. The automaker plans to expand this to 70% by 2004. Apart from the Corvette sports car, the big push is on increasing Cadillac's global presence as a true luxury brand. The first rhd Cadillac, the all-new replacement for the Omega-based Catera, is programmed to be launched in the U.K. in 2002, less than a year after it breaks cover in the U.S. in late 2001. = http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/intview/1111dy32.htm Kirk Rimsnider, Director of Cadillac Japan at General Motors Japan Ltd., attributes the Cadillac's recent success to the introduction of models with right-hand drive, of the right size and at a reasonable price. Rimsnider said the firm's cars are much stronger than before in terms of quality and are gradually gaining acceptance here. He added that the company is aiming to show continued gradual growth in the long term in Japan, the largest market for General Motors outside the United States.
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