Strong November
Despite all the doom and gloom in the automotive industry, we’ve just recorded a very strong month in terms of enquiry. In fact for the first time since 2003, last week we actually deliberately put the brakes on some of our online activities to ensure that service levels didn’t drop due to us being too busy with fresh enquiries.
Unfortunately sales have not quite kept pace with this flood of enquiries. Whilst they are up around 20% on this time last year, enquiries are really going gangbusters & have recorded an increase closer to 50%.
Good News for Australian Car Industry!
At last some good news to report for the Australian car industry!
Kevin Rudd announced today a $6 billion package to safeguard the car industry in Australia. Whilst significant assistance was expected following the Bracks review, the size of this ‘bailout’ has come as quite a surprise to many industry experts.
New Car Sales Crash!
Well figures released today confirm what most in the industry had been expecting. A big fall in new vehicle sales for October.
Precisely 79,105 new vehicles were delivered in October down 11.4% on the year below. Year to date, sales are down just 0.9% compared with this time in 2007. Of course we all know why the sudden drop – the global economic downturn is making Australians have second thoughts before making such a purchase.
VE COMMODORE
The Holden VE Commodore holds a special place in the hearts of all Australians. It is a true piece of Australiana and we can take pride in the fact that this vehicle is 100% home grown.
The VE Commodore is renowned for being the ideal family car, not only because of its exemplary safety features but because of its reasonable price, reliability and comfortable interior.
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