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Originally Posted by gts055
GM will be producing the C8 Corvette in right hand drive for Japan and Australia. The cars will be manufactured at the Bowling Green plant in Kentucky.
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You may be right, but any cars supplied under this scheme will be small quantity and high cost "speciality" vehicles - and they won't carry a "Holden" badge.
This announcement effectively spells the end of GM's global RHD program - they've already withdrawn from the United Kingdom, Japan, India and South Africa. Now they've announced that they've sold their Thailand factory to Great Wall, ending the supply of RHD mass-market vehicles altogether. It's all based on "investment priorities", according to the GM press release - Bowling Green will need to make a very compelling argument that making a small number of RHD speciality vehicles makes sense to the GM bean counters.
If I was an authorised Camaro / Corvette agent in Australia, I'd be very nervous right now.