Sure, but would you define the Cruze as "An American Car"? Toyota manufactur Camry in Melbourne and depending on exchange rates export to the Middle East from time to time. I still wouldn't classify it as an Australian car though.
Cheers Beatle Oz -----Original Message----- From: Bernie Bennett [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 17 January 2011 3:35 AM To: 'George Graves'; The Baylys Cc: 'alfa' Subject: RE: [alfa] slightly ALFA related Cruze is manufactured in multiple factories in a number of countries (5 + US) At Lordstown, OH, Sep 8 2010 was ceremony marking the start of US assembly. 'Tho Canada and Mexico etc. if any are also North American sites. Best Wishes, Bernie Bennett Brenham, TX Alfetta sport sedan Automatic with Motronic Spider motor -- our daily driver --- On Sun, 1/16/11, The Baylys <[email protected]> wrote: > From: The Baylys <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [alfa] slightly ALFA related > To: "'George Graves'" <[email protected]> > Cc: "'alfa'" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 3:47 AM > Hi George, > > What I'm getting at is that Jak's comment " in an Amereican > car - a Chevy > Cruze !" is not correct. His Alfa replacement is > Korean, not 'Merican, let > alone North American. > > But a rose by another name...... ;-0 > > Beatle > Oz > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of > George Graves > Sent: Sunday, 16 January 2011 11:07 AM > To: The Baylys > Cc: alfa > Subject: Re: [alfa] slightly ALFA related > > No, not Korean. Holden has been the Australian GM brand > since the > 1930's, at least (there is also an Australian Ford). Over > the last 20 > years or so, there has been much sharing of platforms > between US GM > and Holden. When GM brought back the Pontiac GTO in the > late '90's It > was really a Holden. The new Camaro is based on a Holden > chassis. > Holden even supplies some models to the British GM marque, > Vauxhall. > > George Graves > '86 GTV-6 3.0 'S' > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
