Interesting Read

[skipppy]

Bit sad really this read makes you wonder wot holden and fords meetings for the future are like

http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleD...=22295&vf=2

[Madaz]

boy thats alot of reading i got 3/4 through it

We buy almost twice as many cars from Japan alone than we make locally.

hmmm buy nissan built better by demand

[kralster]

Thats crap nissan aren't built better by demand. I would put Nissan build quality during the 90's at the bottom of the japanese manufactures bar Suzuki.

People are dumb though. They want a car at the cheapest price so they buy an import and then go how sad it is how holden, ford, mitsubishi, etc, etc have to cut jobs. Well buy australian and that won't happen. Cars cost more to make here as we are so far away. Parts, etc, have to be imported so they cost more. Manufacturing parts here isn't the best idea as it cost's a heck of a lot more.

[Madaz]

um built quality from nissan to ford holden you cant compare

skylines were never cheaper than the average ford or holden i dont know where you got this from my 11 year old car didnt look 11 yrs old when i got it now im used to it i dont know but i like everything in it

[heslo]

Sorry but gotta agree with Madaz here, the build quality of a Nissan, say a 33 or 34 Skyline definately competes with or even surpasses that of a Ford or Holden made here in Australia. Earlier in the year I was involved in a rather nasty crash in my R33 and the officers on the scene were surprised to see how well I had fared during the crash. One even said to me speaking from personal experience that had I been in a Holden or a Ford, things probably would have ended for me a lot differently that day

[Pauly33GTS-t]

id say nissans are better. im converted.

my cousin is running a VT now and hes dropped a supercharged v6 in it from older first gen type HSVs and hes running a 5 speed manual gearbox with it. he just got it running last week and the car pulls so f**king much. but there are some interesting engine management problems as there is no such thing except for about 6 custom cars in australia in total that have got to run a v6 supercharged engine with a manual conversion.

i dunno about you but hes the 2nd only person in adelaide to do this and i went for a drive with him tonight to findon and its f**king sweet. +rep to him for pulling it off somewhat... now to go somewhere to do the management.

but putting all holden talk to the side now, if i wanted to buy a car that i could thrash id buy a holden, if i wanted to be an enthusiast and go on cruises and seem somewhat less bogan id get a nice sports coupe turbo like a skyline.

Edited December 19, 2006 by Pauly33GTS-t

[Deluxe]

Whatever rocks your boat i say........... If we all had the same opinion this world would be sooooooo boring!

[kralster]

In terms of build quality i'm talking about fit and finish. Quality of plastics and materials. Panel gaps etc, etc.

I would rate nissan quite poorly in the 90's. They are better than holdens and fords at the time, but the new commodore and falcon are a heck of a lot better espically the holden.