There’s been a lot of noise in the press lately with regards to the state of the Australian Manufacturing sector. You may have heard that Holden has yet to finalise its plans for the next generation Commodore which is due to be designed & manufactured post 2014. These sorts of timelines are not unusual when dealing with the complex issues surrounding the manufacturing of cars.

 This brings light on the launch in Adelaide this week of the Australian Built Holden Cruze Hatch. Production of this car was secured amidst the turmoil of the GFC, and it rolls out of Elizabeth this week. This variant of the Cruze is expected to help bring production of cars at the Adelaide plant to over 480 cars per day, up from 430 currently. It also brings the number of variant’s, Commodore sedans, wagons, utes, long wheel base Caprice, export vehicles, Cruze sedan and now hatch built from the plant to 51!!

I’ve got to say we are looking forward to Cruze Hatch, demand for the Cruze is growing every day and with it being manufactured in Australia lots of people are interested in supporting the jobs it has helped maintain, not to mention it’s a great car to drive and looks impressive too!! Keep an eye out in our showrooms and pretty soon you’ll see them turn up, what are you Wakeling for?