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Originally Posted by t-rex
GM has history in Malaysia too. From the late '60s up till about 1980, Capital Motor Assemblies built various Opel and Isuzu products for GM Malaysia. Popular models included the Opel City (T-body Kadett hatchback), Opel Gemini (Isuzu), and Opel Commodore (73/77 Rekord). One of the precious irreplaceable things I lost in Katrina were some GM Malaysia brochures from around 1977. I never could find out specifically why they went out of business. Probably because of the ever-encroaching Japanese.
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Jeez, that's sad.
I remember Opels in Malaysia - the Kadett and Rekord were sold well into the 1980s, although by that time they were probably imported (with a hefty price tag owing to import tariffs). On Malaysian TV, when they began broadcasts with the national anthem, they featured an Opel Kadett being assembled - that was before the Proton.
Apparently, a version of the Holden Commodore was sold in Malaysia and Singapore as an Opel Calais - never seen a picture of it.
The only reason GM is 'building where it sells' is because Southeast Asian markets are still quite protected.
10-10-2008, 06:16 AM
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