Ua lanakila ʻo Michael Simko i ka hana hoʻolālā maikaʻi loa a GM

ʻO Michael Simcoe ka mea hoʻolālā Holden mua e alakaʻi i ka hui hoʻolālā honua o General Motors ma Detroit.

Ua huki mua ʻo ia i nā kaʻa ma ka uhi o kāna puke puke kula, a ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā kaʻa General Motors e hiki mai ana.

ʻO ke kanaka Melbourne nāna i hoʻolālā i ka Monaro hou - a me kēlā me kēia Holden Commodore mai ka makahiki 1980 - ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi o nā hanohano kiʻekiʻe loa i ka honua automotive.

Ua koho ʻia ʻo Michael Simcoe, ke poʻo o ka hoʻolālā ʻo Holden ma mua, i mea hoʻolālā nui no General Motors, a lilo ʻo ia ka ʻehiku o ka poʻe i loko o ka mōʻaukala makahiki 107 o ka hui e lawe i ka hana.

Ma kāna kuleana hou, ʻo Mr. Simcoe ke kuleana no nā ʻōhua kaʻa he 100 ma waena o nā hōʻailona hōʻailona General Motors ʻehiku, me Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick a me Holden.

E alakaʻi ʻo Mr. Simko i nā mea hoʻolālā 2500 ma nā hale hoʻolālā hoʻolālā 10 i ʻehiku mau ʻāina, me nā mea hoʻolālā 140 ma Holden ma Port Melbourne, nāna e hoʻomau i ka hana ma nā kaʻa ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka laina hui kaʻa Adelaide i ka hopena o 2017.

Ma ke ʻano he kanaka ʻole ʻAmelika mua i ka hana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Simcoe e lawe mai ʻo ia i kahi "kūlana honua".

"Akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke hana nei ka hui ma nā hale hoʻolālā āpau i ka hana maikaʻi loa a lākou i hana ai," wahi āna.

I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana inā ua moe ʻo ia e lilo i mea hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe, ua pane ʻo Mr. Simcoe: “ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole wau. Ua manaʻo paha wau i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala e loaʻa iaʻu kēia kuleana? ʻAʻole. He hana moeʻuhane kēia a ua haʻahaʻa wau i nā mea a pau. Ua ʻike wau i ka Pōʻalua ua loaʻa iaʻu ka hana, a ʻo kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike. "

I ka 2000 mua, ua haʻalele ʻo Mr. Simko mai kahi hana hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe e noho ma Holden e hoʻopau i ka hanauna hou Commodore.

E hoʻi ana ʻo Mr. Simcoe i Detroit i ka hopena o kēia mahina e hoʻomaka i ka hana ma ka lā 1 o Mei. E hui pū ʻia ʻo ia ma hope o kēia makahiki e kāna wahine ʻo Margaret.

"ʻOiaʻiʻo, pili ia i ka ʻohana, ʻo ia ke kolu o ka manawa nona (ma Detroit). ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, loaʻa iā mākou kahi pūnaewele o nā hoaaloha i ko mākou manawa hope loa i ʻAmelika. "

Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Mr. Simko, ka mea i hana ma General Motors no 33 mau makahiki, ua hōʻole ʻo ia i kahi hana hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2000s no kona makemake e noho ma Holden e hoʻopau i ka hanauna hou Commodore.

ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ka manawa e lilo kēia Commodore i kumu hoʻohālike hope loa, a ʻo ka mea kanu ʻo Holden's Elizabeth e pani ʻia no ka maikaʻi ma ka hopena o 2017.

Ma 2003, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ʻo Mr. Simko i ke poʻo o General Motors Design Studio ma South Korea, ma luna o Asia Pacific, a ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ʻo ia i Senior Designer ma Detroit i ka makahiki aʻe.

Ma hope o ʻehiku mau makahiki ma waho, ua hoʻi ʻo Mr. Simcoe i Australia i ka makahiki 2011 ma hope o kona koho ʻia ʻana he Poʻo o ka Hoʻolālā ma General Motors no nā mākeke honua āpau ma waho o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, e hana ana mai ke keʻena poʻo o Holden ma ke awa o Melbourne.

Ua noho pū ʻo Mr. Simko me Holden mai ka makahiki 1983 a ua komo ʻo ia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona Commodores mai ka makahiki 1986.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka manaʻo Commodore Coupe ma hope o ke kahakaha ʻana o Mr. Simko iā ia ma ke kāwele hakahaka i ka wā e hoʻoponopono hou ai i ka hale.

ʻAʻole ʻo Simcoe e hoʻolima wale i ka ʻēheu hope nui o 1988 Holden Special Vehicles Commodore i hoʻololi i nā paʻi kūikawā i kūkulu ʻia e Peter Brock, akā hoʻolālā pū i ke kaʻa manaʻo Commodore Coupe i pīhoihoi i ka lehulehu ma 1998 Sydney Motor Show.

I hana mua ʻia e hoʻohuli wale i ka manaʻo mai ka Ford Falcon hou i kēlā manawa, koi ka lehulehu e kūkulu ʻia ka Commodore Coupe, a mai 2001 a 2006 ua lilo ia i Monaro hou.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka manaʻo Commodore Coupe ma hope o ke kahakaha ʻana o Mr. Simco iā ia ma kahi kāwele hakahaka e kau ana ma ka paia i ka wā e hoʻoponopono hou ai i ka hale ma ke ahiahi Sabati palaualelo.

Ua lawe ʻo Mr. Simco i ke kiʻi kiʻi e hana a ua hoʻoholo ka hui hoʻolālā e kūkulu i kahi hiʻohiʻona piha. Ua lilo ʻo ia i Monaro hou a alakaʻi iā Holden i nā mea hoʻopuka i ʻAmelika ʻAmelika.

Ma 2004 a me 2005, ua kūʻai aku ʻo Holden iā 31,500 Monaros e like me Pontiac GTOs ma US, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka pālua o ka nui o nā Monaros i kūʻai ʻia ma ka ʻāina i nā makahiki ʻehā.

Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha pōkole, ua hoʻomaka hou ʻo Holden i kāna kuʻikahi hoʻopuka me Pontiac, e hoʻouna ana i ka Commodore ma laila ma ke ʻano he sedan G8.

E pani ana ʻo Mr. Simko iā Ed Welburn, ka mea i noho pū me General Motors mai ka makahiki 1972.

ʻOi aku ma mua o 41,000 2007 Commodores i kūʻai ʻia ma Pontiac ma waena o Nowemapa 2009 a me Pepeluali XNUMX, aneane like me ka nui o ke kūʻai ʻana o Commodore Holden i kēlā manawa, akā ua pau ka ʻaelike i ka wā i pelu ʻia ai ka brand Pontiac ma hope o ka pilikia kālā o ka honua.

I ka makahiki 2011, ua hoʻololi ʻia kahi kaʻa waiwai ʻo Holden Caprice i kaʻa mākaʻi a lawe ʻia aku i US no nā paka mokuʻāina wale nō.

Ua hoʻi ka Commodore sedan i ʻAmelika i ka hopena o 2013 ma lalo o ka hōʻailona Chevrolet.

Ke hoʻomau nei ka lawe ʻia ʻana o ka Chevrolet i ka US i kēia mau lā nā mana Caprice a Commodore i hana ʻia e Australian.

E pani ana ʻo Mr. Simcoe iā Ed Welburn, ka mea i noho pū me General Motors mai 1972 a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Global Head of Design ma 2003.

Haʻaheo ʻoe i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi Australian ma kahi kūlana hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe ma General Motors? E haʻi mai iā mākou i kou manaʻo ma nā manaʻo ma lalo nei.