Holden has announced details of its first Volt customer just weeks ahead of the official on-sale date.
Holden chairman and managing director, Mike Devereux, handed over the keys to the company’s first Volt customer, US ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey Bleich, at the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney, earlier today.
Devereux says the US ambassador’s keen interest in Holden and its products highlights the strong trade relationship between Australia and the US.
“Being part of a global organisation means we can choose from the best cars in the GM portfolio and export the cars we specialise in to other markets like the US,” he says.
“We have a really strong history of selling our cars to the US, most recently the Chevrolet Caprice police patrol vehicle and the Chevrolet SS performance sedan, that Holden will begin exporting to North America in 2013.”
Ambassador Bleich says he decided to purchase a Volt for the US Embassy after attending Holden’s Volt pre-launch event in Sydney last year.
“Volt is really an outstanding piece of technology and it’s a great example of the power of US innovation to create economic opportunities, while generating solutions to global challenges like climate change and energy security,” Bleich says.
“I’m glad to see the Volt coming into the Australian market, because, like the United States, Australia is interested in reducing dependence on oil and promoting energy conservation.”
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