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Holden manufacturing executive director Martyn Cray says the company would not have made the investment without being confident.
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Stuart Martin

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The company added 165 workers to its 2400-strong workforce at the Elizabeth factory late last year as it began the final pilot builds of its Cruze small car.

Holden also has a handful of marked and unmarked Caprice police vehicles undergoing testing in the US and has been getting strong feedback from local law enforcement testers.

Holden manufacturing executive director Martyn Cray says the company would not have made the investment without being confident.

"The police car is being tested by drivers in the US, they are the ones buying it and when we get an idea on how happy they are we'll be able to make more announcements - the police market is new for us so we're feeling our through the market.

"We've invested a lot of engineering resources and a lot of money in the (US) police program - we wouldn't have invested all that if we didn't think we had a fighting chance of getting that business," he said.

Acting SA Minister for Industry and Trade John Rau said the extra jobs was a positive development.  "We're very pleased to have been able to partner with Holden and get this great outcome for the people of SA and in particular the people living in the northern suburbs, it's a great opportunity for them," he said.

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Stuart Martin

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GoAutoMedia Stuart Martin started his legal driving life behind the wheel of a 1976 Jeep ragtop, which he still owns to this day, but his passion for wheeled things was inspired much earlier. Born into a family of car tinkerers and driving enthusiasts, he quickly settled into his DNA and was spotting cars or calling corners blindfolded from the backseat of his parents' car before he was out of junior primary. Playing with vehicles on his family's rural properties amplified the enthusiasm for driving and his period of schooling was always accompanied by part-time work around cars, filling with fuel, working on them or delivering pizzas in them. A career in journalism took an automotive turn at Sydney's Daily Telegraph in the early 1990s and Martin has not looked backed, covering motor shows and new model launches around the world ever since. Regular work and play has subsequently involved towing, off-roading, the school run and everything in between, with Martin now working freelance as a motoring journalist, contributing to several websites and publications including GoAuto - young enough for hybrid technology and old enough to remember carburettors, he’s happiest behind the wheel.
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