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Mr Devereux remains coy about offering up numbers on orders for its Caprice police car export model.
"We have orders, I won't tell you how many, but the process of tendering - from smaller departments to the larger ones like LA - these are extremely large purchasing decisions, it's not a short process. It's a big deal to win a tender, our US team is happy with the reception the car has gotten - we're going to sell thousands of these cars," he said. "It will help with capacity utilisation, that's for sure," he said.
The company preferred to talk about local small car manufacturing, showing off its first Cruze bodyshell ahead of full Cruze hatch and sedan manufacturing and local production early next year.
The imported Cruze has already struck a chord with the Australian car-buying public, averaging more than 2000 sales a month in the largest and most-competitive small-car segment.
Holden boss Mike Devereux said Cruze local production was the start of a new era for Holden.
"We have the flexibility to build a large car and a small car in Australia, it's a fantastic signal of GM's commitment to manufacturing in Australia," he said.
The main focus for Cruze was domestic supply but Mr Devereux did not rule out investigating export options.
"Our focus is on getting this car launched with world-class quality, we have a long tradition of exporting as Minister Carr pointed out, it's something we will be looking at in the future," he said.
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