Thread: A sad day for Victoria, south Australia and Australia as local car production ends.

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If you think it's sad goto Detroit.
It's an inevitability caused by you, the purchaser.
I remember the rush to buy the Toyota Corona with its synchromesh gearbox that nobody understood. Then the Japanese attack followed. First they attacked our country then our industry, but you all genuflected and purchased. Cheap, cheap.
Now you cry because a sensible decision was made not to flog a dying horse.

if Ford or Holden had made a Toyota Corona and a Land Cruiser things would have been different.
I have been saying for years, Ford and Holden must have an agreement with Toyota, not to challenge them

Well, it's all over.
Did anyone really shed a tear?
I have heard that the ford and holden facilities already have tennants ready to do something there, as for toyota WGAF.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

If you think it's sad goto Detroit.
It's an inevitability caused by you, the purchaser.
I remember the rush to buy the Toyota Corona with its synchromesh gearbox that nobody understood. Then the Japanese attack followed. First they attacked our country then our industry, but you all genuflected and purchased. Cheap, cheap.
Now you cry because a sensible decision was made not to flog a dying horse.

Sensible , is getting a return of 9 times your investment.
Stupid is removing that investment and it costing you 3 times that in higher outgoings and lower incomes.
Figures have all been posted before : A $9.50 return for every dollar subsidy spent. Now 15-25,000 full time jobs gone and a $300-$600 million in welfare increase. That's smarts!

Crying over spilt milk Frantic.

The writing was on the wall for years and years but no one wanted to read it.

Thus , regardless of economic figures , the inevitable occurred...didn't it?

Looking at some figures recently. There has been a reasonable take up in other jobs post Holden.

Many long term employees appear to have received a nice payout and are retiring/semi-retiring.

I wish all those impacted a quick return to stability in other industries...

In much the same way automation removes certain jobs, it brings about others - servicing the automation systems.

Hopefully many will upskill and move into new careers...

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Crying over spilt milk Frantic.

The writing was on the wall for years and years but no one wanted to read it.

Thus , regardless of economic figures , the inevitable occurred...didn't it?

Absolutely spot on my friend, "on the wall for years but no one wanted to read it",...ain't that the truth.
The real blame lies with those in Detroit, who for years made Detroit/Dearborn U.S. biased decisions at the expense of Aussie Holden & Ford, including moving with the times to produce a vehicle that Aussies actually wanted to buy.
Pickles.