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  1. 3rd June 2018, 04:12 PM #21
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    Cyril Anderson, of Western Transport fame, introduced Mazda through Westco Motors in the early '60s.
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    Hi,
    A Cedric was the first Japanese car I saw in Tas.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigbjorn View Post
    JD, Mazdas were first sold here about 1961-62 and were well established with small and medium sedans by 1967. I first saw one at a Brisbane motor show about '62 on the Westco Motors stand. Our first thoughts were "Mazda? Light bulbs?"
    Cyril Anderson, (Western Transport, Maranoa Transport, Westco Motors, Anderson Agencies, Great Western, GWA, Mack Trucks, Leader Trucks) instigated an initial import of Mazdas as a market tester in 1962. The ones I remember seeing at the Brisbane motor Show would have been some of these. In 1963 he acquired the franchise for Mazda in Queensland and later acquired other states. Not sure if any Andersons or GWA are still involved in Mazda Australia.
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    I work in Industrial Sales selling automation products & services to industry so I hope Australia has manufacturing for a wee bit longer.......

    Yes a lot of companies have moved manufacturing offshore but there is still a lot of product manufactured in Australia.
    I was in the Ford Development Centre today, they are involved with design & manufacture (through local 3rd parties) of assembly cells for Ford India, Thailand etc.
    I deal with a drop forge that is just moving from the edge of the city to Coburg (noise complaints now that the area around them has built up !).
    I deal with companies making explosives, food, electrical conduit, vaccines, medical products, plastic mouldings etc. etc.

    Just because the car industry has gone doesn't mean that manufacturing is finished here.

    The company I work for have an anti-dock driveaway system fitted to all one of the big supermarket companies trucks. Our MD was out the other day fitting a system to a prototype electric truck designed & built in Australia......



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