Thread: Holden axed in Aussie.

Originally Posted by Tombie

I noticed that, and when selecting an Uber - if a Taxi shows up - I cancel.

ive never had a taxi turn up.
talking to the uber drivers, a lot of them tell me they used to drive taxis

If the taxi industry operates the way it used to, the driver might only get 40% of takings, with the bulk going to the owner of the taxi. I'm not sure of how much of the Uber charge goes to Uber and how much to the driver.

...and so, in the context of this thread, we could have a race uber v taxi

Originally Posted by Pickles2

"If it was exported",...well ya've got one thing right. BUT it wasn't, so can you tell me WHY Commodore was not exported, or are you going to say "it's (non export) the Government's fault? And Disco, IF it was exported, it wouldn't be being made for just our population would it? Maybe also you can tell me why vehicles are made in Thailand, rather than in Aussie?
Pickles.

Some Commodores were exported, but it's certainly true that exports are essential to making manufacturing here viable.
The Thai Government put in place a huge package of measures to entice car companies to manufacture there for export.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

If the taxi industry operates the way it used to, the driver might only get 40% of takings, with the bulk going to the owner of the taxi. I'm not sure of how much of the Uber charge goes to Uber and how much to the driver.

with uber its about 80% that goes to the driver, but they also have to supply the car.

How does their Insurance work for a Private car under Hire or is it not a private car anymore?

People talk about using Australian made products,looks like Uber is overseas owned.

Pretty well all the taxis were owned by locals.

Sure,Uber is cheaper and more often convenient,and the Taxis industry did need a shakeup.

Have a look at this.

Its a bit old i know.


Uber Australia grosses $785m, pays $8.5m tax

We wouldn't use an Uber or a Taxi once in a year,we have no need to use them.

Freight and courier companies for work are what we use all day every day,some of them need a good shake up.

Commodore exports failed because the main markets put 2 litre limits on motor vehicles with swingeing rego costs and import tariffs on for anything over 2 litres.
holden made a 2 litre Commodore and assembled it in Thailand as well as Camira but it was not well accepted and they found it hard to get local components of good quality.
ther was also very high rego costs for sedans ,so most people bought utes and canopies and fitted them out in the back.
Isuzu was always there and a market leader in trucks and utes so Isuzu based utes were the first exported.
Malysia intros the Proton and put enormous tariffs on imports. As an aside I sold all the leftover Holden parts to the Australian mob.
Singapore has enormous restrictions on car ownership .
As you probably know nobody in Oz would buy the 2 litre Commodore.
regards PhilipA