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Anonymous Thu 25 May 09:18:36 2023 No.26666346 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>26666366 >>26666399 >>26666404 >>26666413 >>26668006 >>26668789 >>26669191 >>26669521

they were literally too dumb to maintain a car industry

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Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 09:35:53 No.26666366 Report

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>>26666346
The candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long.

Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 10:00:02 No.26666399 Report

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>>26666346
their car industry survived on subsidies and foreign investment, the moment imports arrived and made factories in australia, making them cheaper than holdens and fords, it was the moment it died

Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 10:04:55 No.26666404 Report

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>>26666346
>literally
Low IQ post.
Would you like to try again?

Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 10:17:35 No.26666413 Report

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>>26666346
General Motors could barely keep itself alive in its domestic market, so is it really that shocking that they couldn't keep their Australian department alive?

Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 10:43:36 No.26666435 Report

Quoted By: >>26669188

The Barra engine is still better than whatever gay shit the krauts and gooks are making.

Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 12:11:40 No.26666552 Report

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>>26666399
Now all you see are 65k SUV's and diesel duel cabs. Holden, Ford, Toyota and Mitsubishi had 30k full size sedans and wagons. The industry was killed deliberately, as per the UN Lima Agreements.

Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 12:25:37 No.26666578 Report

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>parent companies just siphon off tax free money
>wasn't even viable when tariffs existed
>90% government fleet sales
it deserved to die a long time ago but market manipulation is a thing.

Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 20:46:03 No.26667958 Report

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>>26666578
Too bad because the cars were amazing.

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Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 20:52:58 No.26667970 Report

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why does a country with 25M inhabitants need a car industry?

Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 21:05:51 No.26668006 Report

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>>26666346
The gist is that GM fucked Holden all the time, especially when it came to 08. Ford liked fucking their Aus division as well, but once Holden pulled out, Ford pulled out as did other foreign companies that were building on soil. The competition died and there was no need to build domestically.
Add to that our ridiculous labor laws, offshoring metal production and our problems with import law it was doomed to fail from the start.

Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 22:16:08 No.26668172 Report

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>>26668006
Ford pulled out before Holden did

Anonymous Thu 25 May 2023 22:18:23 No.26668180 Report

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>>26667970
Why does a country with 7 million?
t. Swede.

Anonymous Fri 26 May 2023 00:14:29 No.26668437 Report

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>>26668172
Ford still has more of a presence than GM does in the country. They still maintain engineering and development here. There only goal for the Aus division was to compete with GM and when the writing was on the wall they knew they could pull out. Holden was dead halfway through the VE anyway. So by the time Ford pulled out, it was because they knew Holden was ready to fail. The VF didnt pay off and they were bleeding years before either of them fully closed shop.

Anonymous Fri 26 May 2023 03:03:20 No.26668789 Report

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>>26666346
>very small continent, no adjacent countries
>instead of interesting and quirky inner country with lots of roads, an endless desert filled with weird animals that all want to kill you
It was doomed to fail

Anonymous Fri 26 May 2023 07:17:09 No.26669155 Report

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Who the fuck needs a car industry when you have a population to displace with millions of niggers, pajeets and a housing market that imports 50 foreigners for every 1 dwelling built?

Anonymous Fri 26 May 2023 07:56:33 No.26669188 Report

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>>26666435
Should I get an FG XR6T for my next car? Other options I have considered are M135i/140i, Mk 7 Gold R, A45, and GR Yaris.

Anonymous Fri 26 May 2023 07:59:09 No.26669191 Report

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>>26666346
fat greasy american fingers typed this post.

Anonymous Fri 26 May 2023 13:02:31 No.26669521 Report

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>>26666346
Chrysler and Mitsubishi colluded to kill the domestically produced Sigma/Scorpion

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Anonymous Fri 26 May 2023 13:04:10 No.26669525 Report

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>we let the gooks undercut the locals

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