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Originally Posted by Mike McKown
Ford, Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Chrysler and now GM have left Australia with no auto producers. I think I missed a few brands maybe?
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Yes once the Tax subsidies dried up and the Free trade agreements kicked in we could not compete with our small market and the $5.00 per hour wage rates elsewhere
The report was that GM are no longer going to make Right hand drive vehicles , they have sold one plant in Thailand already and as for the Opel and other plants in Europe that make R/Hand drives no announcements are available
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