What went wrong with Australia's auto industry
>>28995924Blame China and Chinese
CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING THE 500000000TH FAGGOT TO MAKE THIS THREAD
>>28995928Why?
It was actually an american auto industry rebadged. And americans are subhuman.
>>28995924australians prefer front wheel drive and chinese shit. any other answer is just cope.
>>28995924GM was caught cheating on taxes
>gm: bail us out or we leave>government: fuck off
>>28995924GM and Ford HQ trying to run Australian divisions into the ground so government would bail them out and they could steal the bailout money and send it back to the US for board member bonuses.
>>28995924expensive manufacturing costs and retarded management, holden especially.Market shifted away from big sedans to SUVs and hatchbacks and Holdens way of keeping up was importing and rebadging the biggest piles of shit in automotive history that absolutely killed their reputation. They were probably going to die anyway but they would've had a better chance if they developed an SUV and an affordable hatch themselves