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Originally Posted by jpd80
Remember that before Ford announced its closure, Holden had announced
a grandiose local manufacturing plan that went beyond 2020.......
So this horse crap about Holden always wanting to leave was just not true,
they like Ford found ways to extend their time here until they couldn't anymore..
Barely twelve months after Ford called it quits, all of that had changed as the
attitude of governments supporting local manufacture turned toxic on the back
of incessant Murdoch press badgering about governments supporting car companies.
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Lots of announcements never bear fruit.
Announcing and doing are two totally different things in the manufacturing game.
Just a deflection for more funding.
Australia's small population makes it difficult to be profitable in any form of manufacturing when faced with a myriad of competition.
Recent revolving door personnel at the pointy end shows GM weren't serious about keeping up the charade otherwise they would have fixed that problem for stability sake.
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