tigerpie wrote:Jim05 wrote:Booney wrote:Jim05 wrote:Booney"]Here's some food for thought.
Will the future see an Aussie built car once again?
Nope.
Everyone is doing their bit and being patriotic currently but when push comes to shove finance dictates what people are willing to pay and most people won’t pay 20-30% extra for an Australian made car.
With the ridiculous wages being paid it just isn’t viable
Agreed, I'm only floating a hypothetical though.
But, the government is going to have to drive our economy through the roof and what better way than stopping/restricting cheap imports ( of all manner of things ) and manufacture them locally? A whole supply chain once again lives.
True but car manufacturing is just too costly in Australia. No one wants to pay top dollar for the garbage Holden and Ford were producing
Jim. Ever owned one?
The VF is one of the finest cars in the world!
Its an attitude shift in the buyer that we need.
That goes for all Australian products.
Every time you buy one you should be proud you are keeping your neighbour, your mate, your kids mate, in a job.
But no its cheaper to buy a Great Wall shitbox so that's what you'll do.
I'm alright Jack screw the rest of ya mentality. Not the Australian way.[/quote][quote="tigerpie wrote:
Jim05 wrote:Booney wrote:Jim05 wrote:[quote="Booney"]Here's some food for thought.
Will the future see an Aussie built car once again?
Nope.
Everyone is doing their bit and being patriotic currently but when push comes to shove finance dictates what people are willing to pay and most people won’t pay 20-30% extra for an Australian made car.
With the ridiculous wages being paid it just isn’t viable
Agreed, I'm only floating a hypothetical though.
But, the government is going to have to drive our economy through the roof and what better way than stopping/restricting cheap imports ( of all manner of things ) and manufacture them locally? A whole supply chain once again lives.
True but car manufacturing is just too costly in Australia. No one wants to pay top dollar for the garbage Holden and Ford were producing
Jim. Ever owned one?
The VF is one of the finest cars in the world!
Its an attitude shift in the buyer that we need.
That goes for all Australian products.
Every time you buy one you should be proud you are keeping your neighbour, your mate, your kids mate, in a job.
But no its cheaper to buy a Great Wall shitbox so that's what you'll do.
I'm alright Jack screw the rest of ya mentality. Not the Australian way.[/quote]Have owned plenty of Holden’s over time and as a former mechanic I know more than enough about the motor industry.
I have only purchased European vehicles or Toyota’s for about the last 10 years and wouldn’t buy some cheap Chinese car anyway and the VF would be well down my list also.