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27-06-2011, 06:21 PM | #1 | ||
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I heard this on the radio and looked it up holden questioning car manufacturing in australia i cant post up the link preview dont know how to so heres the general link.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...e§ion=news |
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27-06-2011, 06:33 PM | #2 | ||
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Good riddance :p
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27-06-2011, 06:46 PM | #3 | |||
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27-06-2011, 06:54 PM | #4 | |||
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I have family that work at both Ford and Holden and that would send them to the wall not because they have massive loans etc but that is all they know what to do in the working world and they will prob never get work anywhere else Jason
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28-06-2011, 09:53 AM | #5 | |||
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Not too mention, ford are surviving on half weeks while Holden is back to full weeks, are hiring more people, and we're supplying them with more product than we anticipated over the coming months. Holden aren't going anywhere
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28-06-2011, 05:33 PM | #6 | |||
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27-06-2011, 06:44 PM | #7 | ||
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Probably want some government protection or is the Caprice cop car going to be made in Canada or the US?
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28-06-2011, 10:28 AM | #8 | |||
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what will happen? my guess is they'll all pull out and import them fully, then the econometric downturn will make the govt pay to set up a new Australian car manufacturing industry (eg another Holden) and so it all goes around again.
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27-06-2011, 06:57 PM | #9 | ||
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keep buying them cheap hyundais folks , they are great value till aussies dont have jobs ,end rant .... this is not good .
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27-06-2011, 07:05 PM | #10 | |||
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27-06-2011, 07:07 PM | #11 | ||
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Same as if Ford go Holden will most likely follow. I think we will see them all leave at roughly the same time as Ford are making it quite clear that Falcon will be gone after FG.
In regards to workers, surely they must have some idea that the industry is shakey. If they are smart they will do something now to secure a job post closedown. Like part time study etc. You should never take a job for granted. I know its sad for people to lose jobs but it shouldn't be up to the rest of us to bail them out when the product is over priced and poorer quality. |
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15-12-2011, 01:44 PM | #12 | |||
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15-12-2011, 02:42 PM | #13 | |||
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27-06-2011, 07:04 PM | #14 | ||
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My first reaction to that story is that Holden want more Government assistance. This is just pre amble to getting a helping hand and more funding.
At the end of the day, as much as I'm blue blooded, I wouldn't want Holden to stop Australian manufacturing. Or maybe they could go back to making Fords? After all, that was what Holden Motor Bodies actually made in the early days!!!! Old Model Ts.
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27-06-2011, 07:17 PM | #15 | ||
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its funny because its and American company and its the Americans that are manipulating the currency to keep it low to try and win back manufacturing which only makes sense that the jobs will leave here and go to them. We are sitting ducks with this high currency why pay Australian workers $66,000us a year to make cars when the Americans will do it for $24,000us, china is setting the manufacturing example with currency manipulating which results in lower costs and Australians feel rich buy default except when you have no job then the currency doesn't mean sh-t, ask Gillard its her good work that has resulted in our high currency.
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27-06-2011, 07:37 PM | #16 | |||
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about to have the ceiling raised another $2.3 trillion to stop them defaulting. By comparison, our $30 billion debt looks bloody lightweight... Last edited by jpd80; 27-06-2011 at 07:42 PM. |
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27-06-2011, 10:06 PM | #21 | ||
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Personally i don't care for Holden. I would feel bad for their workers but i wouldn't care at all for the image.
Ford wouldn't stay as well if Holden pulled out though. Unless Australia became instrumental in the Mustangs future..... |
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27-06-2011, 10:17 PM | #22 | |||
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27-06-2011, 07:24 PM | #23 | ||
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I remember posting a thread a few yr's ago, when my wife meet with the CEO of one of the big 4 bank's where she work's, his opinion about the car manufacturing in Aus was very dim back then and qouted "Australia's car manufacturing is questionable" and he didn't believe that it was sustainable for the future.
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27-06-2011, 07:43 PM | #24 | |||
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It's absolutely logical that car manufacturing in OZ simply is not cost effective, as opposed to korea, or the like. Our wages are an absolutely devastating cost. Among other things. Look at the most "profitable" car, per unit, & it's not a commodore or falcon.... Or cruise for that matter.
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27-06-2011, 08:19 PM | #25 | |||
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27-06-2011, 08:35 PM | #26 | |||
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They wouldn't be the only ones that do it either, we used to here but it's way too easy for our government to sell out every five minutes than to fight for what we have here these days |
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27-06-2011, 08:55 PM | #27 | |||
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The best one is the 25% education tax on imports. ................. Holden ain't going anywhere they are not gonna throw away the name. Manufacturing on the other hand will prob go. Isn't the Zeta platform now dumped by GM.
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27-06-2011, 07:24 PM | #28 | ||
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oh and if holdens start getting made in America and people still buy them, which they will, the end product will be worst then what Chrysler pumps out, parts availability next to none and weeks and months wait time. Oil leaks you bet ya, reliability hahah.
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27-06-2011, 07:47 PM | #29 | ||
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They are just having a big soook.
They have just jumped on the band wagon and are going to blame the Carbon Tax for, potentially, their demise. It wasn't the Australian Govenment that said said we'd build the cruze here for that price!! |
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28-06-2011, 04:07 PM | #30 | |||
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yeah right , there is an old run down derilict manufacturing facility , in baulkham hills which was state of the art , american pharmaceutical plant up until 2008 when the global recession occured , america shut down the australian plant putting 100's out of work to call the plant back home and employ thier own people to kickstart thier own employment and economy , REMEMBER AMERICA pretty much owns everything , that state of the art factory worth millions , empty now has grass growing through it and is still for sale . i really am disgusted on the secret plan or lack of plan australia has for its citizens . we are losing work so fast , that pretty soon the only skills an aussie will have is to gas bag , type , and wipe ones own rrrrsss. |
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