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It would be interesting to look at global inflation and compare pricing to other countries.
I don't think car prices have risen that much above inflation. We are an island. Everything that comes here, comes by boat or plane. How's transport costs these days? While some may have an issue with the stories the govt told about the benefits of losing the auto industry (an oxymoron) the fact remains it wasn't sustainable without govt subsidy and tarriffs. If Australia still had an auto industry (making cars that is) I very much doubt we'd be any better off.
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Thanks for that, with the oil pump on wet belt you'd have to be careful with the oil & often with it too. I found a couple of vids explaining it, it actually looks like a great little motor - am I missing anything else catastrophic? It has both port and direct injectors so you won't accumulate a carbon collection on the intakes (new Corolla ditto). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qGmEXKPKYw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qGmEXKPKYw Been looking out for a Focus wagon around town to no avail, saw 2 recent Ford SUVs - an absolute crying shame they didn't sell into the SUV Grand SuperCycle boom of the last few years and have been canned. I can also see that the Small EU Ford fans have lost something special, just as us Aussie Dinosaur Ford fans did many years back. Focus wagon continues in the UK for now, petrol option is 1.0 3cyl Ecoboost with a hybrid but I think the lot is gone in 2025. So they can't get the 1.5 either. Bronco Sport and Escape in US have it still I think.
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The 2 kicks off at around $26k. At that price, for the sake of a couple of thousand dollars I’ll stretch it. I just noticed the Yaris is over $30k now! The Picanto is around $20k from memory. We had an MG3 as a loan car, previous gen aside, it was a truly awful car. I doubt the new one could be that much better. I’ll pay an extra couple of grand to avoid it.
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These are global figures, not Australian.
Tesla Model Y overtakes Toyota Corolla as world’s best-selling car Months after the Toyota HiLux lost the top sales spot in Australia to the Ford Ranger, the Toyota Corolla has lost its global sales crown – and for the first time, an electric car has taken the top spot. After almost two decades, the Toyota Corolla has been dethroned as the world's best-selling car. The Tesla Model Y has taken the top spot on the sales chart, outselling the Corolla in 2023 as the world's most popular passenger car – the first time in history for an electric car. According to data released by Jato Dynamics, Tesla sold a total of 1.22 million Model Y vehicles across the globe in 2023 – an increase of 64 per cent year-on-year. While the Corolla is believed to have held the title consecutively since 2005, this year saw sales of the small Toyota fall by 19 per cent, to end up in fourth position. Further solidifying the worldwide trend of buyers preferring SUVs, the Toyota RAV4 took second place, with 1.08 million sales, while the Honda CR-V took third overall with 846,000 vehicles sold. Global Ranking Model 2023 Sales 1 Tesla Model Y 1,223,000 2 Toyota RAV4 1,075,000 3 Honda CR-V 846,000 4 Toyota Corolla 803,000 5 Toyota Corolla Cross 715,000 6 Toyota Camry 650,000 7 Ford F-150 623,000 8 Toyota HiLux 605,000 9 Nissan Sentra 534,000 10 Tesla Model 3 508,000 Rounding out the top 10 were the Toyota Corolla Cross, the Toyota Camry, the Ford F-150, the Toyota HiLux, the Nissan Sentra, and the Tesla Model 3 in 10th. In Australia, a total of 28,769 buyers chose the Tesla Model Y last year – enough for the car to take out sixth position in the local top 10 – but data showed it was actually the number one choice for private buyers, once vehicle sales for businesses, fleets, rental cars, and governments were taken out of the equation. The Toyota Corolla first snatched the global sales title from the original Volkswagen Beetle in 1997, but it was 2005 when the Corolla would eventually reclaim and hold onto the top sales spot – a crown it then held for 18 years in a row. In Australia, the Toyota HiLux was also dethroned as the country's best-selling vehicle after seven years in a row, with the Ford Ranger taking the top spot for the first time. However, it wasn't all bad news for Toyota, with the Japanese car giant being the world's number one-selling car brand globally for 2023 – as well as taking out five of the top 10 for individual model sales. In Australia, “The Model Y was priced from $65,400 plus on-road costs at the start of April, but within a month had dropped to $60,900 – and by 1 June was $55,900, a 15 per cent reduction in two months.
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Particularly interesting is China's flourishing relationship with Afghanistan/the Taliban, which is on one of their borders and has the worlds largest reserves of lithium. Won't be long before they shift from purchasing lithium from us to Afghanistan when we upset them again. Taliban also has some weird tourism campaign going on attracting western tourists to come visit the country and being very warm and welcoming ![]() |
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Any dissatisfaction within Tesla circles amongst owners who paid $65k a few months ago? The queers for Palestine could go over for a look. As long as they don’t rely on Joe Biden to charter a plane for their escape when the SHTF. |
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Drove past my local Ford dealership today, loaded with Rangers and Everests on the forecourt,
front parking bays and in the rear holding yard. Looks like they received a big shipment this week, hopefully gets all the deliveries done by end of month, fingers crossed for another big number for Ford. |
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And to think that Government policy fuelled this, loads of owners about to be screwed big time |
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