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Toyota to leave Australia by 2017
Industry

Gone! Toyota to leave Oz by 2017

Toyota has announced it will follow Ford and Holden and cease manufacturing in Australia by 2017.

Ford We could close before 2016
Industry

Ford: We could close before 2016

Ford admits it could cease manufacturing in Australia months or even years ahead of its original 2016 schedule.

Wheels magazine, motoring news, Wheels, Detroit, motor, show, Hyundai, Genesis
Industry

Hyundai braces for busy year

Koreans attempt to crack six figures with a cornucopia of new cars over the next 12 months or so

Wheels magazine, motoring news, Wheels, Detroit, motor, show, Hyundai, Genesis
Industry

Holden free to cherry pick in the future

Holden will be free to cherry-pick from General Motors global automotive portfolio after the closure of its Australian manufacturing operations in 2017.

Wheels magazine, motoring news, Wheels, Detroit, motor, show, Hyundai, Genesis
Industry

Holden not going anywhere: Batey

Ex Holden MD adamant the lion brand won’t step aside for Chevrolet in Australia

Wheels magazine, motoring news, VFACTS, Australian vehicle sales, Toyota Corolla
Industry

2013 VFACTS: Winners and losers

VFACTS data for 2013 reveals the Toyota Corolla as the best-selling passenger vehicle in Australia, just pipping the Mazda 3.

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Holden closure: the full story

Holden to become full-line vehicle and parts importer with design studio staying

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Holden closure: Toyota's response

TOYOTA AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO GM HOLDEN

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Holden closure: company statement

Dead: Holden to cease manufacturing by 2017

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Industry

Dead: Holden to cease manufacturing by 2017

Dead: Holden to cease manufacturing by 2017

Wheels magazine, Ford, Mustang, new, all-new, model, performance, muscle car, Falcon, Australia,
Industry

D Day for Holden

Today is D Day for Holden with reports swirling the embattled company’s boss, Mike Devereux, is this morning appearing before the government’s Productivity Commission and could use the occasion to announce the company’s withdrawal.

Wheels magazine, Ford, Mustang, new, all-new, model, performance, muscle car, Falcon, Australia,
Industry

Report: Holden quits Oz by 2016

Today was supposed to be the day that Holden's great export hope was launched in the US city of Palm Springs.

Australia’s cheapest car, the $9,990 Chery J1, is no more due to safety regulation changes.
Industry

Oz's cheapest car axed

Australia’s cheapest car, the $9,990 Chery J1, is no more due to safety regulation changes.

Toyota Australia recently announced that it will pour $123 million into its local manufacturing operations as it prepares to build what it says is a major facelift vehicle from 2015.
Industry

Toyota gets behind local industry

Toyota Australia recently announced that it will pour $123 million into its local manufacturing operations as it prepares to build what it says is a major facelift vehicle from 2015.

Range Rover, Evoque, Evoke, Holden, Commodore, name
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'Holden's Evoke makes me smile,' says Land Rover boss

Jaguar Land Rover wasn’t angered by Holden’s decision to name its entry level VF Commodore the Evoke -- which sounds suspiciously like Land Rover’s hot-selling Evoque. On the contrary, in fact.

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Car industry slams 'dire' tax changes

Another nail has been hammered into the coffin of the Australian motoring industry - and it’s the Federal Government that’s swinging the hammer.

Holden has denied media reports that it is playing “double or nothing” with the Federal Government, demanding another $265 million in funding or else it will abandon local production in three years.
Industry

Holden denies holding Government to ransom

Holden has denied media reports that it is playing "double or nothing" with the Federal Government, demanding another $265 million in funding or else it will abandon local production in three years.

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Holden to cut wages, axe more staff

Holden will ask its workers to take pay cuts or voluntary redundancies as it looks to secure its manufacturing future in Australia.

Ford Australia timeline
Industry

Ford Australia timeline

Wheels looks back at the history of Ford Motor Company in Australia.

Ford, Australia, close, factories, employees, history
Industry

Holden bullish despite Ford closure

Ford's announcement that it will cease local manufacturing has taken Holden entirely by surprise, and given its VF Commodore launch a black eye.

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Ford Falcon dead by 2016

It's official – The Ford Falcon, one of Australia's oldest and most iconic nameplates, will die in 2016.

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Aussie-made Fords to finish in 2016

Ford’s Australian manufacturing operations to wind up in October 2016 as company announces new era of full-line importation.

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Ford Australia closes down

Shock! Ford Australia will close its Australia factories. After years of dwindling sales, and no sign of recovery, Ford Australia has decided to abandon local manufacturing in Australia.

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V8 power saves electric car

In a delicious dose of irony, struggling electric car maker Fisker looks to have been saved by a petrol burping, tyre shredding V8.