Holden - better known as GMH or GM Holden - where the GM stands for General Motors, a famous US-based company that bought Holden in the 1930's. The other 'famo

Holden - better known as GMH or GM Holden - where the GM stands for General Motors, a famous US-based company that bought Holden in the 1930's. The other 'famously Australian' car manufacturer is Ford. Indeed. The kinds of (Australian) people that find cars interesting tend to polarise between these two manufacturers, adopting the beliefs that it's patriotic, and that it can be economic to produce (in most cases components were built overseas but assembled within AU) cars in Australia. A country with breathtakingly high labour costs, small population, and low population density. Specifically a relatively small market, container shipping costs flatten out across the country. That the designs of allegedly Australian cars, even recently, have focused on ICE sedans hasn't helped, though that presumably ties in with the nostalgia aspect for potential consumers of those types of vehicles. The Monthly published[1] an exquisitely written article middle of last year, describing the history of the Australian car industry, and the self-sabotage exhibited. It's a depressingly sober read. [1] https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2016/may/1462024800/richard-denniss/crunch-time https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2016/may/1462024800/rich...