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Is the economics of manufacturing and selling a car, even a luxury one, in Australia sustainable? Every year, the newspaper has stories about a government suppo
by yitchelle 13y ago
Is the economics of manufacturing and selling a car, even a luxury one, in Australia sustainable? Every year, the newspaper has stories about a government support. A cynic would say that this is their largest income source.
The market is small, mostly consist of city dwellers. There are only three car manufacturers in Australia (some would say that it is decreased to 2 with the troubles Ford are having). Having another one would not make much sense at all. I hope I am wrong on this as I would really want to see something like this succeed in Australia.
- D_Alex 13y agoAustralian car market is not small at all. In 2012, car sales were about 1.1 million. United Kingdom was 1.9 million by comparison, and although I cannot find specific data on the pre-tax cost of an average car, I am sure it is significantly higher in Australia.
- yitchelle 13y agoInteresting to find out the percentage of Australian built cars in the 1.1 million cars. I doubt if UK will fair any better.
- tobylane 13y agoUK has several non-UK companies making cars here. According to those numbers (over different single years) UK factories made about 1.8m cars in 2007, as Nissan/etc make for Europe here. I imagine Australian factories only ship to the other parts of Oceania. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_the_United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_the_Unit...