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Originally Posted by Dr Terry
Not quite correct, so much of the VE & VF was made overseas. Things like rubber hoses & windscreen glass were all sourced offshore, often by the suppliers themselves.
For example the front windscreen which required new technology to make it triple-layered, yet thinner & stronger was made in Malaysia by the same company (Pilkingtons) who used to make them locally.
They could see the 'writing on the wall' way back in 2002-2004, when the VE was in its planning phase. They weren't prepared to invest in the local factory to supply GMH going forward. They just made them overseas & imported them like so much stuff nowadays. Much more profit for the multi-nationals.
Dr Terry
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And that's the key, the supplier bases were making things more profitable
and I bet that if you could see the actual internal figures Commodore, Falcon
Territory and even Camry would have been better than break even proposition.
I just think all lost patience with our governments grizzling about supporting
a local car industry - they just couldn't see the benefit of increased local
business activity, the less profit, the more money is kept here with business.