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Originally Posted by anobserver
This is what happened.
The remaining three could have stayed, but the suppliers needed that at a mininum to stay viable.
From an external multinationals perspective, it was a no brainer. Oversupply of manufacturing in cheaper countries elsewhere vs old factories here that cranked out a small number of product in rhd (holden lhd pontiac g8s not withstanding)
Retooling for suvs doesnt seem to have been viable. So we all lose.
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Viability is in the end a risk score, I know of a vehicle in another market that didn’t meet the business case viability but the chief overruled the accounts and renamed it something that is both desirable and sell like hot cakes.
Sometimes it’s as simple as pushing accounts aside and taking a calculated risk. It also makes me wonder how many times the logical has been ignored due to risk.