Holden gone by 2017

[big zetor]

I think there should be tariffs, how much I wouldn't know. I think the holden workers are lucky they have a bit of notice to gain new skills to find new jobs some people aren't so lucky. I worked in the bush for a long time and had to make a change and now I make chocolates it was hard to adjust but you just do it. the government down here has ruined the timber industry and are now starting on the mining industry

 

[Tappet]

Tell ya what if there was tariffs you wouldn't have brought your Navara for the price you paid.

For Instance. We have a so called free trade agreement with Thailand, every truck made there comes in with not a cent of tax applied to it but a Ford Territory made here that you can buy in Thailand thru the Ford dealers will cost you $100,000! Work that out.

 

[amber.2]

Yes its the same with the protons , it should be even- stevens but if Holden want to export to Malaysia I think its 50% import duty,
And that's one of the reasons we can't compete >

 

[Jason]

That's a Thai stitch up, it's actually not a Tariff, it's an excise, brought in by the Thai Government after the FTA took effect. The excise applies to their locally produced cars as well.

Semantics really, the end result is the same, a bloody expensive Ford Territory.

 

[jjohn]

Reading a report on car sales.
The family sedan sales have been is steep decline for the last couple of years.
SUV's make approximately 50% of all vehicle sales in OZ now.

So its your fault you, you SUVers you.

Its not like we all couldn't see the trend. But 50% wow.

So the oz gubberment helped these co's tool up to build the wrong type of car.