Hundred of people are set to lose their jobs by the year's end as General Motors axes Holden after 72 years of operation in Australia.
The shutdown is expected to cost at least 600 jobs as General Motors ceases making vehicles suitable for Australian roads. It comes three years after local manufacturing ended when the Holden plant in Adelaide was closed. General Motors will no longer produce any right-hand vehicles.
PaulineHansonOz why cant we have chev with a Holden badge, or for that matter any chinese/overseas car with a holden badge. you know how many people are sad about this, Bathurst had countless tents with Holden flags, what flag are they going fly now. or for that matter,
PaulineHansonOz Another great Aussie brand about to be consigned to the relics of history because some industry wages are unsustainable. Que: coal industry
It’s a sad day .
You would have to be an idiot to think GM wouldn’t do it. But that’s is the problem with polices . They are or is crocodile tears 😭
PaulineHansonOz Old saying the took the BUCKS and , I’ll leave the rest to you, Billions esp from the ALP .
Not surprising given our lack of competitive advantage compared to the economies of scale that Toyota, Ford & Volkswagon have.
drought, bushfire, Virus, flooding, tourism hit, Holden sabotage, Australian economy in a perfect storm
Can't say I'm at all surprised but still a sad end to a brand that helped define Australia as a nation.
PaulineHansonOz
instead of retiring the brand why not sell it back to the australian government and start producing cars here again how do we make it possible by adding stamp duty and import taxes on foreign made cars for a start
Anyone of those people in those 600 positions that thought they were in long term jobs were kidding themselves. They took billions off Aussie tax payers for years from all sides of politics and then shit in our faces. They couldn't of cared less about Australians just $$$$$$.
The Liberals are absolutely destroying this country.
Well v8supercars and bathurst will be different going forward that's for sure. Ford vs ?
Thanks Joe Hockey and this crap Government
Wish President Trump would teach this Prime Minister in Australia we need our factories and our car yards. Start manufacturing again.
That's what you get when you sell it to other countries!
The writing was on the wall the moment they made them OS, and front wheel drive. Aussie buyers not interested.
PaulineHansonOz Well this just feels like a national failure. Even Ukraine have a national car brand.
JoeHockey has a bit to answer for ti the people who loss their jobs.
Light up another cigar Joe - mission accomplished. JoeHockey
Will the same dealers become Chevy dealers now? Will be interesting to see.
The LibRats clinging onto coal but didn’t save the car industry’s 50 thousand jobs, scumbags.
PaulineHansonOz Bummed. End of an era.
PaulineHansonOz Nothing new. The Australian car industry died years ago. Thanks to the cheap labour of Asian made shit boxes sold here. Aussies only have themselves to blame for buying crap overseas cars.
ScottyFromMarketting 'Making Australia Great Again' ' How Good Is That?'
If only they had the foresight to build electric or hybrid vehicles they may have survived. Petrol vehicles are doomed. Comes down to arrogant management
EVs are the future. Someone should start manufacturing Australian EVs.
Probably the Greens fault though SuperiorEconomicManagers
PaulineHansonOz
PaulineHansonOz Isn't Holden still Australia's 1 selling car brand ?
Are you going to interview mattjcan Barnaby_Joyce ScottMorrisonMP CraigKellyMP fitzhunter about their outrage over this? auspol MSM
Australian's shocked that you can actually buy a Holden new.
If ya have a go, you get a go.
Won't they just rebrand as Chevy & start selling them instead?
Thanks a lot Labor!!!
Aust govt support of free market trading.. 1st Priority the parent corporation, shareholders bottom line.. 2nd Priority govt cooperation in playing the conforming role to Washington.. 3rd Priority, positive trade substitution of lost productivity.. The people can suit themselves.
I suppose these aren't real jobs, like those in coal mines?
Aus shdn't make itself so vulnerable by depending on other countries also is taking away Aus icon and giving to another country...
Abbott quite literally dared them to leave, so they did.
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