Holden builds 50,000th VF Commodore
IT has taken 10 months to build the 50,000th version of the new Commodore — 10 years ago it took three months.
IT has taken 10 months to build the 50,000th version of the new Commodore — 10 years ago it took three months.
MITSUBISHI Outlander plug-in hybrid uses just 1.9L/100km: 50km on battery power before petrol motor takes you another 800km.
THE NSW Government will today launch a parliamentary inquiry into the relationship between insurance companies and smash repairers.
WANT to be a crash test dummy and live to tell the tale? A temporary showroom in Sydney is giving people the chance to crash a virtual car.
THE European Union wants to ban the use of parmesan, feta and gruyere in the US, saying the American-made versions are a “shadow” of European varieties.
TOYOTA has begun importing the Kluger SUV from North America, in an attempt to take sales away from the Australian made class leader, the Ford Territory.
UPDATE: SPC Ardmona will supply fruit to supermarket giant Woolworths in a $70m deal, throwing a lifeline to hundreds of fruit growers across Shepparton.
FORD has given a ray of hope to the struggling parts supply industry and university graduates who want to get into the car business.
INDUSTRY analysts are questioning last year’s bumper car sales after a sharp decline in figures for the start of 2014.
A PLAN to flood Australia with imported used cars could wipe millions off the value of the most popular cars on the roads and slam the brakes on new-car sales.
THE importation of cheap second-hand cars by the shipload would be a disaster — the equivalent to importing myna birds, cane toads and other pests.
RUMOURS of the death of the Ford Falcon and Territory SUV have been greatly exaggerated. Or at least mildly.
PUBLIC servants and manufacturing workers have enjoyed the biggest pay increases in the past six months, despite huge job losses and a soaring budget deficit.
ONE of Holden’s top selling family cars has unwittingly been disadvantaged by special conditions in the free trade agreement with South Korea.
THE Federal Trade Minister says free trade deals lead to cheaper cars for Australian buyers, but the example of the Toyota Corolla suggests otherwise.
UPDATE: ALCOA has announced it will permanently close its Point Henry aluminium smelter near Geelong, shedding almost 1000 jobs.
COCA-Cola Amatil has record a 82.5 per cent slump in profit due to $404 million in writedowns due to the SPC Ardmona drama.
WHEN Holden, Ford and Toyota close Australia won’t make cars anymore, but there’s life in Australian manufacturing yet.
WHY did Australia’s three car-makers — Toyota, Holden and Ford — announce shutdowns within nine months of each other?
JAPANESE auto giant Toyota is recalling 1.9m of its Prius hybrid cars worldwide because of a fault that might cause the vehicle to slow suddenly.
THOUSANDS of auto workers will be left without a job due to Toyota, Ford and Holden pulling out of the country. How hard will it be to transition to a whole new career?
TREASURER Joe Hockey has stood by stood by his claims during Question Time about Toyota’s closure, as Labor failed to censure the PM.
THERE may be a silver lining to the shutdown of the vehicle industry — a fall in the price of imported cars. But the Government’s going to take its time making a decision.
BILL Shorten has tried unsuccessfully to censure the Prime Minister in Question Time for “failing to stand up and fight for Australian jobs”.
THE level of government support the automotive sector has received indicates it’s crucial to Aussie manufacturing but the numbers tell a different story.
TOYOTA’S decision to shut its Altona plant will leave up to 50,000 workers in supporting industries out of a job, in addition to the 2500 at the factory.
ANALYSIS: Toyota always wanted to be the last to turn out the lights. If it went first it would have been blamed for killing the entire industry.
BREAKING: FORD has confirmed it will cut 300 jobs in June with the Broadmeadows and Geelong plants both to be affected.
SENATOR Penny Wong has accused the Abbott government of taking a hard line on SPC Ardmona, and said assisting it would have been value for money.
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott understands that job in an unprofitable company is a job already lost, writes Jessica Irvine.
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