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Xenophon wants to lure new car maker
Topic Started: 13 Dec 2013, 01:42 PM (1,876 Views)
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Xenophon wants to lure new car maker

Luring another car manufacturer to take over Holden's facilities should be 'put on the table' to handle the company's decision to quit vehicle production, independent Senator Nick Xenophon says.

Senator Xenophon says expanding Toyota's operations in Melbourne, to help support the component sector, should also be an option.

'But you need to have other manufacturers,' he told reporters in Adelaide on Friday.

'Simply having one manufacturer, the last manufacturer standing, is very risky in itself.

'Having another manufacturer makes more sense and that needs to be put on the table.'

Senator Xenophon said Holden's facilities in Adelaide and in Melbourne should not be allowed to be demolished or dismantled.

He said while Australia could not compete at the lower end of the car market, local producers could compete in the premium sector, building prestige vehicles.

'We can't compete with the cheap imports from Thailand and Korea but we can build some of the best cars in the world for the premium market,' he said.

'Everything needs to be on the table. We cannot just roll over and die.

Holden will quit local production by the end of 2017, with about 2900 jobs to be lost.

The company has not indicated what will be done with its assembly plant in Adelaide or its engine plant and other facilities in Melbourne.
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OMG, the stupidity never ends.
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13 Dec 2013, 01:54 PM
OMG, the stupidity never ends.
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April fools day is still many months away.
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13 Dec 2013, 02:26 PM
April fools day is still many months away.
I think we should be focusing on being the world leader in penis pills. Maybe we can use the plant for a Walter White grade setup.
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mel
13 Dec 2013, 02:29 PM
I think we should be focusing on being the world leader in penis pills. Maybe we can use the plant for a Walter White grade setup.
We should definitely start small. Try competing with the dick machine. If we can beat that, then we move upwards.

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Yeah I'm tired of Xenophon, I wish he'd go away. He's been useless.
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Why not Chinese manufacturers and reduce the quality standards so that people can buy small town cars for about $7500.

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peter fraser
13 Dec 2013, 03:17 PM
Why not Chinese manufacturers and reduce the quality standards so that people can buy small town cars for about $7500.

safety is the issue. by the time you make a car that passes on safety here you can't beat the $12,000 mark which already has imported cars in it.

personally i'd be interested in seeing us lure the fledgling private space industry here. in the middle of australia we have really predicable weather where they could launch about 330 days of the year, more than just about anywhere else. all we would need to do is cut the red tape for them which they currently get tied down with in the USA.
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13 Dec 2013, 03:17 PM
Why not Chinese manufacturers and reduce the quality standards so that people can buy small town cars for about $7500.

Add on an extra $5,000 by the time it makes the Aussie show room. The model has to one that meets Aus standards as well. The equivalent model on the Asian streets will be built to lower standards.
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