Toyota to stop manufacturing in 2017

[Plenty]

Shoulda taxed the shite outta the imports and used that to subsidise the local made cars and materials. Our market is just that fragmented now it makes no sense to build them here without the volume of sales.

[pwr346]

Is it too late to pull out my " THE END IS NIGH " sign?

[DanielSS-V]

Union propoganda? Because the people actually out of work don't really matter - they are just union propaganda?

[DanielSS-V]

I would suggest back in the days of "an honest days work" no executive got anything like the multiples of pay and boneses so many feel entiteld to now - irrespective of the companies actual performance.

The whole country is living in fairy land mate, when it comes to an honest days pay.

[Micks]

Time for this country to regain common sense by 1. Looking after our back yard first ,stop giving aid to countries who clearly dont earn it (Indonesia) 2. Lefty pie in sky thinkers (Sarah Hanson Young ) grow up and realise the world is not a golden book story,Australians need to be looked after not illegal boat people. 3 Union grubs ,you have wrecked this country with greed and unrealistic working conditions placed on employers,an honest days work for and honest days pay,thats how we compete with other manufacturing nations ,not by whinging about hours worked or weekends or taking advantage of sick leave ,but actually working and producing to benefit the nation. 4.Increase tariffs on foreign goods and decrease tax or have no GST on Australian manufatured products,so as to boost our manufaturing sector.

What profession are you in? Going by your comments you should have been a CEO of a major Car manufacturer!!!

[Micks]

Come on guys, FFS stop bringing politics into everything

Ed, Martin can't help himself! Fancy mentioning "Stopping the Boats" in a Jap car industry thread ffs!!

[matthewfnorbert]

MAJOR reason given by Toyota,....and I quote, ..."High Cost of manufacturing in Australia",.........which has been the common theme for ALL industries that have closed & gone overseas.
"High Cost"?.....Whose fault is that?
Pickles.

....... +1

[Pickles]

Ed, Martin can't help himself! Fancy mentioning "Stopping the Boats" in a Jap car industry thread ffs!!

C'mon mate, "Politics"?....YOU were the one that mentioned John Howard & Tony Abbott?
Martin.

[Micks]

C'mon mate, "Politics"?....YOU were the one that mentioned John Howard & Tony Abbott?
Martin.

Reckon I had every right to bring up JWH!! Not so much his illegitimate son though!
The 2500 job losses will be a piss in the ocean compared to all the
assoc' allied industries shutting up too!!!
Will make it difficult to obtain aftermarket parts in general down the track for our existing rides or projects!!
Aust. will certainly be the @sshole of the World!

[heavyduty1340]

Three reasons this has happened

Product price being too high

Greedy Stealers maximizing every bit of profit for themselves

Greedy unions over paying employees

The country cannot continue like this as our financial system cannot support it.

Simple!!

[Stomper]

its a pretty sad state of affairs that no cars will be produced in Oz, but unfortunately it is the way the world is going. it's much cheaper to go overseas.

i feel for all the employee's of the car manufacturers and the components manufacturers, going to be a lot of people losing their jobs.

[ATOMIC MALOO R8]

Time for this country to regain common sense by 1. Looking after our back yard first ,stop giving aid to countries who clearly dont earn it (Indonesia) 2. Lefty pie in sky thinkers (Sarah Hanson Young ) grow up and realise the world is not a golden book story,Australians need to be looked after not illegal boat people. 3 Union grubs ,you have wrecked this country with greed and unrealistic working conditions placed on employers,an honest days work for and honest days pay,thats how we compete with other manufacturing nations ,not by whinging about hours worked or weekends or taking advantage of sick leave ,but actually working and producing to benefit the nation. 4.Increase tariffs on foreign goods and decrease tax or have no GST on Australian manufactured products,so as to boost our manufacturing sector.

im with you mate
every union worker in australia wants more money then whinge when the company they work for can't afford to keep going if i was in the manufacturing game i wouldn't touch australia with a forty foot pole any more
im very sad to admit
and yes the gov should cut out the foreign aid that does nothing to help anyone only the scammers on the receiving end

[Micks]

its a pretty sad state of affairs that no cars will be produced in Oz, but unfortunately it is the way the world is going. it's much cheaper to go overseas.

i feel for all the employee's of the car manufacturers and the components manufacturers, going to be a lot of people losing their jobs.

Yes int. what our Govt will do to manipulate the unemployment figures under their watch?

[C4B]

Keep it on topic. If this degenerates into the usual political pissing match between the same people it'll be gone.

[XUV]

I think a big mistake was that the car companies allowed a 2 brand race series.

Had they kept a multi car brand format and homologation racing, then the cars would have developed better.