Tfw Trump saved /ourcar/ from extinction

We no longer produce ANY cars here, the wages were too high for it to be cost effective. now we import everything but the government hasnt dropped tariffs on imported cars, once that goes away prices will drop.

Our dollar only buys 74 US cents.

Mustangs cost around 60k AUD here.

what in tarnation??
where the fuck does all that money go??
thats robbery

That sucks.

I could get your cars for only $40k though :^)

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Why would wages too high be a problem? Isn't that the Henry Ford model: if it's a product for the people then pay the people enough to afford the product.

Or is there just too much of the wages sucked out into NEETbux and abo support or something like that?

actually i heard on /o/ that the holden plant that shut down was just gm trying to strong arm your government into tax breaks
and then when they tried to call gms bluff they just said fuck you
apparently that plant was one of their most profitable but was shut down by jew greed

Costs of conversion, converter's mark up etc.

I worked in this business for a while. Shitload of electrical changes, you gotta build your own dash, front seats, get a steering rack etc.

well to be fair looking past fed and wallstreets value of the dollar we only get about 75 cents of what its allegedly worth per dollar when buying things from other countries

its because wallstreet and the fed dont actually dictate the value of the dollar

>tfw my buddy can order me an SRT demon for 75K
Gonna do it at the end of the year.

The Chevy SS was a failure in the states. I'm sure GM had no problem cutting loose one of the few Australia production cars that sells in the US too.

australia needs to change over to LHD already.
it is much better to shift gears, eat, use your phone, or control the radio with your right hand.

>not being able to import an aluminum piece of suit for 200 bucks cheaper is good for america

The abs9lute state of trumpfags.

You can also fap with that hand. True story.

It's not that simple mate.

GM closed Holden Plant for many reasons.
Quick rundown for you yankbro:
1) big 4 door sedans don't sell well anymore
2) ute version of the Commodore was sold only in Australia
3) GM closed Pontiac which used to be a main receiver of Australia built cars
4) mad unions
5) tiny Australian domestic market
6) conservative gov refused to subsidize factory
7) factory was located in the state of South Australia - better known as "blackout state" because it's ruled by mad leftists who went so "green" and "eco" with energy policy, that blackouts are pretty common there. They demolished coal plants and replaced them with fucking wind farms.

I'm a slav wog, so I used to be driving with LHD back in Europe and I didn't really notice any significant difference between LHD and RHD.

>big 4 door sedans don't sell well anymore
This one especially. The Commodore's been dead for many years now, it's all about 4x4 utes and crossovers. Hatchbacks/sedans aren't that common on the roads now, in my experience.

>Jeep SRT
The trailhawk?

Most cars sold here are nip cars, they normally just ship them out straight from Japan. LHD will never happen.

jeep.com.au/grand-cherokee-srt.html

Why are Americans so pathetic?

Maybe trump can grab your PM by the cunt.

our PM is one of (((them)))

>that price
>bargain
What the fuck are people smoking?

find another production car with 800hp for anywhere near that

>t. non-boomer
Get with the times, kid

You're not wrong, I'd just rather get a light shitbox and a v8 turbo setup for a fraction of the price and have a better power to weight ratio.

this.
a challenger in the 1970s probably cost 3 grand or something.
new cars are a fucking scam.

but it has a backup camera and a radio you can't use without pulling over to figure out how lost you just got in the menus so you can turn the music down and answer the phone

dad what are you doing on Jow Forums?

Rebuilding the lawn mower engine with a hot cam and four-barrel carb. You're gonna love this. It won't hold an idle below 2000RPM.

Already ordered crome hubcaps and some tail fins for the push bar.

>Rebuilding the lawn mower engine with a hot cam and four-barrel carb. You're gonna love this. It won't hold an idle below 2000RPM.
This sounds like something my brother would do.

WRONG BOARD FUCKING RETARD. DODGE SUCKS NIGGER COCKS ANYWAY

>a challenger in the 1970s probably cost 3 grand or something.
and they could do 10 second quarter mile under warranty?
are you fucking high or just trolling?

My grandfather had this one back up mower in the south barn that he let us borrow one time when ours shit the bed. I don't know what the fuck he did to it. It had like some pieces of old iron heater piping instead of a muffler, it drank gas like a motherfucker, and if you opened the throttle more than about 1/2 of the way you'd swear you were at a NASCAR race.

But goddamn that thing would eat thick, overgrown grass without breaking a sweat even if you tried to mow it at a run. Old man knew how to not mess around.

There's some madmen gearheads that pushed a Demon past 1,000hp.

Two of the most ugly cars I've ever seen. I pray these never make it to Australia.

Population 25 million. How many car makers would survive with a fraction of this market? Our car makers always had the problem of limited production runs (compared to USA, Japan, Korea, EU) and thus little economies of scale. :-(

Somebody never played with matchbox cars!

JEEPS ARE FOR BUTLERIDIANS ONLY
GET OUT OF MY CAR

This is without taxes ...
It start a bit under 40k€ here in france with taxes without " eco kikes taxes " and that's another 8k€ to put on the table.

>when are we finally getting these bad boys in australia?

When you will start to drive on the good side of the road.

>KEK

Lmfao an australian talking about ugly cars. You ever seen the tin cans your drunk countrymen shit out?

Am I the only one excited for the mid-engine Corvette?

>Why are Americans so pathetic?
You know this shit is why we hate you, right?

>800hp car
>Burgers think you can drive something that powerful in a city full of traffic.

I have a 450hp car and its a fucking nightmare to drive in traffic.

Kid, back when I was your age, I bought a new car every other year. Just hit the bricks, find that better job, give a firm handshake. Cars are cheap, don't be lazy kiddo, we did it, now it's your turn.

>warranty
falling for meme kek

all cars have high horsepower these days
$70k is a lot for a car. still has shit handling and poor lap times

Not politics. Plus this is a nigger tier conversation.

>797 hp burgermobile
>0-60 3.4

>430 hp bongmobile
>0-60 3.2

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You actually spent money on that thing

Buy Mazda.

Jaguar is the only good British car manufacturer, and it's owned by poos.

What do I gotta do to afford the official Jow Forums approved RWDS muscle car in the next 5 years?