>>713519140
they were selling just fine since the 60s, but the second we dropped the tariffs, suddenly chink-mobiles were being dropped in the aussie market 5-10 grand cheaper than the lower-mid-range cars offered by ford and holden.

Toyota also manufactured locally during the tariffs and were wildly popular because of their quality builds and designs, but were more expensive cars, they were the first to close their plants here and just ship in cars on cargo ships the second tariffs ended. They also made spare parts here too, which meant maintaining locally made cars were dirt-cheap compared to the euro-trash hipster/rich cunt cars.

We designed our own vehicles and just used variants of american engine designs btw, we had very iconic designs that are still blue-chip cars today decades later. Ford had the highest horse-power stock, non-supercar vehicle ever made, perfectly legal on australian roads, the XR6 Turbo series. Which you could buy as a mini-pickup (a 'ute' here), or a 4 door sedan with boot space.