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Originally Posted by zeta1
A Camry? Sure, they are built at Altona, and use Australian suppliers, but are a complete Japanese design. The new VE for example, save for the powertrains, is a ground up Australian design. I think Holden employ far more Australian engineers and design staff than Toyota do, and export a hell of a lot of engines to all over the world. Sure, Toyota may export more cars than Holden does, but Holden sells far more locally produced cars in Australia than Toyota does. And Holden's export numbers to the Middle East, South Africa, South America, USA and New Zealand are not insignificant. How many cars has Ford Australia exported this year????
Sorry, I think Holden means more to Australia. A whole lot more.
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The fact is that Ford sells more locally procuced vehicles in Australia with more local content than Holden or Toyota. Toyota's percentage of local content is definately more than Holdens with the new models, but with bugger all local design input. I tend to think that more local content is worth more to the economy than more engineering input, but that is opinion.
If Ford manage to export left hand drive Falcons and Territorys, that will be worth a lot more than Holdens and Toyotas efforts put together ( are you listening Henry?)