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Australia News on Feb. 16, 2020
Sunday, February 16, 2020
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Given that Australia no longer manufacturers vehicles and with the demise of Holden today, is it worth considering Australia move to left hand drive, right hand traffic.
The majority of right hand drive countries line up with the old British Empire, although moving to left hand drive would put us in line with most of Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Moving to left hand drive would give Australia greater access to a variety of cars, as not all cars produced come in right hand drive. Other countries have made the conversion, might it be something that we now give consideration too?
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So now that Holden is going, what’s still made in Australia? (and what is still owned by Australia?)
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Announcement
With a heavy heart, Holden announced today that General Motors will be retiring the Holden brand in Australia and New Zealand. This announcement will be felt deeply by the entire Holden family, our customers and our fans.
We will immediately begin working with our dealer partners across Australia and New Zealand to implement an orderly transition, including support for our existing customers.
Holden will continue to support customers in the following ways:
- Honour all existing warranties and guarantees
- Honour all free scheduled servicing offers
- Ongoing call centre support
- Provide servicing and spare parts for at least 10 years, through national aftersales networks in Australia and New Zealand
- Recalls or safety-related issues if they arise
GM has taken this difficult decision after an exhaustive analysis of the investment required for Holden to be competitive for the long term in Australia's and New Zealand's new car markets. Regrettably, this assessment determined such an investment could not meet GM's investment thresholds, including delivering an appropriate return.
Factors weighing against further investment in Holden included: the highly fragmented right-hand-drive domestic markets; the economics to support growing the brand; and delivering an appropriate return on investment.
More broadly is the issue of scale. The global consolidation of the automotive industry has made it increasingly challenging to support a brand and a business that operates in only two markets, which represent less than one percent of the global industry.
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Heya
I imagine it's fairly important to protect our driver licence number, full name, DOB, and other details. At the same time we're expected to exchange these details with a stranger. How are we expected to protect ourselves when a stranger takes photos of our licence in an accident? Those photos could end up anywhere on the net through cloud sync and whatnot.
Any tip?
Ta
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