Saving the US Auto Industry

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Might I just say that the Australian industry isn't doing all that much better. No one is buying cars at the moment, but the advantage that we have is that most of our manufacturers make more small cars than large, so they've got half a chance of surviving.

Err, pardon?

Autralia has four car manufacturers. oops, three - Mitsubishi just shut down.

Holden (GM) makes commodores (in Adelaide). 6 or 8 cylinder.
Ford makes falcons (in Geelong). 6 or 8 cylinder.
Toyota makes camrys (near Melbourne). 4 or (I think) 6 cylinder.
Mitsubishi made 380s (in Adelaide, aka deadelaide). 6 cylinder.

While each brand does have smaller cars on the market, they are (AFAIK) all imports. Locally made cars are all medium to large family cars. Which was why Mitsubishi shut down when the price of petrol went through the roof. Ducks, can you confirm?