Major portion of automotive industry is located in Melbourne and nearby city of Geelong where General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen and Chrysler-Rootes have plants; British Motor Corp is based in Sydney while both General Motors and Chrysler-Rootes have factories in Adelaide; sales of new motor vehicles last year totaled 406,944 of which cars comprised 258,057 and stationwagons 73,694; reference is made to policy of Australian Federal Government pressing for 95% Australian content in all vehicles and special tariffs imposed on foreign imports.


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    Title :

    Australia's growing industry


    Additional title:

    Automotive Industries


    Contributors:
    Lloyd, N.M. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1966


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English