What will be the next car brand to leave Australia?

[Skylarking]

We can only hope!

If Stellanris leaves, those who own ZB commodores may loose another avenue for spare parts

 

[Immortality]

Can’t help but read such articles and wonder how stupid we are as a nation…

China‘s currency doesn’t float and thus isn’t directly valued by market forces so the government can be directly in control of their economy and the prices it’s manufacturing complex put out to the world. Then buy our minerals cheap as input to their manufacturing complex and we buy back manufactured goods paying a premium for their value adding… while we as a nation get further behind… China’s living standards are rising while ours are falling

If there was an idiot olympics, we’d be winning gold

Everything is manipulated by the CCP in China! Don't believe anything they say.

 

[Skylarking]

Everything is manipulated by the CCP in China! Don't believe anything they say.

Not believing anything Chine say.

Over the years I’ve been seeing all our manufacturing leaving this country while China becomes a manufacturing powerhouse says enough.

And have seen our dollar slide since it was first floated while our government chants free market and level playing fields

We can’t even be self sufficient in urine (adblue) within this country, though have an excess of verbal excrement coming from Canberra

But really, this subject is for another thread

 

[Immortality]

China manipulates all their statistics to make it suit their narrative.

BTW, many large manufacturers are starting to abandon China. Watch that space. The current favourite term from countries that trade/manufacture with China is "de-risk".

 

[J_D 2.0]

If Stellanris leaves, those who own ZB commodores may loose another avenue for spare parts

Stellantis is Fiat/Chrysler/Jeep, not GM.

 

[lmoengnr]

Stellantis is Fiat/Chrysler/Jeep, not GM.

But they now own Opel.

 

[Commo64]

Stellantis is Fiat/Chrysler/Jeep, not GM.

Yeah but Opel and Vauxhall are now also owned by Stellantis, and I'm pretty sure the ZB shares a platform with other French cars, but don't quote me on that one...

 

[lmoengnr]

But they now own Opel.

But is that Renault?

 

[Commo64]

But is that Renault?

No, Renault is with Mitsubishi and Nissan...

 

[Skylarking]

But is that Renault?

Google says

In 2017 the French automobile manufacturer PSA Group bought Opel, and in 2021 Opel became a subsidiary of Stellantis, which was formed by the merger of PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler.​

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Renault S.A. Owned by: French government (19.73%), Nissan Finance (15%) Daimler AG (3.1%) plus public shareholding. Owns: • AutoVAZ (25%) • Dacia (99%) • Nissan (44.3%) • Renault Samsung Motors (80.1%) • Volvo (21.8%).​