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No matter what you think of them this is good for Australia and our disappearing manufacturing sector.
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Green light for $300 million Toyota engine plant
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http://www.caradvice.com.au/83052/to...-at-melbourne/
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As much as i dislike Toyota this is fantastic news for all australian manufacturing and more importantly the automotive sector.
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good stuff, its a drop in the ocean but every bit helps.
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Will the 4 Cyl Cruze engines be made in Australia? Maybe Holden should buy these engines instead.
It's not like we haven't seen Holden badges on Toyota's before right? Lukeyson
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This is excellent news. Can't help but feel they waited for a Labor government to anounce their investment decision. I guess better access to raw materials helped play a part too.
As the countries biggest importer of cars, it is great to see Toyota address some of the imbalance. The likes of which Hyundai have said they never will. Lets face it Hyundai are gunning for top spot by 2020. Congrats to all the workers who will keep their manufacturing jobs and for those whose jobs rely on those jobs. We shouldn't just be a farm and quarry. We need to value add. Car manufacturing is near the pinnacle for this as it covers so many diverse aspects. Ford is a classic case with the $700M T6 Ranger and $300M Mountaineer SUV spinoff engineering projects.
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While I'm happy for the people retaining their jobs here; what is really being made at the plant? Is it just assembly of imported parts or are the castings for the block, heads etc being made here. If that's the case why is the local content target only 50%?
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