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That"s right Toyota no longer builds cars in the land down under, where beer does flow and men chunder. It"s been a five-decade ride for Toyota Motor Australia, cranking out a series of reliable (and reliably dull) cars and 4x4s that have been overwhelming sales successes in the land of sunburn and snakes. So, you might be wondering, why shut a plant that builds cars popular enough to make Toyota an Australian best-seller for the past decade? Well, many reasons that require a more in-depth narrative than Ten Things is in the habit of covering (we"ll have a proper story in the coming weeks), but the gist is as follows: too pricey to build means not profitable enough to sell. So, Toyota"s metamorphosing into an importer-distributor in the land of Oz, rather than a manufacturer. So, er, strewth, or bugger, or stone the flamin" crows, or whatever it is that people think Australians actually say.
Date written: 6 Oct 2017
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That"s right Toyota no longer builds cars in the land down under, where beer does flow and men chunder. It"s been a five-decade ride for Toyota Motor Australia, cranking out a series of reliable (and reliably dull) cars and 4x4s that have been overwhelming sales successes in the land of sunburn and snakes. So, you might be wondering, why shut a plant that builds cars popular enough to make Toyota an Australian best-seller for the past decade? Well, many reasons that require a more in-depth narrative than Ten Things is in the habit of covering (we"ll have a proper story in the coming weeks), but the gist is as follows: too pricey to build means not profitable enough to sell. So, Toyota"s metamorphosing into an importer-distributor in the land of Oz, rather than a manufacturer. So, er, strewth, or bugger, or stone the flamin" crows, or whatever it is that people think Australians actually say.
Date written: 6 Oct 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9451
