Toyota has joined Ford and Holden in completing the exodus of the car manufacturing industry from Australia.  The move was widely tipped by the manufacturer itself late last year, ahead of an announcement yesterday. Manufacturing will cease at Toyota’s Altona plant in 2017, brin

News about General Motors exiting manufacturing with it’s Holden brand comes as little shock to the bulk of the Australian automotive component sector, who have known about the brittle state of the industry overall ever since Ford announced it was pulling down it’s shutter

With Ford’s announcement that it will cease Australian manufacturing in 2016, all eyes have turned to the remaining two (Holden and Toyota), and exactly how much demand remains for Australian-made cars. As the Australian federal election looms closer, the incumbent Labour govern