Hot on the heels of announcing the closure of Australian manufacturing operations by 2017, GM-subsidiary Holden has decided to keep it’s Lang Lang engineering and test facility open and operational. Although cynics have labelled the move nothing more than a marketing stunt ̵

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