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Holden (GM) killed themself by building cars no one wanted anymore as the Australian iconic car has 6-cylinder engines and some maybe 8 cylinder.

Australian government couldn't subsidise cars that where losing sales year on year to smaller cheaper to run cars.

GM just wanted the handouts to keep it running when that dry up they pull the pin

John Cadogan is a bloke that called the end of the Australian Car Manufacturing many years ago and has a great video on why it died here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uFYW5tMoeg




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