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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I had a read if a Modern Motor Article.....August 1972 and it made me double take a bit.
The test was dubbed "The Supercars" a shoot out between Ford XA GT, Holden HQ 350 GTS and Chrysler E38. Besides the interesting dissection of the each car, what made me double take is the opening few paragraphs, that told of each of the three manufacturers actually had no car to give out for a review. It stated the three big manufacturers don't have these high end models in their test fleet. Cars ended up being sought from Dealers. My thought was, were the car manufacturers back in 1972 a little more careful with cash. Probably not a coincidence that all three did not stump up cars and Modern Motor Mag did not expect them to be able to either. I'm not saying its the only thing that killed our car makers but it just demonstrates a different generation that may have exercised a little more constraint if it had to. |
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Death of Australian Car Manufacturing - Another point of View.
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