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View Poll Results: Should the purchase price of a new Aussie car be deductable? | |||
Yes, I want my tax to help the car industry so this would help my buy a new car |
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35 | 61.40% |
Yes but it will not affect me personally as I buy commercially and/or used |
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10 | 17.54% |
No, there must be a level playing field for all manufacturers |
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2 | 3.51% |
No, it would be unfair to those who don't want to buy new cars |
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10 | 17.54% |
Voters: 57. You may not vote on this poll |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
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I think Australians VALUE Australian made, but as a whole are not prepared to put any value ON it.
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I totalled my XR6
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Australia
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Fascinating concept. Such an idea could still save Holden and Toyota but I think it's time to accept that Ford Australia is gone.
I don't think much can be done to save Australian vehicle manufacturing now, it's just a matter of time before Holden announce the inevitable. Toyota may stick around a bit longer.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sydney
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So why support the car industry over any other Australian industry, with this type of proposal?
What are the 'local content' measures; jobs, dollars....., Who decides; the same bureaucrats / politicians that have created the current mess?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2010
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to access lower cost cars, the push to reduce government assistance to the local car industry is purely a byproduct of increased buyer focus on imported products. The reason why Ford and Holden chose large car in the first place was that they originally offered substantial profit that could cover the cost of local manufacturing but that has been steadily eroded over the last 20-30 years. The current XR6 can be had for similar price as 18 years ago and where imported vehicles now have scales of economy to contain those costs, local manufacturers don't. So there's only two choices, manufacture subsidised products or go broke selling loss makers. Last edited by jpd80; 14-07-2013 at 11:30 AM. |
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