mitsubishi 380’s were an ok car and by the end they were giving away so many extras they were good value too people just didnt buy them. holden is just staying above water because of its export programme but ford, which doesnt make their cars rhd compatible, is going to shit.

holden only makes one car all the others are forien and ford only makes two so its not like the world is going to be overly effected by any demise, we will just have to drive chargers or 5’s

Yeah, I think that’s it. I probably shouldn’t have brought it up, but I’m one of those people who doesn’t take much on faith. I’ve flushed in both hemispheres, so I know from personal observation, it might go either way in either hemisphere. I live in Michigan and my toilet usually flushes CCW.

But in the long run, this is bad. It is from these niches where the new ideas from come. For example, try to name how many safety devices the auto companies developed? Almost none. The racers came up with them. A racer came up with the rear view mirror. Racers came up with seat belts.

I so agree about “The World is Flat.” And I would note that the French invented the automobile. In 1769.

This could just as easily be a result of environment rather than DNA–of nurture rather than nature. try to parse that one out!

It came out in 1959, so may have been before your time. Before Hollywood fell in love with global warming, nuclear holocausts satisfied its taste for apocalyptic themes. (Remember “Dr. Strangelove”?) The story is about Australians waiting to die from nuclear fallout carried by winds from the northern hemisphere which was destroyed in an all out exchange of nuclear weapons. Interestingly in these times of concern about “rogue states” possessing atomic weapons, the book had the war start by an attack on the U.S. by a middle eastern nation. (Egypt, not Iran.)

Does anyone recommend that movie? I’ve never heard of it.

Not if you’re prone to depression. Or prone to being prone to depression. Or don’t like really dark, depressing movies.

Me, I loved it.

Dynamic 88, is the term you are seaching for, “coriolus effect”?

Perhaps you mean the Coriolanus effect?

In the end the market will decide, it always does.

There’s a difference between pride and “lets keep bashing our heads against the wall”. Well they’re going to learn it the hard way. Just like the Big 2.51.

Mine either. I may have been wrong saying it’s the venturi effect. Maybe one of the engineers will explain it for both of us.

But in the long run, this is bad. It is from these niches where the new ideas from come. For example, try to name how many safety devices the auto companies developed? Almost none. The racers came up with them. A racer came up with the rear view mirror. Racers came up with seat belts.

In the end the market will decide, it always does.

I’m ROFL with that picture in my head.

OTOH, that car had a fake paper mache supercharger and blew up 3/4 of the way through the movie after being passed by a four-wheeled pirate boat on nitrous.

I saw a Mustang GT get it’s a$$ handed to it by a daily driven turbo Civic the other day. You would’ve never guessed it by the way that Mustang was blowing sound out it’s pipes.

Mitsubishi of Australia just shut-down their operations last week, which you probably already know.

Toyota builds cars in Oz, as well. As do
GM and Dorf – I mean, Ford. For now.

The old Mitsu plant was the Chrysler operations, which churned out Chrysler Valiants “back in the day”.

The company down under which builds Toyotas used to assemble AMCs!

It’s too bad that this is happening to Australia’s car market. I personally love their cars. Something about big RWD torque-monsters just appeals to me for some reason.

However, an undeniable fact of life is (as was noted in the article): adapt or die.

Hopefully they will be able to reach a resolution that won’t create too much fallout.