Australia Mourns the End of Its Car Manufacturing Industry
This is hardly surprising when you know a little local history.<p>For reference: I grew up in Adelaide, about 15-20 minutes drive (15 km.. erm 9.3 miles for <i>you lot</i>)  from the suburb where the Holden factory is located.<p>I remember as a student&#x2F;early graduate (so, 2000 - 2003ish) having.. acquaintances who were in their early 20&#x27;s, bringing home close to $AUD100K&#x2F;year, for assembling commodores. People who would laugh about how funny it is to let a car leave the production line, with the wrong colour door handle fitted.<p>Another &quot;acquaintance&quot; took forever to get a resolution because his 2-door ute was delivered to him with a 20cm gap in the carpet on the passenger side. It went through the factory, through QA, through a DEALER and nobody fucking noticed a 20cm gap on the passenger side of the floor.<p>These were not high quality cars being built by well trained craftsmen. They weren&#x27;t even average quality cars built by moderately trained craftsmen. They were pieces of shit slapped together by over paid idiots.