Ford's great hope

Article Abstract:

The Australian automobile industry is continuing to grow at record levels in 2004, and the trend is mainly due to the steady demand for the sports utility vehicles (SUV). To tap the market and to strengthen its weak SUV range Ford has developed Territory, for June 2004 launch, at a cost of $500 million and hopes it can take on the likes of Toyota and Mitsubishi and the growing Korean car makers' Competition.

Market information - general, Sales & consumption, Marketing procedures, Product introduction, New Products/Services, Utility Vehicles, Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing, Marketing, Supply and demand, Sport utility vehicles, Company marketing practices, Sport-utility vehicles, Industry sales and revenue, Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd.

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Geared for change: Tariffs will be cut next year and the car industry is preparing itself for a bumpy, but potentially rewarding, ride

Article Abstract:

The five percent reduction in tariffs by the car industry of Australia on passenger cars due on January 1, 2005, is discussed. The ability of the local car industry to absorb this cut is described and Leon Daphane, the chairman of Australia's biggest import-only car company, Nissan Australia, believes that there would be a stall in the market coinciding with the fall in tariff rates.

Taxes, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, Taxation, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Transportation equipment industry, Nissan Motor Manufacturing Company Australia Ltd., Daphane, Leon

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Car makers' new model

Article Abstract:

Manufacturing techniques in the automobile industry are going through many changes.

Production management, Analysis, Manufacturing processes, Manufacturing

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