Weakening of a Nation 12 - Mitsubishi Plant Closes

[SUKKES]

Fuck labor partyyyy when john howard took over he got this country out of a 90 billion dollar debt over the time he was in charge.Not to forget when kevin rudds labor party took over unemployment was at %3.4 and now is at %5.7 it seems liberal party has always kept unemployment down??????

[VonDook]

I think it's important to note that the closure of the Mitsubishi plant was being speculated even before they released the 380 - a lacklustre and ill-fated design - to a bloated market that simply did not need another large car. After the 380 was released, and the sales figures came in, it was simply a matter of time before the closure occurred.

Blaming the closure of the plant on the change to a Labor government is simply not valid in this case.

Andrew.

[Redblower]

"lacklustre" and ill fated design" ? shows what a naiive ill informed critic you and others are of perhaps the best built, most reliable vehicle ever manufactured in Australia. It certainly looks the case that Mitsubishi management was well ahead of the rest of the pack by seeing the impending GFC on the horizon. Just look at GM in the US.

[VonDook]

By "lacklustre" I was referring to the relatively drab design in comparison to its main competitors. By ill-fated, I was referring to the incredibly bad timing (and terrible press) of the release of this car. It seemed doomed to fail before it even arrived in showrooms.

In hindsight, I believe you may be right; the 380 was an excellently manufactured car and may have been a better choice for the majority of people who opted for a Falcon or Commodore considering the GFC.

[VonDook]

Living only 5 minutes away from the Tonsley Plant, and having the Tons Hotel as my local, I saw the output of the plant slowly decline, and I remember distinctly what a sad day it was when manufacture was halted.

[Redblower]

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

Sales of the 380 had nothing to do with the design, your comment merely liberates uninformed rhetoric.

The failure of the 380 was due to the japanese pulling the pin on the manufacture of the long wheelbase export model.

With our dollar at parity to the US dollar we didn't have a hope in hell of successfully selling to the US.

Please check your facts before posting misinformation, is my point.

[VonDook]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the Australian public voted with their eyes. It wasn't a bad looking car so much as an uninspiring and bland initial design. Most critics at the time agreed on this point, and I'm not sure why we're debating it.

You can't pin the 380's failure solely on the export issue when sales figures domestically were positively dire as well.

The list of reasons why the 380 failed is long and varied. It's unreasonable to label any as "misinformation".

[VonDook]

Incidentally, I see on your channel that you own one. Did you buy it new? How do you like it?

[dx6789]

I must first say that i like your videos and i do support the liberal party. The Australian car industry has been on the verge of death for a long time, especially Mitsubishi. The only way for the plants to achieve economies of scale is for them to export, which is what Holden are doing with the Monaro and the Utes. But even including this, other countries such as Cina and South Korea have a comparative advantage in producing car so they should produce them and we should import them.

[hoodlum666]

yer well, you didnt say anything that everyone doesnt already know.. thanks for just repeating what this weeks news paper said, FUCKHEAD.

[AustralianNews]

another foul mouthed labor supporter...and you get to vote...

[Rowdyeh]

It's got nothing to do with the current government and everything to do with tarriffs and poor product choice. As an ex Mitsubishi employee I KNOW the 380 was doomed from the start, it was a bigger car in a smaller market, it no longer offered a station wagon, no longer had the option of all wheel drive, they should have been making Lancers but no, Mitsi's didn't want that. Mitsubishi employees have always had a collective union agreement and only casuals were on a contract (through an agency)!

[smartbiz2008]

...and what is so wrong with Rud scraping AWA's, down with slavery! be fair........

[smartbiz2008]

Come on people the labour gov got in a few months ago, surely a company the size of mitsubishi doesn't lose money overnight, the lack of manufacturing in this country is due to the fact that China has become the manufacturing hub of the world, get it right!laughable the Australian brand is still being manufactured overseas and slapped with an Australian Made label? the international economy always impacts on our current markets, whether it be interest rates, imports, exports etc.

[ALPBlameGame]

Gotta favourite this ROFL

[chinese5angel]

Come on, aussies,

Mitsubishi closure have nothing to do with whaling issue. Mitsubishi accumulated mount of deficits & gave up. You should care about the Ford & Toyota plant's deficits for your economy.

[AustralianNews]

Not sure what u mean but nobody is saying its a "whale" issue thats y they closed the plant down.

[aussieconservative]

toyota have ran their plant at a deficit before, you can see it right there on the ledger, but there is a difference between unnessary cost and long term INVESTMENT. The australian Toyota plant services the local community as well as Exporting over 120,000 cars. The loss of our manufacturing to overseas competitors is something that only the left could be so indifferent to. but because it is their own policies that have put us in this position they cant offer a solution to the problem.

[thelittleleprechaun]

mitsubishi leaving Australia is part of an orchastrated attemt to bring this country to it's knees unpatriotic politicians allow heavily subsidised food and meat and wine into our country forcing our farmers to plough their products back into the ground because they cannot match the prices from these overseas gangsters

[aussieconservative]

we could stop the other countries from subsidising in 3 ways.

1. make so much more money than them and subsidise our own produce.

2. complain every chance we get about them subsidising there produce.

3. raise tarrifs across the board.

I think we should raise tarrifs in relation to how much goods are subidised therefore negating the effect of such price fixing in the first place.

[MayWeSay]

Understand this - you're not informing us of anything that we don't already have the opportunity to access via *reputable*, authoritative news sources. What are providing here are your thoughts, views, and opinions on the matter - in much the same way as say Piers Akerman (know him?) might do. I will continue to watch your videos, not because I enjoy them, but because I am curious to see what depths you will plunge to next!

[pi550]

Lets face it..labor voters don't want competition in the workforce.They expect business to change and be competive but not the workforce!!Look forword to high unemployment!! Thats why they want children to stay at school until they are 18...so they do not get counted on the dole figures!!

[tt3142]

I couldn't agree more. Keep up the good work.

[aussieconservative]

I am sooo frustrated that people on the left are just so willing and ready to give up on the idea of manufacturing in this country. This is a sad state of affairs and until the manufacturing sector is de-regulated and placed in a position that it can compete (It doesn't have to be cheaper just more efficient and of better QUALITY) we will continue to see these corporations that have come here, in good faith, run for the shores.

[MayWeSay]

What do you propose the Rudd government do? They cannot force Mitsubishi to continue manufacturing in Australia. Clearly, with a rapidly changing world, and a highly volatile global economy, occurances like this are par for the course. Seriously, tell me, what could anyone have done?? Howard would not have been able to do a thing to stop the same! Don't kid yourselves!

[pi550]

I think that you will see many overseas companies pull out of Australia now that we have changed govts.Lets face it..Labor have never been able to manage the economy.They are the unions. They will reduce us to a 3rd world country!!

[iadobeyou]

What absolute bullshit.

[germanicelt]

Well just look at what the Labor government has done for NSW, and people still keep voting them in.