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Re:Australia Mourns the End of Its Car Manufacturing Industry by JimmyAustin on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:34PM (#15520523)
A combination of labour costs, being the most isolated country on earth and a tiny local market. Malaysia's GDP per capita is <20% of Australias (49k vs 9k), and the population is 30% bigger (30mil vs 24mil), not to mention the surrounding local markets (Thailand at 68 mil, Vietnam at 92.7mil).
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Re:Australia Mourns the End of Its Car Manufacturing Industry by jen729w on Saturday October 21, 2017 @04:52AM (#15521205)
Enormous import tax rates!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_motor_vehicle_import...

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Re:Australia Mourns the End of Its Car Manufacturing Industry by stephenr on Saturday October 21, 2017 @04:07AM (#15521124)
Thailand taxes all imported cars at something like 120%. (So a 50K car becomes a 110K) to encourage the local industry.
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