Holden Moving Offshore

[ke70dave]

yeah its a bit sad when parts + postage from the other side of the world, is cheaper than buying locally the same thing.

 

But i guess for your average joe, who isnt into buying stuff online, or isnt even into cars (just driving them), its a rip off through the dealerships.

 

this particular volvo is a big 4wd of some description, and apparnetly the standard tyres only last 30,000km!!! one of these softroader things i suspect with 'road tyres' on large mag wheels that just can't handle the weight of the thing for very long.

[7shades]

Economy of scale. (there are hundreds of thousands of Falcodores, and they all have the same faults, of course parts will be cheaper) and again, tariffs. There's tax on imported parts as well.

 

Its cheap to buy and own European everywhere but here, purely because we don't buy (can't afford) that many, the dealer network is smaller, and parts are expensive because those dealers don't buy in quantity.

 

The more there are, the cheaper they become to own.

 

But that won't happen whilst the lopsided anti-competitive laws exist.

[altezzaclub]

I don't think anyone would seriously believe that they will send the design offshore and NOT follow it with manufacture or paperwork pushers or call-centers... So if they do it you can be sure it will continue.

 

Its all quite likely a political threat to have the Govt give them more cash. When you are big enough you can exert undue pressure on the parasites, who in the end are not spending their own money.

 

 

[towe001]

Haven't they been saying that for years but, like the time when the papers were talking about the next commodore was going to be a fwd, a four cylinder and blah blah blah.

But if the commodore does go offshore wonder where its going to go ? Deawoo ??

[philbey]

The design going offshore is nothing new, it's always been cyclical in aus,the engineering and design jobs ebb and flow with the model development cycles. The auto industry in Australia has dabbled with 'follow the sun' design for a decade, where they run multiple offices around the world working on the design 24 hours a day. I've worked with a couple of companies that offshore their CAD work to offices in India or Indonesia.

 

It's nothing new people. There's an engineering shortage in this country.

[Hiro Protagonist]

I've worked with a couple of companies that offshore their CAD work to offices in India or Indonesia.

 

 

We're about to do that ourselves actually, but it'll only be drafting rather than the actual design/engineering work. CAT have a massive engineering/drafting team in India designed to take the load off the regional design centres, and we are absolutely swamped for probably the next 3-4 years.

[LukeAE71]

I know plenty about this since I work there :P

 

You are all a long way off the mark :wink:

[parrot]

yeah its a bit sad when parts + postage from the other side of the world, is cheaper than buying locally the same thing.

 

But i guess for your average joe, who isnt into buying stuff online, or isnt even into cars (just driving them), its a rip off through the dealerships.

 

this particular volvo is a big 4wd of some description, and apparnetly the standard tyres only last 30,000km!!! one of these softroader things i suspect with 'road tyres' on large mag wheels that just can't handle the weight of the thing for very long.

 

 

 

Our car had done less than 30,000 and also needed tyres. A friend with a Volvo XC90 had the sunroof fail out of warranty and it was going to cost thousands. Traded in, and now she drives a Merc 4WD thingy.