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Old 06-09-2024, 09:22 PM   #1
Crazy Dazz
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Default Are we getting screwed by Brexit?

It seems to me that increasingly Australia is just becoming a dumping ground, getting the crap nobody else wants.
Desirable mainstream models have a 6 month waiting list, yet at the same time dealers are drowning in stock.

Recently my missus bought a small "city SUV." We were very interested in the Mitsubishi ASX, but nobody had any stock or any idea when it might arrive. Most sales people weren't even interested in talking. Daughter is interested in an Outlander PHEV, but same deal. Dealer didn't even have a demo.
Yet at the same time, they have taken over a nearby paddock to store their surplus stock. Hundreds of SUVs, but all the models nobody seems to want.

Despite winning numerous awards here, Ford never seemed to have any Pumas in stock, and I understand have now abandoned them altogether. (Except possibly the Electric Model)

We managed to snag a demo Juke, before Nissan ran out of stock of those.

For cars not coming out of East Asia, it seems that what we get here are models shared with the UK. The Juke was actually made in the UK, and others have been coming from Spain, Turkey, and various parts of Europe.

So I'm wondering what the effect of Brexit is on such cars??
With Britain now outside the EU, I would guess that many of the manufacturers that moved production to Britain in recent decades, are now trying to transition to a country still in the EU??
At the same time, if Britain is reciprocating (??) with increased tariffs, and/or lowering tariffs on other nations, are we going to see those EU manufacturers stop production of RHD variants??
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