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The first major carmaker was Ford Australia and the first Australian-designed mass production car was manufactured by Holden in 1948. Australian manufacture of cars rose to a maximum of almost half a million in the 1970s (10th place in the World) and still exceeded 400,000 in 2004. [1] Australia was best known for the design and production of ...
Colonel Harley Tarrant built his first car in 1901. After a small number of motor vehicles were built, it became apparent that it was uneconomic to build indigenous vehicles, in the face of overseas technology. Tarrant assumed the responsibility for distribution of Ford automobiles in Victoria in 1908, and production of Tarrants ceased. The ...
Devaux Cars (2001–present) H2X Australia; Jacer (1995–present) Minetti Sports Cars (2003–present) Python (1981–present) Quantum (2015–present) Roaring Forties (1997–present) Spartan-V (2004–present) Stohr Cars (1991–present)
The Holden is a full-sized car produced by the company of the same name across 5 generations from 1948 until 1984. The Holden is also commonly referred to by their model designation (e.g., HQ) and also the H Series. The Holden was introduced to be Australia's car, being the first full scale produced automobile exclusive to the country.
Australian Motor Industries assembled the first Toyota car built outside Japan in April 1963, the Toyota Tiara. [15] Assembly of Toyotas by AMI expanded in the 1960s to include the Crown, Corona, and Corolla at the Port Melbourne facility. Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan purchased shares to control 10% of the Australian company. [16]
The song "Wild One" makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts. Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit "A Pub with No Beer" becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success. 1959: 1 March: Construction begins on the Sydney Opera House. It will eventually cost $102 Million. 1962
This category is for individual car models produced in Australia. For motor vehicle manufacturing companies of Australia see Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Australia . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Automobiles of Australia .
Ford Australia's first products were Model T cars assembled from complete knock-down (CKD) kits provided by Ford of Canada. Of the many models that followed, the best known was the Falcon produced from 1972 to 2016, originally a US model introduced in Australia in 1960 and eventually adapted to Australian requirements and road conditions.
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