Going to be interesting to see who picks up the spare parts side now, maybe an opportunity for Rare Spares to become the spare parts supplier. They might be in a position to buy out all the dealers spares bulk lot, good price but they would need a bigger factory LOL Imaging you have just bought one of the latest Cromodores and you have to go to Rare Spares to get parts to service it. I was talking to my son in NZ tonight and one of the blokes he works with had only just had his new Crommodore in for its first service today. I bet he isn't that impressed. Australians were never going to fall for some badged up European box of bolts to be called a Commodore.
I think Ford are probably doing better with the Mustang as they seem to be getting around a fair bit these days and they still have their commercial vehicles to help steady the ship, time will tell if they can hang on.
Where this all leads to is big problems for the smaller repair guys that have a small workshop. With so many different makes of cars now being imported they are constantly working on cars that are foreign to them and they may only ever work on that particular make of car once a year. Means a lot of cars are going to reach end of life very quickly from here on in. They will end up like the Chinese mowers that nobody will waste their time trying to repair
