Quote Originally Posted by Petronas View Post
Do they still want only Holden & Ford or are they open to other manufacturers?
Ford have pulled nearly all their sponsorship except for a couple of teams, and Holden are struggling with their teams. They now have to deal with Walkinshaw as well, as he's just relieved Skaife of HRT. Holden have closed some of their factories since they are importing more cars now from places like Korea.

The motorsport press have run with the Toyota story on numerous occasions but Toyota aren't interested because they would have to build a car to V8SA specs.

My opinion is Ford/Holden have continued to perpetuate the myth that Australia is a big country and we should all drive big cars. Not so anymore. It's cheaper to fly than drive long distances, and caravans are a thing of the past (in my experience anyway).

That's why smaller cars, like Hondas, are better suited to our driving needs. The reason the big 3 are in trouble in the US is because they refused to see that the time of the big petrol guzzler is over. It's almost the same here.

Peter