Events
1897: Australia's first petrol driven car
with a full enclosed body produced by
Harley Tarrant1904: First ford car imported1908: The Model T was being produced in
assembly in Geelong1909: In 1909, there were 348 Model
T's sold1856: General Motors Holden Established
In Adelaide1909: Harley Tarrant manufacturer,
Importer and distributor acquries the
ford franchise1948: Holden Produces its
first manufactured motor vechile
the Holden FX1955: The number of passenger
vehicles registered per 1,000 people
increased by 1531960: Holden sells one
millon cars1958: Holden accounted for
43% of car sales1965: Number of passengers
vehicles registered per 1,000
increases by 2502002: 30.2% of Australian passenger
vehicles were built in Australia2010: Figure rises by 650
per 1000 registerd vechiles2012: 12.6% of Australian
passenger vechiles were
built in Australia2016: Ford closes operations
in Australia2017: Toyota and Holden
shutdown Australian
OperationsPeriods
1909: Tarrant was a manufacturer importer and Distributor, building his own cars as well as acquiring the Ford franchise
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