Here it is, our penultimate AutoTalk Australia magazine for 2019 and it’s a real humdinger.
This month we lead with the Australian Automotive Dealer Association and the Department of Industry as they confirm a draft automotive franchise code of conduct bill will arrive before Christmas, if not before the end of the year.
Both the aftermarket and the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce quietly celebrate as the assistant treasurer confirms a mandatory data-sharing scheme will also be established in the coming months, and the VACC also reveals how tax grabs and revenue gouging by councils are sucking the life out of Melbourne’s metro auto business fringe.
The latest Roy Morgan Wealth Report should answer those questions anybody might still be having as to why new car sales continue tanking, we delve into reports out of the states about pedetrian detection safety systems not doing as it says on the packet, and the CSIRO talks electric vehicles and recycling.
It wasn’t hard to figure out why Toyota Healsville is such a successful and cleverly positioned dealership, nor is it difficult to understand why the Carly vehicle subscription business will be a dealer’s new best friend after our in-depth chat with chief executive Chris Noone.
Plus we wrap up from the 10th anniversary of Motorclassica and talk with one of the unsung heroes behind Ford Australia’s fabled Falcon GTHO Bathurst race cars on the morning of a historic win for the Blue Oval, Dick Johnson Racing and Scott McLaughlin at Mount Panorama.
Have a great week and weekend.
Scott Murray,
Editor
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