While Canada is more populated than Australia, we'd likely be in the same boat pricewise if it weren't for being parked next to the big sales elephant that is the US, as many of the factors you mention apply here as well.
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Originally Posted by PuGZoR
Nah, gotta remember guys that we're on an island away from the rest of the world, haha, we only sell very low volumes of vehicles here due to our population, and then there's the fact it's really easy to own and keep running old cars. Things like safety testing (which is pretty stringent here) and marketing doesn't get spread over a nice big number of units. Logistics is a huge business here because we're so bloody spread out as well. I think AU is a bit of a cash cow for a few marques because the market is really well insulated from the rest of the world.
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