Toyota confirms date for end of Australian assembly

Two weeks ago Holden confirmed that it will end vehicle production at its Elizabeth, Adelaide plant on October 20 – and now Toyota has announced it will end its Australian vehicle assembly on October 3. The two closures will come exactly a year after Ford ended its assembly operations at Melbourne and Geelong in October last year, with the loss of 600 manufacturing jobs. Toyota Australia has confirmed that as part of the shutdown process, its Altona, Melbourne manufacturing plant will stop building V6 Aurions in August, Camry hybrids in September and Camry petrol models in October.

Alfa Romeo confirms Giulia QV pricing for Australia

Alfa Romeo has revealed sharp pricing for its high-performance Giulia QV of $143,900 before on-road costs, positioning it $14,215 cheaper than Mercedes-AMG C63 S and just $4285 more expensive than its BMW M3 rival. While BMW’s sedan hero can be had for $139,615 in its base guise, opting for the Competition-spec version raises prices up to $144,615 – $715 more expensive than the Alfa – and the Mercedes C-Class-based bruiser starts at $155,615.