Carp dinosaurs? Obviously you’ve got a warped sense of what dinosaurs are then, because Carp are related to goldfish, and last time I checked neither were extinct, like all actual dinosaurs are.

Maybe this explains why you are calling Australian built cars dinosaurs, because you don’t truly understand what it takes to be a dinosaur? Using one example, the VE Commodore is a world car. Designed in and for Australia, it has been successfully exported to the Middle East, NZ, the UK and the USA (only stopping now because Pontiac is being closed) and it’s platform has been developed for other models and is built at various locations overseas.

A Camry is a Camry in almost every market. The VE is a different car in almost every market and this speaks for the platform’s ability to shape itself for a particular market, something the Camry can never claim. I keep in mind the Aurion when I mention this.

And for the record, I am not a Holden fan and would rather an FG, but doesn’t Holden’s example prove a point?

Reality, Camry might be America’s best selling car for 7 years but it’s still technically a local, with extensive reengineering. It’s still also a worse handling car than Falcon or Commodore and performance v. economy isn’t entirely convincing either. Buy an Aurion or Falcon XT with ZF auto and they have much greater performance and safety with same fuel economy.

Aside from that, BMW nor Lexus have a vehicle that competes in the clas with Falcon and Commodore unless you talk of the poor mans Lexus in the Camry/Aurion