Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The automotive industry in New Zealand no longer has a vehicle assembly industry for passenger cars. Changes to protection of the local industry eventually led to the closure of the assembly plants since they could not compete with foreign counterparts. Annual output of automotive industry achieved more than 100 thousands in 1980s and then dramatically decreased due to Asian market import. Currently, there are a number of small domestic companies producing original kit and replica cars using local-made car bodies and imported componentry for both the local and international markets. Several of these, while small in size, are noted internationally for the quality of their workmanship. Most domestic vehicles are imported, with Toyota, Ford, and General Motors Holden division dominating the market.The automotive industry started with the importation in 1898 of two Benz cars from Paris by William McLean. Apart from a few attempts to create locally made cars in the 1900s (decade) most were imported. New Zealand Government legislation and import duties in the early 1920s created conditions which meant that major international companies such as Ford and General Motors started assembling cars locally.These major companies and the legislation in turn worked against the formation of any significant indigenous automobile companies. Only small boutique kit and replica car firms were able to survive. In the 1980s, the removal of import duty and restrictive legislation caused an influx of secondhand Japanese cars and unrestricted access for new imported vehicles. In turn, this caused the closure of all the large local assembly plants by the late 1990s because it was cheaper to build mass-produced vehicles overseas."@en }
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- Automotive_industry_in_New_Zealand abstract "The automotive industry in New Zealand no longer has a vehicle assembly industry for passenger cars. Changes to protection of the local industry eventually led to the closure of the assembly plants since they could not compete with foreign counterparts. Annual output of automotive industry achieved more than 100 thousands in 1980s and then dramatically decreased due to Asian market import. Currently, there are a number of small domestic companies producing original kit and replica cars using local-made car bodies and imported componentry for both the local and international markets. Several of these, while small in size, are noted internationally for the quality of their workmanship. Most domestic vehicles are imported, with Toyota, Ford, and General Motors Holden division dominating the market.The automotive industry started with the importation in 1898 of two Benz cars from Paris by William McLean. Apart from a few attempts to create locally made cars in the 1900s (decade) most were imported. New Zealand Government legislation and import duties in the early 1920s created conditions which meant that major international companies such as Ford and General Motors started assembling cars locally.These major companies and the legislation in turn worked against the formation of any significant indigenous automobile companies. Only small boutique kit and replica car firms were able to survive. In the 1980s, the removal of import duty and restrictive legislation caused an influx of secondhand Japanese cars and unrestricted access for new imported vehicles. In turn, this caused the closure of all the large local assembly plants by the late 1990s because it was cheaper to build mass-produced vehicles overseas.".
- Q4826734 abstract "The automotive industry in New Zealand no longer has a vehicle assembly industry for passenger cars. Changes to protection of the local industry eventually led to the closure of the assembly plants since they could not compete with foreign counterparts. Annual output of automotive industry achieved more than 100 thousands in 1980s and then dramatically decreased due to Asian market import. Currently, there are a number of small domestic companies producing original kit and replica cars using local-made car bodies and imported componentry for both the local and international markets. Several of these, while small in size, are noted internationally for the quality of their workmanship. Most domestic vehicles are imported, with Toyota, Ford, and General Motors Holden division dominating the market.The automotive industry started with the importation in 1898 of two Benz cars from Paris by William McLean. Apart from a few attempts to create locally made cars in the 1900s (decade) most were imported. New Zealand Government legislation and import duties in the early 1920s created conditions which meant that major international companies such as Ford and General Motors started assembling cars locally.These major companies and the legislation in turn worked against the formation of any significant indigenous automobile companies. Only small boutique kit and replica car firms were able to survive. In the 1980s, the removal of import duty and restrictive legislation caused an influx of secondhand Japanese cars and unrestricted access for new imported vehicles. In turn, this caused the closure of all the large local assembly plants by the late 1990s because it was cheaper to build mass-produced vehicles overseas.".