page_title: Automotive industry in Australia
section_title: British Leyland
hierarchical_section_title: Automotive industry in Australia / Large scale manufacturers / Previous / British Leyland
caption_attribution_description: English: Leyland P76 Super Built from 1973-75 Engines; 2623 6 cyl or 4416 V8 Super got Bucket seats, console, woodgrain dash, 4 headlights etc over Deluxe This image was originally uploaded by wiki-user OSX under standard license creative commons 2.0. I have taken OSX's image and slightly cropped it in order to remove from the foreground two elements which I found distracting. These were (1) the adjacent car (appafently another P76) and (2) what appears to be the edging of a concrete sidewalk/pavement. I hope OSX, having seen what I did, will not feel I have traduced his original intentions with this. I am about to post him a message to this effect.
context_page_description: A substantial car industry was created in Australia in the 20th century through the opening of Australian plants by international manufacturers. The first major carmaker was Ford Australia and the first Australian-designed mass production car was manufactured by Holden in 1948. Australian manufacture of cars rose to a maximum of almost half a million in the 1970s and still exceeded 400,000 in 2004. Australia was best known for the design and production of 'large' sized passenger vehicles. By 2009 total production had fallen to around 175,000 and the Australian market was dominated by cars imported from Asia and Europe.
  As of 2015, Australian-designed cars were manufactured by General Motors subsidiary Holden, and Ford Australia, while Toyota Australia manufactured local variants of its international models, particularly the Camry. However, the Ford Australia engine and vehicle plants closed in October 2016 and the Holden and Toyota Australia factories closed in late 2017. Only Fords design and development facilities remain in operation, leaving Australia as one of 13 countries with the capabilities to design and develop mass market cars from scratch.
context_section_description: British Leyland assembled and manufactured vehicles in Australia from 1950 to 1975. British Leyland was formed when Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings (formerly BMC) merged.
caption: British Leyland's Australian subsidiary produced the Leyland P76 from 1973 to 1975
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