Getting+Connected

Pages 8 and 9 of **//In our own Backyard//** discusses the manufacturing of cars sold in Australia by Asian companies.

Copy the data chart from page 9 into your workbooks. Use the links below to assist you in completing this chart.

[|KIA Dealerships in Australia] [|Toyota Australia] [|Honda Australia] [|2005 Global Sales figures of cars]

Download the PMI chart and complete to evaluate the effects of foreign car manufacturing to the topic areas listed.


 * Employment
 * Economy
 * Consumer Choice
 * Environment
 * Trade Partnerships

Discuss your findings from this evaluation as a class. Should the importing of Asian cars to Australia be encouraged? Explain and justify your response.