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The growth of cars skyrocketed after WWII. This had a huge impact on Australia. This meant Australia's could live further away from their jobs and new industries were created
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The first mass-produced Australian car rolled off theassembly line at General Motors Holden in Melbourne inNovember 1948. This car was called the FX Model Holden and cost 733 pounds or $1466. The average weekly earnings at this time were only $18 a week.
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In the 1950s a good economy and growing population meant that more people were buying car. By the end of the decade owning a car was normal and with increasing second hand cars it was cheaper to purchase one.
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By the 1960s cars were an essential form of transport for many people who now lived the new outer suburbs and the two-car family was becoming common.
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In the 1970s, rising petrol prices led to the development ofsmaller, more fuel-efficient cars. Japan began to make smaller,cheaper cars which soon outsold the bigger and more expensiveAustralian-made cars.
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Cars are considered the most popular form of transport for Australians.
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New ars become even more cheaper as an influx of Chinese car manufacturers hit Australian shores.
