The forgotten Australian-built cars: Mercedes-Benz

But, our car-building heritage runs far deeper than just the Big Two. And a lot of it is thanks to just one firm, Australian Motor Industries, which in order to circumvent cost-prohibitive import taxes on fully imported vehicles, assembled cars from complete knock down (CKD) kits from a host of international brands right here in Australia including variously Triumph Standard, American Motors Corporation (AMC), Toyota and Mercedes-Benz.

Rob Margeit has been an automotive journalist…

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