Australian Motor Industries
Australian Motor Industries (AMI ) is a former automotive brand from Australia. The Company mainly dealt with the construction of licensed vehicles in the Mercedes-Benz brand. Among other things, AMI was also the national importer of the vehicles of the AMC Group. If there had AMI from 1958 to 1985 with corporate headquarters in Port Melbourne.
History
The Australian Motor Industries Ltd.. in 1958 from the renaming of the Australian branch of the Standard Motor Company. This was in financial difficulties and was forced to restructure.
In this measure license rights were purchased for the production of vehicles from Mercedes -Benz. Thus, the models 190, 190 D, 190 SL, 200, 230, 230 S, 250 S, 250 SE, 300 SE, 350 SEL, 600 and 230 SL were produced in Australia under this License.
Furthermore, imported AMI since the restructuring also all vehicles of the American Motors Corporation. These were sold as Rambler and under its own brand name AMI. Vehicles from Standard and Triumph, which were previously manufactured in the company licenses have been imported from the Australian mainland UK.
Particularly popular, the Triumph Herald and the Rambler models.
In April 1963 AMI started production of the Toyota Tiara. With the rising popularity Toyota also AMI vehicles have become more popular in the 1960s. Thus, the AMI also began production of the models Crown, Corona and Corolla.
With the American Motors in 1970 broken exports, the company was forced to produce these models themselves. With the support of the State of New South Wales concessions were negotiated for the construction. Now the body shells were only exported to Australia. The construction of the vehicles had to be included with in Australia produced parts. Special vehicles for police and celebrities were still taken directly from American Motors.
In 1985, AMI is a production of the models and changed his name to AMI Toyota Ltd.. order. All production lines were renewed and converted to Toyota models. Under the new name, AMI Toyota wore a on the Australian Stock Exchange Exchange.
1987, the remaining shares were purchased at other Australian Motor Industries of Toyota; the company was renamed and is called since Toyota Motor Corporation Australia. Toyota made in 1989 held in Australia from all shares then two companies: one for the production and sale of Australian cars and the other for the sale of Toyota vans and Hino trucks.