Back in the Day with MTA 1969

The filtration system employed by modern motor vehicles has largely countered the potential impacts of dirt on internal componentry of engines. However, it remains a risk that always needs to be managed.

Back in the day with older cars, people would gently pump the brakes to slow down or stop. Now, technology has been developed to do it better than most humans can.

In contemporary vehicles, sensors on each wheel provide feedback to a central computer in fractions of a second, enabling it to handle pulse braking far more quickly and effectively than a person can while preventing the wheels from locking. (When you skid, it’s considerably more difficult to steer effectively.)

In 1969, the two millionth Holden was manufactured and driven off the production line. Sadly, the iconic Australia brand would cease vehicle and engine production by the end of 2017 in South Australia. According to many in the car industry, this was the end of an era in car manufacturing in Australia.