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In August 1966 Renault Australia bought the assembly services of Continental and General Distributors at Heidelberg in Victoria. Models including the Renault 10, 12, 16 and 18 were assembled and the company also entered into an settlement to assemble cars for Peugeot. Australian production ended with the closure of the Heidelberg plant in July 1981 with LNC Industries then taking over importation and distribution of Renaults in Australia. As of 2012, Renault vehicles are bought in Australia via Automotive news Vehicle Distributors Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nissan Australia. Chrysler departed the Australian automobile market in 1981 when it bought the remainder of its shareholding in Chrysler Australia Ltd to the Mitsubishi Motor Corporation of Japan. The new owner renamed the company Mitsubishi Motors Australia and this company continues to operate at present as certainly one of Australia’s major importers of highway vehicles.