Editing Button car plan (section)

{{Short description|1980s Australian government initiative in the motor industry}}
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{{refimprove|date=June 2020}}
{| class = wikitable table align = "right" style = "margin-left: 1em"
|-
! Original vehicle
! Badge-engineered derivative
|-
| [[Ford Falcon (XF)|Ford Falcon]]
| [[Nissan Ute]]
|-
| [[Holden Commodore]]
| [[Toyota Lexcen]]
|-
| [[Nissan Pintara]]
| [[Ford Corsair#Australia|Ford Corsair]]
|-
| [[Nissan Pulsar]]
| [[Holden Astra]]
|-
| [[Toyota Camry]]
| [[Holden Apollo]]
|-
| [[Toyota Corolla]]
| [[Holden Nova]]
|-
| [[Nissan_Patrol#Fourth generation (Y60; 1987)|Nissan Patrol]]
| [[Ford Maverick]]
|}

The '''Button car plan''', also known as the '''Button plan''',<ref name="WHA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/69-years-of-australian-manufacturing/1983-87-the-beginning-of-the-end|title = 1983-87: The beginning of the end| date=25 September 2017 }}</ref> was the informal name given to the '''Motor Industry Development Plan''',<ref name="WHA"/> a [[Hawke government]] initiative intended to rationalise the Australian motor vehicle industry and transition it to lower levels of protection. It took its name from [[Australian Senate|Senator]] [[John Button (Australian politician)|John Button]], the then federal Minister for Commerce, Trade and Industry.<ref name="WHA"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/australian-manufacturing-boomed-then-busted-in-the-1980s/|title = Australian manufacturing boomed, then busted in the 1980s|date = 6 April 2011}}</ref>