Australian Manufacturers' Championship
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The Australian Manufacturers' Championship is a motor racing title awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....

 (CAMS) to the winning car manufacturer in a series of races held throughout Australia. Whilst the first two championships were open only to Group E Series Production Touring Cars
Group E Series Production Touring Cars
Group E Series Production Touring Cars was an Australian motor racing category for production based sedans competing with limited modifications. It was current from 1964 to 1972....

 subsequent championships through to 1991 were run to the same regulations as the Australian Touring Car Championship
Australian Touring Car Championship
The Australian Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960. The series itself is no longer contested, but the title lives on, with the winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series awarded the trophy and title of Australian Touring Car Champion.-History:The...

. The title has been revived twice since then, firstly in 1994 as a championship open to 2 litre Class II Touring Cars (soon to become known as Super Touring Cars) and from 2008 as a series for Group 3E Series Production Cars
Group 3E Series Production Cars
Group 3E Series Production Cars is an Australian motor racing formula for production based cars competing with limited modifications. Group 3E cars currently contest the Australian Manufacturers' Championship and Australian Production Car Championship titles and the annual Bathurst 12 Hour...

, incorporating the Australian Production Car Championship
Australian Production Car Championship
The Australian Production Car Championship is a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of production cars, which must compete in close to standard specification...

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The actual name of the title was also changed by CAMS a number of times during those years as shown in the following table of championship winners.
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Year Championship Champion
1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship General Motors-Holden
Holden
GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931...

1972
1972 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1972 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for car manufacturers. It was contested over a five round series.*Round 1, Chesterfield 250, Adelaide International Raceway, South Australia, 27 August...

Australian Manufacturers' Championship Ford Motor Co of Australia
Ford Australia
Ford Australia is the Australian subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and was founded in Geelong, Victoria, in 1925 as an outpost of Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. At that time, Ford Canada was a separate company from Ford USA...

1973
1973 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1973 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for automobile manufacturers. It was the third Australian Manufacturers' Championship and the first to be contested with Group C Touring Cars.-Calendar:...

Australian Manufacturers' Championship General Motors-Holden
1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship General Motors-Holden
1975
1975 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1975 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for vehicles manufacturers. The championship was contested over a five round series....

Australian Manufacturers' Championship General Motors-Holden
1976 Australian Championship of Makes General Motors-Holden
1977 Australian Championship of Makes Ford Motor Co of Australia
1978
1978 Australian Championship of Makes
The 1978 Australian Championship of Makes was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for car manufacturers. The championship was contested over a five round series...

Australian Championship of Makes Ford Motor Co of Australia
1979 Australian Championship of Makes General Motors-Holden
1980 Australian Championship of Makes General Motors-Holden
1981
1981 Australian Endurance Championship
The 1981 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers, contested with Group C Touring Cars. It was the 11th circuit racing manufacturers' championship title to be awarded by CAMS and the first to carry the Australian Endurance Championship...

Australian Endurance Championship
Australian Endurance Championship
The Australian Endurance Championship was first contested in 1981, as a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for car manufacturers. Replacing the Australian Championship of Makes , it was decided over a series of endurance races for touring cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations.In the...

Toyota (Australia)
1982
1982 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes
The 1982 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes was open to cars complying with CAMS Group C Touring Car regulations.The title was contested over a five round series:* Round 1 : Perrier Gold Cup, Oran Park, NSW, 22 August...

Australian Endurance Championship of Makes Nissan Motor Co (Australia)
Nissan Motors
, usually shortened to Nissan , is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn ....

1983
1983 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes
The 1983 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to Group C Touring Cars.The championship was contested over a six round series with all rounds run concurrently with those of the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship.-Calendar:* Round 1,...

Australian Endurance Championship of Makes General Motors-Holden
Toyo Kogyo (Mazda)
Mazda
is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales...

1984
1984 Australian Endurance Championship
The 1984 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to Group C Touring Cars. The championship, which was the fourth Australian Endurance Championship, was contested over a five round series...

Australian Endurance Championship of Makes Toyo Kogyo (Mazda)
1985
1985 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1985 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers. It was the 15th manufacturers title to be awarded by CAMS and the 6th to carry the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name...

Australian Manufacturers' Championship BMW (Aust) Pty Ltd
BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...

1986 Australian Manufacturers' Championship Nissan Motor Co (Australia)
1987
1987 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1987 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers. The title, which was the seventeenth Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was contested concurrently with the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship over a nine round series.* Round...

Australian Manufacturers' Championship BMW (Australia) Pty Ltd
Nissan Motor Co (Australia)
1988
1988 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1988 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to cars complying with CAMS "Group A" Touring Car regulations...

Australian Manufacturers' Championship Ford Motor Co of Australia
Toyota Motor Corp Australia Ltd
BMW (Australia) Pty Ltd
1989
1989 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1989 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for vehicle manufacturers. It was contested concurrently with the 1989 Australian Touring Car Championship over an eight round series with each round staged as a single race of approximately one hour's...

Australian Manufacturers' Championship Toyota Motor Corp Australia Ltd
1990
1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was open to manufacturers of cars complying with CAMS Group 3A Touring car regulations and was contested over a four-round series.- Schedule :*Round 1, Sandown 500, Sandown Raceway, Victoria, 9 September...

Australian Manufacturers' Championship Ford Motor Co of Australia
1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship Nissan Motor Co (Australia)
1992 - 1993 Not Contested
1994
1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition for 2.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with FIA Class II rules. The championship, which was promoted as the 1994 Valvoline Australian Manufacturers' Championship, began on 17 April 1994 at Eastern Creek...

Australian Manufacturers' Championship
- Champion Driver
BMW (Australia) Pty Ltd
Tony Longhurst
Tony Longhurst
Tony Longhurst is an Australian former racing driver and Australian Champion water skier. He is most noted for his career in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar series....

 (BMW 318i
BMW E36
The BMW E36 is the third generation of the 3 Series compact executive cars produced by BMW. It was introduced in late 1990 for Europe and in late 1991 for US and Canada. It was the successor to the E30 3 Series and was eventually replaced by the E90 3 Series in 2005, though E36 coupes were still...

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1995 - 2007 Not Contested
2008
2008 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 2008 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers.The championship, which was open to Group 3E Series Production Cars was the 23rd Australian Manufacturers' Championship.-Schedule:...

Australian Manufacturers' Championship Hyundai Australia
2009
2009 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 2009 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers. It was the 24th manufacturers title to be awarded by CAMS and the 15th to be contested under the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name. The championship was open to Group 3E Series...

Australian Manufacturers' Championship Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsubishi Motors
is a multinational automaker headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. In 2009 it was the fifth-largest Japan-based automaker and the 17th-largest in the world measured by production...

2010
2010 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 2010 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship for car manufacturers. It was the 25th manufacturers title to be awarded by CAMS and the 16th to be contested under the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name...

Australian Manufacturers' Championship Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsubishi Motors
is a multinational automaker headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. In 2009 it was the fifth-largest Japan-based automaker and the 17th-largest in the world measured by production...

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