Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 24/05/13 01:09 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 01:09 AM lets clarify- ford australia is closing- not ford?Australian production only The brand will continue to trade Arse draggers will still be available for sale well into the future.Rear propelled imports from the states. We will see.Our brothers in the states would kill for a T. I have some yank mates who ALL say why can't we have this.Blows em away. Fraud AUSTRALIA decided years ago a LH drive conversion was not profitableWould have sold more in the states than in Australia if done right.What do I know 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 3d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 24/05/13 01:23 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 01:23 AM I reckon they will give all the plans for the falcon to the yanks to produce. What have they got to lose? The work is basically done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helbz Member 176 Member For: 13y 7m 15d Posted 24/05/13 02:32 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 02:32 AM Most of you missed the point. We as Australians have commited suicide by demanding higher wages( thru our useless unions), which in turn puts up all costs in real life. Wages go up, food goes up, parts go up, cars go up, then everyone wants more money again to buy those things that we have forced up, and the wheel turns around again, and again.Certainly feel sorry for anyone who looses their job thru these tough times, but I bet the unions dont put up their hands, and take some of the blame.The reason we are not able to be competitive is Electricity Power Prices! Even throughout the 60's 70's and 80's when unions were at their staunchest we still were able to draw businesses to our shores and people and business turned profits and that’s because of cheap power, we have so much coal it’s not funny and we pay more for power than most other countries. The second nail in the coffin for Australian business and manufacturing is the Carbon tax.... Australia is casualty of Wealth re distribution anyone who blames the unions is an idiot, it’s like Hitler blaming the Jews. After the wounding caused by unrealistic power prices and the Carbon tax THEN the wages may have affected things but it is not root of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 11d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 24/05/13 04:52 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 04:52 AM Even the Yanks are getting upset...http://jalopnik.com/ford-australia-struggles-with-damage-control-after-deat-509520366?utm_campaign=socialflow_jalopnik_facebook&utm_source=jalopnik_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boost69 Donating Members 737 Member For: 19y 6m 6d Posted 24/05/13 06:25 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 06:25 AM Would it be presumptuous to assume that Ford would be looking at importing the Taurus SHO? From what I have been reading, this has the V6 3.5 litre (twin turbo) eco boost engine producing just over 270KW? I also believe it’s all wheel drive… This is the closest thing to the XR6T that I can see… Hopefully it will get a facelift for the Australian market… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 24/05/13 06:32 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 06:32 AM Yeah right Helbz , unions are the friends of businessDons stooge hunters cape. A bit bloody as I've caught a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFSIX I Lead Not Follow... Member 1,026 Member For: 12y 7m 5d Gender: Male Location: Westside,Melbourne Posted 24/05/13 06:42 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 06:42 AM well I just heard on the news that Expensive Daewoo Australia is still going til at least 2022...so what happens when ford closes? do we start importing cars from the states? or do they make aus fords there and bring them here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 11d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 24/05/13 07:07 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 07:07 AM Looking at their sales I'd say you'll be offered a little 4 pot and like it....p.s. wrong thread...or is it...I cant tell anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johno Donating Members 773 Member For: 14y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: Mt Gambier, SA Posted 24/05/13 08:12 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 08:12 AM helbz, I am not a fan of the carbon tax, and over the top electricity prices either, but the car industry has been in damage mode for a lot longer than the Rangas carbon tax. Our small market, and higher wages dont help the problem either. 22,000,000 people compared with the US at 350,000,000, and lower US wages, makes our products expensive, and theres cheaper. Volumes of sales keep prices down to a point.And weather you agree or not, unions in this country only do favors for them selves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFSIX I Lead Not Follow... Member 1,026 Member For: 12y 7m 5d Gender: Male Location: Westside,Melbourne Posted 24/05/13 10:39 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 10:39 AM haha true dagz,think its time to move this to the other thread that's about ford closing??hold on am I reading that right? they only sold 3194+ cars in 13',that's gotta be a typo?? OMG,is that incl fpv etc or is it just base model fg xt ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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