The End Of Ford Aus.

[JETURBO]

what u gunna do for a job now bunna ?

they going to offer packages ?

[discostig]

Bunna can you move to WA and bring the spare parts division with you please? I'm keeping my car and will need bits and pieces over the years

Did we post this yet?

[Bomber]

Bunna, is the 2014 model a 'facelift' or really just FG mkIII.

[Bomber]

^^^ if it is 'FH' maybe would be worth getting the last run - if they do a turbo

[bunna]

I'd say its more like AU3 - BA without the interior.

Not sure about work - pretty confident there's room for me in the Ford world post 2016. Haven't found an alternative yet that is as fun and with a product as tangible as building cars. I've had a crack at BHP, and a handful of my former colleagues are already there, but it just doesn't quite resonate with me. Even though I'm young I'm already starting to feel the pull of working for myself or being a key player in a small business, rather than start at another big company and put up with a new set of the same old politics.

Packages will be offered, and plenty of the guys around the plant are waiting for me to come up with my own business lol. Pretty sure it would have to involve cars (or guitars)

[sexalious]

Just my opinion, but the goverment have alot to answer for. Firstly taxes, they should tax the import cars more or reduce taxes on the holdens and fords to make them more competitive, secondly, its like the water tank thing, when we had the massive drought's a few years ago, made everyone building a new house install one told us all to buy one use less water, so we all do this suddenly they are making no money of us because we have made ourselves just about self suffient with our tanks, so they up water prices and then try to tax us on the water that falls from the sky for free into our tanks of our roofs. Now because of the carbon tax electricity prices are ridiculous so people have forked out money to get solar just like the goverment wanted us to and now their going to tax people who have put solar on because the electricity companies are losing profits so intern the goverment get less taxes.

Seriously where is it all going to stop we can only afford so much, our employers cant afford to pay us more because of the same problems as above, and business in Australia at the moment is struggling,its slow everywhere, hence Ford closing.

This goverment has killed this country and in my opinion September is to far away to get rid of them,the damage they will have done by then will take the next goverment years to fix,take a look at Queensland for example, everyone is up Newman, they forget that they had a different goverment for donkey's years before and that they left Queensland in a massive debt hole.

Australia is in massive trouble industry wise, and while I would like to believe that the whole country does not totally rely on the mines the sad fact is that it now does, and right now with the taxes the way they are ( carbon tax e.t.c ) if the goverment does not change hence getting rid if these taxes the mines will look to try to move as much offshore as possible aswell.

One thing is for sure just like the water prices haven't gone down now that we have heaps, which people would then use more, I can bet you the electricity prices will not go back down to normal levels one the tax is removed.

Goverment needs to step in on big business's like these two and banks and try to make them be more senseable about their decisions to hold onto or raise high prices and not give the rate cuts like the reserve bank has.

Anyway that's my rant done.

Very sad news about Ford my Father god rest his soul would be devestated,as am I. Unfortunately I believe this is only the beginning.

[bradles024]

2014 update getting some more features bunna?

Or at least fixing the diff bush problems?

[Pazzo]

Bradles the diff bush issue is put in from the factory.. It's a option you don't ask for but they add it in free of charge.

[riptide]

With global free trade deals etc it seems like manufacturing will keep going where the lowest standard of living is and this will keep happening until the standards are similar in all countries. I think the unions will just speed up the process....

Just my opinion

If we impose tarrifs won't other countries just do the same to our exported goods?

In China the government urges people to buy a new locally made car every year or as often as they can afford. Maybe the local government should run similar campaigns?

Sad to see the end of the Turbo Falcons as we know them. I have no plans on selling mine unless upgrading to something similar with lower k's or better condition.

[johno]

This is why Chinese can buy a new car every year.

Costs $600