bunna Donating Members 813 Member For: 18y 5m 21d Posted 29/05/13 07:49 PM Share Posted 29/05/13 07:49 PM Mondeo, Malibu/commodore, CamryWhy replace a car in a shrinking market segment with a car that would sell less? The plan is surely obvious from the "marketing" over the last 2 years: distance yourself from large sedans, make no reference to any products being Aussie built, introduce new technology that answers common key concerns with the product (eg, ecoboost and LPI as an answer to the gas guzzler tag) and then dont tell anyone, remove the Falcon nameplate from people's minds, act in amazement when sales fall and you "need" to shut down.Apparently large sedans are on the nose all over the world. Good thing Ford is smarter than BMW and Mercedes. Those German fools! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 3m 24d Gender: Male Posted 29/05/13 07:49 PM Share Posted 29/05/13 07:49 PM 2016 could be the year for me to buy a Commodore..Did anyone know Ford in Broady in on crown land and Fords lease runs out out in October 2016..... Little bit suss if you ask me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corzza 777 Member 7,135 Member For: 16y 14d Gender: Male Location: Neutral Bay. Born and Bred in the RSA Posted 29/05/13 09:01 PM Share Posted 29/05/13 09:01 PM So basically hold onto your Falcon?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronburgundy I love gooold member Donating Members 1,222 Member For: 16y 1m 12d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne (west) Posted 29/05/13 10:10 PM Share Posted 29/05/13 10:10 PM Apparently large sedans are on the nose all over the world. Good thing Ford is smarter than BMW and Mercedes. Those German fools!Er... except China, right?! Did anyone know Ford in Broady in on crown land and Fords lease runs out out in October 2016..... Little bit suss if you ask me.How so? I know of many businesses that only keep their doors open until their lease runs out. Leases can be expensive to break, regardless of who your landlord is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 9m 21d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 29/05/13 10:23 PM Author Share Posted 29/05/13 10:23 PM 2016 has been floating around as the end-date for years by plenty of people that are usually worth listening to, it fits for so many reasons. And as every day goes by it's become more apparent that they've obviously been directed to let the falcon brand die a slow death to justify it. Bunna's post above makes that blatantly clear (you missed mention of FPV though).Which is a real shame as the Aussie engineers/developers etc. have done a brilliant job with these things and just keep getting better. Anyone around the world that sees their potential or has the opportunity to drive one can't believe what they are missing out on and how great we have it.Sadly unless something miraculous happens in the next few years I really can't see any worthy replacement being available in the same price bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 6m 29d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 29/05/13 10:35 PM Share Posted 29/05/13 10:35 PM Listen as I type this I know I'm going to get berated. But people still want big sedans. They just have to be smart. I drive a Skoda Superb Elegance. A ugly as f*ck car. But it's large comfortable filled with mod cons and economical. I average 7 litres per 100 k on 98. I don't think it's the largeness that is the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 5m 27d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 30/05/13 03:22 AM Share Posted 30/05/13 03:22 AM just the fact it couldn't pull the top off a rice puddin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 6m 29d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 30/05/13 03:52 AM Share Posted 30/05/13 03:52 AM 118 kw and 240 nm of front wheel drives goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuckSqueezeBangBlow ʎǝʞuoɯ ɹoıuǝs Donating Members 1,808 Member For: 16y 1m 30d Gender: Male Posted 30/05/13 05:59 AM Share Posted 30/05/13 05:59 AM my Dmax is 2.5t fully loaded and still returns 8.8l/100km pure city driving. Anyone know why Ford Aus released a diesel Territory but not a diesel Falcon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 9m 21d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 30/05/13 07:36 AM Share Posted 30/05/13 07:36 AM If you want to buy a Euro sedan, buy a VW Jetta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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