Jesda
10-23-07, 01:03 PM
or me. :(
http://news.windingroad.com/bo...-east (http://news.windingroad.com/body-stylesmarket-segment/sedans/ford-kills-plans-to-export-aussie-falcon-to-states-middle-east)/
Say you had control of a Ford production plant down in Oz. Would you build a muscular, V8-powered, rear-drive sedan — or a Focus? We know which one we’d pick (not the latter), but officials at Ford Australia had no choice. According to the Australian magazine Drive, Ford’s canceled plans to build their rear-drive Falcon in left-hand-drive form for export in favor of building the Focus down in Australia.
Before you start shipping petitions to Perth in protest, note that the decision had little to do with Ford Australia itself. Tom Gorman, president of Ford’s Australian wing, claims the decision came not from their ranks but from “mother Ford” herself. Funds previously secured from the Australian government to expand the facility for export production will still be used - albeit for ramping up Focus production.
http://news.windingroad.com/bo...-east (http://news.windingroad.com/body-stylesmarket-segment/sedans/ford-kills-plans-to-export-aussie-falcon-to-states-middle-east)/
Say you had control of a Ford production plant down in Oz. Would you build a muscular, V8-powered, rear-drive sedan — or a Focus? We know which one we’d pick (not the latter), but officials at Ford Australia had no choice. According to the Australian magazine Drive, Ford’s canceled plans to build their rear-drive Falcon in left-hand-drive form for export in favor of building the Focus down in Australia.
Before you start shipping petitions to Perth in protest, note that the decision had little to do with Ford Australia itself. Tom Gorman, president of Ford’s Australian wing, claims the decision came not from their ranks but from “mother Ford” herself. Funds previously secured from the Australian government to expand the facility for export production will still be used - albeit for ramping up Focus production.