Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 8m 1d Gender: Male Posted 24/05/13 10:42 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 10:42 AM That's all they have sold so far. Shocking hey Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85030-the-end-of-ford-aus/page/11/#findComment-1392470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 24/05/13 11:02 AM Share Posted 24/05/13 11:02 AM haha true dagz,think its time to move thisDone...if nobody had guessed... It's because no barstards got a fricken job or scared less they are about to loose their job...so what do they do...sack more. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85030-the-end-of-ford-aus/page/11/#findComment-1392479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADF6 Member 399 Member For: 17y 5m Posted 24/05/13 01:18 PM Share Posted 24/05/13 01:18 PM Ford CEO Robert J. Graziano has an American accent - hmm conspiracy theorists... What scares me is where this may end. Our wonderful country is taking everything off shore, and slowly shutting down all local manufacturing relying more and more on import. This can not be a good thing for Australians. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85030-the-end-of-ford-aus/page/11/#findComment-1392520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 6m 30d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 24/05/13 03:19 PM Share Posted 24/05/13 03:19 PM Still would like to thank Ford because without the T's I wouldnt off meet the people from here that I/we now call mates. We'll still have the forum and our T's.THISSO glad I bought my 2007 Ford Falcon BFII XR6 Turbo back in 2008 after joining this forum. Have met some top people through this passion and had a lot of fun and laughs along the way. Hopefully have a few more yet!2008 BFII Typhoon still on original tyres anyone?http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/fpv-f6-typhoon-2008-14181397?base=&vertical=Car&cr=2&eapi=2&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294965879%204294965877&num=15&silo=Stock&Range=Year%3a2005%2cMax&sort=~Odometer Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85030-the-end-of-ford-aus/page/11/#findComment-1392530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAZY6 Member 620 Member For: 20y 7m 2d Gender: Male Posted 24/05/13 03:34 PM Share Posted 24/05/13 03:34 PM 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...I wonder if the ute sales dropped due to no xr8 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85030-the-end-of-ford-aus/page/11/#findComment-1392532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 6m 30d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 24/05/13 04:16 PM Share Posted 24/05/13 04:16 PM (edited) http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/the-moment-holden-boss-learned-of-fords-demise-20130523-2k2w2.htmlExpensive Daewoo engineers, designers and marketing executives huddled around a new Calais V - claimed to be the most technically advanced car ever produced in Australia - to listen to a Ford press conference putting the final nail in the coffin of the Falcon.One might have thought, given decades of competition between the two rivals at Mount Panorama and elsewhere, that Holden's team would welcome news of their competitor's demise. But that couldn't have been further from the truth. Edited 24/05/13 04:17 PM by -SteveR- Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85030-the-end-of-ford-aus/page/11/#findComment-1392534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 6m 30d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 24/05/13 04:39 PM Share Posted 24/05/13 04:39 PM Half way through and this is an interesting read about one of the all time classic Falcons back when it was still a secret:http://www.falcongt.com.au/HO-DTH.html Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85030-the-end-of-ford-aus/page/11/#findComment-1392536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Donating Members 1,205 Member For: 14y 1m 8d Gender: Male Location: Burwood, NSW Posted 24/05/13 06:48 PM Share Posted 24/05/13 06:48 PM (edited) 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#this is part of the above articleMore than that, when you think of Australian Ford, you don't think of the Focus or the Fusion. You think of big, rear-wheel-drive sedans with straight sixes and V8s, the kind you barely find anywhere else in the world anymore. You think of Ford Falcons thundering around a V8 Supercars track. You think of utes. You want them desperately to come to your country so you, too, can properly hoon them. That's what Australian Ford was all about. And while the company may make more money selling Fiestas, ending the production of uniquely Australian cars means it has lost what makes it the company it was. How did they expect people to react?Ford Australia may not be dead, but the Australian Ford is.this sums up exactly how I feel about the whole situation.the bolded section makes me angry that more was not done to get some sort of export program happening. Edited 24/05/13 06:49 PM by The Outsider Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85030-the-end-of-ford-aus/page/11/#findComment-1392543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 6m 30d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 24/05/13 11:58 PM Share Posted 24/05/13 11:58 PM Yeah I noticed quite a few comments on the site lamenting how now they will never get the Falcon over there.I'd love love loooove to drive my car around the States! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85030-the-end-of-ford-aus/page/11/#findComment-1392589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunna Donating Members 813 Member For: 18y 9m 29d Posted 25/05/13 01:00 AM Share Posted 25/05/13 01:00 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…I've driven one - it was a boat. Full of tech but not as "dynamic" as the falcon.Mind you I drove a RS focus just before it, a GT-P and then a Mustang Boss 302 afterwards, so might be relative. After that day my thoughts were the aussie cars (falcon/territory) were more dynamic (better handling, less "boaty") then all the yank cars (explorer, edge, taurus, fusion), mustang and F150 aside. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85030-the-end-of-ford-aus/page/11/#findComment-1392600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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