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That's where the Falcon RWD platform comes in, it's everything DEW was supposed to be but cheaper. Keeping the Aussie Falcon going allows you to all kinds of neat stuff in North America on the cheap.

Oh come on really. The government spends billions trying to stimulate the economy, lends hundreds of billions to capitalist banks to free up interbank lending. That's not Marxism but to let them fail would be.......

It's a shame it took a near disaster to right the ship. GM watched Ford make changes and did nothing, I mean WTF were they thinking, were they invincible?

Calm down, have a Vallium. Unfortunately government intervention was necessary due to the delinquency of the free market. Without a stabilizer that would free up interbank lending the US was heading for depression. Now we have clueless advisors running around criticizing the government but none of them could get their act sufficiently together to avoid a crunch. Judge the government on what they do next, exiting those areas where intervention was needed. The first will be TARP money hand backs from the banks, the next will be getting GM and Chrysler revived. If all goes to plan the government might even make a profit on all that TARP lending.

It's not a sad day at all, bankruptcy isn't punishment - it's release from debt!! GM has $82 billion in assets and $180 billion in debts which all get written off in bankruptcy court. The new GM will emerge squeaky clean and free of debt while creditors will pick the bones left behind. Cutting Pontiac, Saab, Hummer and Saturn is only about 15% of GM's monthly sales, they gave up SFA.

They will have to hack on the Ford bone for another decade, they got that one wrong......

They're talking shit. A marxist Government wouldn't be lending cash to capitolist companies with the intent of making money. All of those Einsteins didn't predict any of this 18 months ago, they're just making up crap on the run.

And while GM dithers around with HCCI maybe sometime in the future, Ford is out there already selling Ecoboost and no doubt, working on the compression ignition phase maybe Ecoboost II.

It's in the product mix, look at the increase in F Trucks by 76,000. Q3 2009: 150,000 cars + 310,000 trucks = 460,000 vehicles Q3 2008: 184,000 cars + 234,000 trucks = 418,000 vehicles

Thanks matty, You wouldn't recognize Gladstone, Rio Tinto built an Alumina refinery 4 years ago out towards Shale Oil and Bechtel are half way through stage two expansion, two LNG plants breaking ground later this year about September. Coal terminal is being doubled by Wiggins Island next year, another 60 million tons/year. Shale oil is being leveled and Sandefer are looking at conventional retorts for Shale oil production. That's about $8 billion in projects in a town of 35,000 John

A better one would be to recall all the TARP funds. I sense the economy is about to launch into inflation.....

Timing, Mulally and One Ford began 2006 and Fiesta was underway but the plan was to include North America - if they needed it, it would certainly be in South America and Mexico. Lots of changes, fall back of F Truck to USA opened up production opportunity in Mexico. A lot of pieces fell in place late for them but still the same, a remarkable transformation in the past three years...some mistakes/missteps due to other products having priority but still far, far better than competitors elsewhere.....

Every division was involved. USA had a big say in getting her even more economical, it just didn't hit the press - they didn't know. There is a "home room " designing and developing but all divisions get their say in what they need. That's the big difference between now and Ford 2000 CDW 27 Mondeo/Contour.

We're probably another month longer than you guys but are now picking up steam again. Hopefully the Americans will mill up in Q3 and show us all what they're made of..... Maybe higher gas prices, inflation and wage rises will kick their economy in the tail and get her goin'...

That's the existing Thai Ranger box, the tread width is much wider on T6 hence the gawdy stuck on flares.... FoA deliberately made the mule ugly, sticking a Mazda grille on it to take the piss out of Mazda engineers. There's a story behind that for another time.

All the divisions gathered in Dearborn and had input on the C2 Focus, it will be the second global collaboration (Fiesta being the first)

Thanks Nick. I have no problem with people expressing anger and frustration over management decisions but when it gets personal and abusive I want no part of it and it has no place on this site.

You're kidding right? GM and Chrysler are closing down production completely in Q3 :party2: :party2: :party2: Ford announces an increase in production for Q3 over 2008 levels. :party2: :party2: :party2:

It's their main strategy to meet ever tightening CAFE limits. Released initially as engine options but later you will see the likes of 1.2 EB replacing 2.0 I-4, 1.6 EB replacing 2.5 I-4 and 2.0 EB replacing 3.5 V6. I read in one of Ford's press releases they intend selling something like 500,000 EBs a year by 2102(?)

You're not serious are you? All of that fake front is stuck on camouflage, it's Mazda nose on a Ford truck for goodness sake.............

Here's some better spy pics from Australia. 2012 Ford Ranger T6 Australian spy photos

AUS$50 billion for 2009/10 expected to rise to AUS$60 billion for 2010/11

Glad I live in:

I don't believe demand is as high as the market is pricing but if it is, Ford is ready this time with products coming to suit this very prospect. No matter what, I think Ford is right where they want to be, in the box seat.

The whole market is dead at the moment, if you like the Expy and can get a great deal, go for it.