Comments on: Ford Motor Co. posts $100M profit

By: AhMaDh

AhMaDh — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:06:33 +0000

isthe best Ford and faster

By: Graeme Simpson

Graeme Simpson — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:26:33 +0000

While things have been slim one must wonder about the logic applied to why Ford stopped making a RHD version of the Explorer which was getting a growing audience in Australia, UK & Japan, biting into sales of Toyota as well as Nissan.
It was esentially a knee jerk reaction & not to mention a bad one. The longer a model remains out of a certain market the harder it is to ever re-establish itself within that market again.
This is something that definitely should be rectified post haste, it is bad management to say the least to have a situation where you have potential substancial market for your product but do not make it available.
Open your eyes people & listen to your potential customers or they will go elsewhere & Ford will be left with their pants around their ankles.
Cheers
Grae

By: Naughtyius Maximus

Naughtyius Maximus — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:40:35 +0000

The market is changing and small economical cars are taking over with petrol prices squeezing the bigger cars. This is clear from my research.

By: No Name

No Name — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:25:43 +0000

Hey TP i’m a Euro bod. The Corolla is no-where near the top of the here. So is it really that good otr is it more the case as I stated average people don;t care what they look like in a car.

By: Tp

Tp — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:07:42 +0000

Wheelnut who exactly are you kidding? As you would expect, the new Corolla has experienced an upturn in sales… its not going to get toppled in the distant future, because there isnt any decent competition which can match Toyota. Same can be said about many categories which Toyota now top or at close to topping

By: No Name

No Name — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:07:10 +0000

Ah but how many Corollas do you see compared to Barinas, Vivas. Probably more. I’m sure one of the blinkered Toyota nurds will no doubt provide the skewed sales figures.

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:29:41 +0000

The fact that the Euro Sourced small cars like the Fiesta Focus and Golf are easily outselling the Barina and Viva shows that Ozzies are willing to pay a prepmium if they can see that the build quality is better the features are greater etc because in the end they want value for money…

Which could explain why the once all mighty corolla isn;t as popular as it was or Toyota [fans[ would like to believe
Its lead/dominance is gradually becoming less and less every month

By: No Name

No Name — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:35:39 +0000

Very well getting the Euor superior product but it comes at a higher cost than the Korean equivilent. Is the average Auatralian going to pay a small premium for the Euor car..mmmm doubt it somehow, but time will tell.

By: Bret

Bret — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:29:48 +0000

I wouldn’t bet anything on GMH going back to Europe for their small cars. GM HQ will make the decision, and guess what region GM had its biggest profit growth? Yep out of Korea.

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:55:50 +0000

The decision hasn’t been confirmed as yet but its expected to be within the next couple of months,.. particularly considering HSV want to import the new Vectra and Corsa [Opel GT?] to add a 6s and 4s to their range