Comments on: Ford Australia celebrates 50 years at Broadmeadows

By: Classic Car Parts

Classic Car Parts — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:07:34 +0000

Good article.

Wishing ford Australia the very best in upcoming years.

By: My Cars Called T-Rex

My Cars Called T-Rex — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:17:10 +0000

Congratluations Ford Oz,been hearing since 1995 about front drive falcon,heard the same rumours back then.I’d like to meet the dude how was the first to say the Taurus was going to be a replacement for the falcon,wonder how his carrer is going.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:59:47 +0000

Tom. To spell it out. Ford have to ask themselves after the cake is eaten, if there aren’t some lessons to be learn’t from their past and their present, so they have a reason to expect to be celebrating 100 in Australia.

Things like raising quality, rebuilding the dealer network and developing a company culture that takes as much pride in building their future reputation and progress as they seem to take in looking repeatedly at their past.

The “good old days” of Ford are just that. Old.

Dan

By: Wheelnut®™

Wheelnut®™ — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:48:49 +0000

According to one supposed “insider” on this site [who said he was going for a test drive of a falcon with the coyote V8 engine; but didn't comeback with anything] Geelong is the Home of the Falcon not Broadmeadows..

By: mike

mike — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:26:02 +0000

careful the ford fan boys will stone us

By: mike

mike — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:30:06 +0000

it’s called humour
something often sadly lacking in ford fan boys

clearly no one said ford couldn’t do it
but does anyone actually want them too?
It’ll be a sad day for the good old falcon
even sadder if they wind up with a volvo platform under them like the mondeo
and i agree a 2011 falcon will be competitive with todays holden

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:20:34 +0000

I don’t get it??? On topic, good effort Ford, although could have put more effort into the cake, did everyone only get one cubic centimetre each?

By: Daniel D

Daniel D — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:13:25 +0000

Ford engineered a one off six speed manual Falcon for the occassion. To ensure it would be around for the 100th Anniversay, it was engineered to not have driveline shunt, was rustproofed properly (several Territory’s skipped the rust proofing to allow the Falcon through), had clearcoat in the enginebay ($20 extra value) and all engine parts were painted as a novelty. Finally the car will never be serviced by a Ford dealer, to ensure it runs reliably for many years to come.

A Ford spokesperson said they had no plans to release such a car to the public, as expectations for all future Falcons would be set too high.

By: Carfanatic

Carfanatic — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:16:36 +0000

LOL, I couldn’t help myself, Mike presented me with an opportunity and I took it.

By: Baddass

Baddass — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:14:51 +0000

Carfanatic, you have a wicked sense of humour! That joke was a classic!