Aussie carmakers “missed” move to small cars – Ford boss
April 21, 2009 by David Twomey
Filed under Australian Car Industry News, Car News, Falcon, Ford, GM, Holden, Holden VE Commodore, Industry, South Australia, Top Australian Cars, Toyota, Toyota Aurion, Toyota Camry, Victoria
Ford Australia boss, Marin Burela, has said Australian car companies completely missed the boat in making the decision to build smaller cars in this country.
Mr Burela told a briefing of automotive journalists in Melbourne that the Australian companies, including Ford, should be building small cars now, not in a year or two when they plan [...]
Ford boss hints at FWD Falcon
April 15, 2009 by David Twomey
Filed under 4WD, Australian Car Industry News, Behind the Wheel, Car News, Falcon, Ford, GM, Holden, Holden VE Commodore, Industry
The current Ford Falcon FG is almost certain to be the last of its line with Ford Australia giving increasing hints that the next Falcon will be a ‘world car’ and could be either front-wheel-drive or even all-wheel-drive.
In fact the next Ford Falcon could well be largely based on this FWD Ford Taurus platform from [...]
