Comments on: Ford cutting 450 more jobs in Australia

By: falcodore

falcodore — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:27:23 +0000

The american car companies have been so insular for decadesand always thought they made the best cars in the world (never knew the rest of the world existed). Now ford know australia make great products and they are thiking of killing it off! No wonder they’re in the toilet

By: HoosierHero

HoosierHero — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:45:16 +0000

^^^^^^^^^^^yep. I totally agree.

By: bghewy

bghewy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:14:05 +0000

That thing that you would not give a second look to is one of the Top selling vehicles in Australia. It has a greater payload than a F-150 and a **** load better fuel economy. Other comments made by people here i could not agree more with, like the fact that the Ford Australia product lineup is awesome, we have a range of vehicles from Europe along with the locally made Falcon rear wheel drive and territory SUV.

Ford US needs to open its eyes, if they dont give the rear wheel drive development to Ford Australia then they can give up. GM has realised what Australians can do on tight budgets, so should Ford.

By: V2

V2 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:00:27 +0000

The ‘economic downturn’ is the excuse to all the problems in the world right now but the reason ford is having problems is becasue their cars are s**t………….plain and simple, their targeted audience are families and rednecks………….really hope fords dies in this country….and holden too. Really don’t see what purpose they serve.

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:10:23 +0000

I hope they cut the guy that designed the “thing” in the picture. Sorry, I wouldn’t even give that a second look.

By: Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3

Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:06:39 +0000

“I come from a land down under
where 450 jobs were set a sunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover.”

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:30:04 +0000

Ford’s retarded. I was just looking at their Australian offerings and my goodness, there are turbo diesels, turbo inline 6s, direct injection everywhere, 6 speed manuals available on just about everything, 6 speed autos- it’s like some vast undiscovered treasure trove or automotive candy store. And they want to pull R&D out of there? Hell, I say give ‘em our sh*tbox lineup and we’ll take theirs. I’m sure I can drive from the right seat; I’ll just close the other eye when I’ve had one too many.