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Interesting Article,pity they hadnt Injected $US 2 Billion into Australian Operations.....
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Virtuous Bogan (TM)
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Yeap, but in saying that remember Australia is AP's R&D Hub if the last few releases are anything to believe.
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golly gosh!, Apu will be over the moon!
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Two points:
1. I can't believe they left their run into India & China so late 2. It would have cost them triple the price to build a similar factory here with our assortment of red tape and taxes |
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and here's the model they will be building -
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Least it will come with a free Nokia mobile phone.....
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Laugh as much as you like
![]() Manufacturing is heading to that part of the world, and they'll be building Fiesta and other product for local consumption. We could only dream of manufacturing investment like this in Australia. |
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Barra Turbo > V8
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Im glad i bought a well built Ford before it all goes pair shaped.
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do they make cars as good as they make taxi drivers........
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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The local ABC radio had a discussion one night with a motoring editor and he rattled off a list of manufacturers who have, or who will very soon, set up shop manufacturing cars and bikes in India. It was amazing...everyone from Ford to Chrysler to prestige makers and everyone inbetween. Then the bike makers started, Suzuki, Yamaha, Honda, etc, even, amazingly, Harley Davidson!
Our sons little Suzuki Alto has a sticker on the door pillar near the latch that says it was made by some mob in India. Good little car too. |
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lake Macquarie, NSW
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India is a booming place; educates her women, teaches english, has one quarter of the worlds computer programmers, and with 350 plus years of Brit administration behind her - will be an ally in the years ahead. Fifty to seventy years out - probably our key trading partner; Her population will expand-still, China's will be on the wane, demographic prediction I read anyhow.
Don't have a problem with India. Some Indian states still have speed derestriction (//). She has been busy funding new expressways, many thousands of kilometres of them since 2000.
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ORDER FORD AUSTRALIA PART NO: AM6U7J19G329AA. This is a European-UN/AS3790B Spec safety-warning triangle used to give advanced warning to approaching traffic of a vehicle breakdown, or crash scene (to prevent secondary). Stow in the boot area. See your Ford dealer for this $35.95 safety item & when you buy a new Ford, please insist on it! See Page 83, part 4.4.1 http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/media...eSafePart4.pdf |
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Would Ford send Geelong & Broady both off to India.....................have a think about it... |
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i have never heard of them being mainland or otherwise...
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The Gumboot operation was moved over here in the last months of 2000,i know as i was Site Operations Manager,Mfg. They had to kill off the most expensive freight cost in the World ie;Bass Strait.Gumboot ops were seperate from the normal Boot style.There still in Hobart[i believe] |
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Big companies have milked Australia and are looking for the emerging countries where OHS, EPA and decent wages do not exist. In the new world order, our role as a country is to dig up the raw materials and get some one else to value add for the lowest cost so we can buy it back.
Greed and shareholder returns are the name of the game, make sure YOU buy Australian and just as important tell YOUR super fund you will only invest in companies that support Australia. |
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http://www.news.com.au/business/blun...-1111112844771 Beat me to it Mr Smith...
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I bet they regret doing that now, since its all gone downhill since they did it. |
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^^what the falcon hasnt done too well (last couple of months ok) but from what I hear PD is still good for another 5-10 years easy. It was a smart move, Australia is just to much of a PIA for manufacturing.
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sad to say but we're stuffed as far as manufacturing goes.....
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FoA announced that $1.1 billion would be spent over 10 years starting in 2006. Results: Figo for India T6 Ranger T6 SUV SZ Territory FG II Falcon Small Car for China Assisting other divisions with engineering support.. Design prework for post 2015 Falcon... How much more engineering work do you want ? |
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It's exactly like small corner shops wondering why people would rather go to Woolies and buy a two liter milk instead of paying up to five bucks for it from the small shop like one near me changes... |
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Makes sense as most new falcons are sold as taxi's.
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Also, your Focus isn't that great compared to it's generations competitors anyway... Typical prejudice... |
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