End of the Falcon

[ClassicAU]

http://theage.drive.com.au/end-of-the-road-nears-for-falcon-20100111-m2o8.html

Not sure if this is a repost, sorry if it is. Just found it interesting, but I suppose inevitable.

[NUT347]

I heard it on the news today

fkn shit cnts.

[Kenaz]

It makes sense for Ford.

At least Falcon is going out being recognised as an excellent car. It would've been sad if it were to end after the AU days..

[apoc]

Hopefully they can do some decent work still, maybe influence the mustang for the better or something.
I hope they can also get a decent rear wheel drive variant to replace falcons, that would be nice.

Time will tell

[Sunboost]

As far as I read, nothing was confirmed.

P.S someone start a FB group "Save Ford Falcon" or something, and then post a link to the group or name of the group to the article comments on Herald Sun See how many members it gets.

[EFFalcon]

i need to buy a new domain.... boostedtaurus.net

[Troutman]

Pretty terrible article... the actual quote is that "(Car makers) who make one vehicle, a different vehicle for one country, I think those days are gone", not "THE days of producing a home-grown Falcon for the Australian market are over". Misleading, dramatising and sensationalising. Holden would have died in the recent GM shakedown were it not for Australian taxpayer-funded incentives. The death warrant of the Falcon's six was reversed by another government bailout, and the same thing could happen here.

Pick up any '80s or '90s car magazine and there will be an article about Falcon being pensioned off in favour of a US import. In the case of Mitsubishi Australia, it is possible that the media pessimism regarding the Magna/380's future turned buyers away and effectively caused the death of the once-great Australian manufacturing icon.

My advice: don't buy into the media garbage until they come up with something factual. Nothing constructive comes of their vaguely-supported doomsday speculation.

[pHaT`eL]

Didnt Ford make the new platform so they can use it for Falcon/Mustang/Lincoln/Volvo or whatever else? I call BS.

Ford Aus will die if they dont make a RWD Falcon based car. Might have to call them Failcons instead.

[cranners]

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=248006418690

Done

[EBIIsasquatch]

Goodbye V8 supercars, Aussie utes, FPV and goodbye Ford Australia!

[FairmontXR6]

Just when the have got the inline 6 pretty much perfect!

Wonder if my EL just increased in value

[huggiebear]

just watched a segment on the news..


WTF are they doing!!!

but by the sounds of it we might get the mustang.

and in regards to the world wide versions... i can see every new taurus on the side of the highway with steam pouring out... you cant make 1 car to suit every climate in the world

[EvLmOnT]

sounds fukn shit fwd torus's are pooooo id rather buy a h****n

[nstg8a]

2010 taurus looks good imo, dont write them of based on the ugly bubble thing from a few years back...

but i reckon its all just a media beat up anyway

[huggiebear]

nut arnt they still a V6 FWD??? i dont wanna be driving no FWD otherwise id driver a focus or something

[bentls]

nut arnt they still a V6 FWD??? i dont wanna be driving no FWD otherwise id driver a focus or something

look man no offense... you drive a fuckin nc... you arent updating to the latest model each time it comes out what do you have to worry about...

[Nikk O'lass]

Only people of below average intelligence would believe this

[mad_keen]

2010 taurus looks good imo, dont write them of based on the ugly bubble thing from a few years back...

but i reckon its all just a media beat up anyway

does anyone watch white colar the show on tv? few weeks back they had one on there and it looked sexc as.

sux about the falcons but id love to see some of the american cars come over. wish they had those ford lightning trucks over here.

[gunxr8]

what about the falcon ute,is there going to be a tauras ute?

[marty's xr]

I'l believe this when it happens.....

[huggiebear]

nut arnt they still a V6 FWD??? i dont wanna be driving no FWD otherwise id driver a focus or something

look man no offense... you drive a fuckin nc... you arent updating to the latest model each time it comes out what do you have to worry about...

what the fucks that got to do with anything? just because i have a model that i love doesnt mean i wont be buying a new car in the future.. so i guess people who own XW and XY's wont be buying a new car. what i drive now has nothing to do with my future

****!! some people

[burnt turtle]

it is bull, won't happen!!

[stevo]

this chat happens every couple of years. Im sure the falcon will die/change eventualy, but seriously, stop stresssing until they acttualy announce the shit.

[El_Poochino]

Nothing to see here, just the annoucment of the global platform they have be fapping about for awhile now.

One would expect a RWD platform, and one would expect the falcon is used in one way or another concidering they have had an entire arm of their company doing nothing but develope a large RWD platform that works in a large selection of enviroments for the past 40 odd years.

Best news about this is that the next falcon should have that bitchin MyFord system.

[bentls]

nut arnt they still a V6 FWD??? i dont wanna be driving no FWD otherwise id driver a focus or something

look man no offense... you drive a fuckin nc... you arent updating to the latest model each time it comes out what do you have to worry about...

what the fucks that got to do with anything? just because i have a model that i love doesnt mean i wont be buying a new car in the future.. so i guess people who own XW and XY's wont be buying a new car. what i drive now has nothing to do with my future

****!! some people

lol i wasnt bagging you out im simply saying for what the last 5 years you have had a 15-20 year old car... why are you bitching about a car you most likley wont buy anyway

[Troutman]

This is why you listen to the Troutman:

The Ford Falcon sedan and ute and the Territory softroader are here to stay for at least the next five years -- and a decision on whether they will continue to be manufactured locally beyond 2015 won't be made for another 18 months.

Link: http://www.carsales.com.au/news/2010/co ... -now-17922

[huggiebear]

yeah but they also said the days of having a separate model for each country is gone.. so either way they will be using the one model for the world. lets just hope they use out model range to send over there. americians seem to love our falcon range...

[Nikk O'lass]

Look thread, change title to "Media knows fvck all"

[birko]

Imagine how the yanks would feel if they said the mustang was to be discontinued for a front wheel drive import!!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wal ... 1022430194

[EBIIsasquatch]

lets all drive down to ford headquarters in Melbourne IN OUR FALCONS! as a protest!

[apoc]

I want them to make the falcon's exportable, so we can see them on top gear
imagine one of those dudes in an f6, that would be sweet

[huggiebear]

quote from carsales website... all new turbo diesel 4cyl falcon.. i see another starfire here...

"We have worked very hard in the last 18 months to continue to improve and streamline our manufacturing operations. And have a range of updates coming over the next 18 months that will boost sales and therefore production."

In the middle of this year Ford Australia will introduce an all-new 5.0-litre V8 in the performance Falcon range and by the end of the year will introduce a liquid injection LPG six-cylinder Falcon.

Early next year Ford will introduce a heavily revised Territory which will coincide with the arrival of a new turbodiesel engine for the softroader, and in the second half of 2010, Ford will introduce the four-cylinder turbocharged Falcon.

At the show there was speculation that manufacturing of the Falcon and Territory models were timed to be phased out together in 2015 -- when both models would be due for replacement.

What seems likely is that, beyond 2015, Ford Australia may adopt an as yet unnamed global rear-drive and all-wheel-drive architecture for its large sedan and mid-sized softroader, and then tailor them to suit local tastes.

There has been speculation the Falcon could switch from rear-drive to front-drive because Ford's large car in North America, the Taurus, is front-drive. And Ford has not announced what its future plans are for its rear-drive cars: namely the Mustang and the Falcon.

[turbo_nut]

if they stop makeing rwd falcons ford would go bank rupt here in aus i cant see any of it happerning