1. Medium cars are the new large cars
2. CD4 Mondeo/Fusion to be revealed at Detroit show next week
3. Kim Carr in the US pleading the locals case
4. Taurus ruled out as Falcon replacement
5. Lincoln still needs a RWD Flagship
6. Mustang mules with
IRS running around the You Yangs
Does anybody else see what going on here?
My prediction is that Falcon will be gone next model cycle - marketing will push the CD4 cars for all their worth, however Ford Australia will still be producing a large RWD car; just not a Falcon, but rather a Lincoln Flagship model.
Ford Australia (or should that be Lincoln Australia) will in effect become a niche manufacturer of luxury RWD vehicles, where the numbers (and profits) make alot more sense as a primarily export focussed business. Lincoln dealerships will pop-up around the country selling local and imported product.
And like Camaro, Ford Australia engineers the next Mustang though LHD variants are produced in the USA (Australia supplies the RHD world with pony cars).