[stuart]

Allanv6gt - all agreed. Unfortunately it is only going to get worse since we are trapped at the Ar$e end of the Earth (as someone once said) and entirely dependent on manufacturing schedules from far away places focused on markets much larger than ours.

It beggars belief that Ford would start their marketing campaign without stock but given the delays already in bringing the new Mondeo to the market - maybe they had no or little choice but to do it.

I am sure it would not be a preferred scenario by Ford. What would be the alternative - miss another model release to go to the next one?

One thing Ford Australia are entirely to blame for is the training of their local sales staff - they seem to be getting worse, not better.