Personally, I think the Falcon should be retained, and the Mondeo bought in.
There needs to be something to fit in between the Focus and the Falcon, and the Mondeo looks ideal for that, since medium cars are selling quite well at the moment.
Those who rightly argue that it'll steal Falcon sales, well, perhaps the local makers should focus less on a shrinking local market where most sales are to fleets, and more on export sales. Even if only 1500 Falcons a month are sold here, export the rest. If the Falcon keeps being sold pretty much only in Australia/NZ, and sales shrink further, it's gonna make less sense to keep building the Falcon.
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