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    Ford Focus-Made in AU

    What are your thoughts on Ford's plans to build the Focus in AU? I reckon that more Aussies will start buying it, which is good! Click here to enlarge It would be pretty neat if Holden did the same with the Astra.
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by bornwild Click here to enlarge
    What are your thoughts on Ford's plans to build the Focus in AU? I reckon that more Aussies will start buying it, which is good! Click here to enlarge It would be pretty neat if Holden did the same with the Astra.
    I wonder if it will be CKD, like when Ford assembled KA Lasers in Australia?

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    Why are Ford making it here? I thought they just announced sacking 600 people and th Falcon and Territory would come from overseas, or did I hear wrong? (which is more then likely)...

    But even if Im wrong with the Falcon and Territory info, why are they bringing it to Aus?
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    The Falcon and Territory will certainly not be coming from overseas. You probably mistook it for, 'they will be exporting more overseas'.

    They are making it here to make up for the 600 sackings. The new focus line will create another 300 jobs in Campbellfield.

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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by bornwild Click here to enlarge
    The Falcon and Territory will certainly not be coming from overseas. You probably mistook it for, 'they will be exporting more overseas'.

    They are making it here to make up for the 600 sackings. The new focus line will create another 300 jobs in Campbellfield.
    Here's the report from 'The Age' http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...042989026.html

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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by OZChris Click here to enlarge
    ahhh, explains all...

    cool. Cant wait to see concepts... Click here to enlarge
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    New RS: http://www.egmcartech.com/2007/06/29...its-the-track/

    Bloody hell!

    There was some concept shots of what the next-gen focus would look like but I can't find the link now.
    It looked like the Mondeo/Iosis and it was a 2-door coupe. Looked very nice! I can't find the bloody web-site now...

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    It will take 4 years to see a locally built Focus... I'm afraid this could be only a stunt, designed to silence the unions and the politicians before the elections...
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by dieselhead Click here to enlarge
    It will take 4 years to see a locally built Focus... I'm afraid this could be only a stunt, designed to silence the unions and the politicians before the elections...
    I highly doubt it's a stunt. If anything, it's a long overdue move.

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    Well, we'll see about that. Even a kid knows the margins in small cars are tiny. The Oz market is small, and since our dollar is so strong, exports would be expensive. Why would Ford build small cars here instead of SE Asia or China? They have done too many bad decisions lately. Hope this isn't just another one of those...
    Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it happening, but the business world is not always fair you know... Just look at the market leader, Toyota. They sell heaps of Corollas here, why don't they build them in Melbourne? I sincerely doubt the fact Ford will ever reach similar figures with Focus, even if it was manufactured here.
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