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Originally Posted by arm79
Ford and Holden always had one foot out the door for decades.
On top of that, both vehicles were 10 years old as a design, required at least a $1b investment to upgrade the platform and engines... I take it no one really noticed that the closure of the factories coincided with the move to the next level of emissions requirements, that the current cars couldn't meet.
Only, in the end, to run a factories at less than 1/3 capacity making cars the majority of the public didn't want anymore.
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Spot on.
And if the Falcodore was still being produced, what would it have been today in the woke world of Just Stop Oil, and Chinese EVs, which are both saving the planet from ICE vehicles. (sarcasm)
No, they were both doomed, as the buying public have been told that Falcodores are not what is needed. What we really need as a family car is 2.7 tonne, 7 seater EV costing $100K. (sarcasm again)
Now GM is returning (?) to Australia with EV Cadillacs that will cost more than $100K, and Ford reportedly have cut $7K from the cost of a Mustang Mach E.
There is something just not right about all of this, or are Australians as gullible and dumb as seen by GMFord.