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I was talking to a German quality engineer the other day and he described all the quality/reliability problems in recent years with VW and Mercedes and he said that the most reliable German-made cars nowadays are from Ford!
So I am wondering, of the Fords sold in Australia, which are from Germany? Mondeo, Focus, Fiesta? And will it continue that way? |
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Fiesta, not sure if thats where we get them fromm though
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Mondeo is from Genk in Belgium. Focus ST will be from Germany that's all. |
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Fiesta was in Belgium im pretty sure, along with Mondeo.
Focus ST/RS was/is German. Some model Focus were also German built aswell, but i think it went to Thailand Mid LV (XR5 excluded)
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Focus was from Saalouis in Germany - now Thailand ( mid August here ) - Focus ST will still come from the German plant. Mondeo is still Belgium. |
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Ahh ok thanks for that, i knew it was Belgium or Germany for the Fiesta. re Focus, didnt it go to Thailand last year, but LW was made in Germany for a little while but recently went to Thailand aswell? I reckon the current Fez shows its Thailand roots too.
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And of course Kuga.......
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Focus production is switching from Germany to Thailand next month, bar ST. Prior to the current Focus they were made in South Africa, I think originally the first Focus was German before they went to SA. |
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LR focus came from Germany, LS-LV came from South Africa except XR5/RS.
Fiesta Metal will come from Germany. |
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Not looking good for Australia. This engineer was underwhelmed with South African and Thai product quality.
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As I understood, Germany was Ford's engineering centre for any new compact, small or mid sized FWD/AWD Ford, bar the American variants before One Ford starting taking effect. Now that they are global... those models are German engineered then moved on to cheaper factories for manufacture.
Makes sense really. Just absorb/steal that talent from the German marques and then make something as good if not better.
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European union is talking about dropping tariffs on import vehicles to increase competition and lower prices to consumers.
Once they open the door to Eastern Europe, Korea and Thailand, it will be game over for Europe's large car plants. |
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