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rowan · 01-25-2007, 08:59 PM

Ford Australia is also having some serious problems. The only cars they manufacture here are the larger family sized cars which run the bigger 6 and 8 cyl engines (remember AU isn't SUV/truck crazy). Petrol prices have been rising so customers are defecting to 4 cylinder models - which are not manufactured locally - and the resale value of the larger cars is plummeting. My father in law works there and he says that every few months a new redundancy package comes up as they try to reduce the size of their workforce.

People are mostly stupid anyway, selling a two year old 6 cylinder car at a horrible loss to buy a 4 cyl that is 20% more efficient isn't going to save you money in the long run.

01-25-2007, 08:59 PM
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Ford Australia is also having some serious problems. The only cars they manufacture here are the larger family sized cars which run the bigger 6 and 8 cyl engines (remember AU isn't SUV/truck crazy). Petrol prices have been rising so customers are defecting to 4 cylinder models - which are not manufactured locally - and the resale value of the larger cars is plummeting. My father in law works there and he says that every few months a new redundancy package comes up as they try to reduce the size of their workforce. People are mostly stupid anyway, selling a two year old 6 cylinder car at a horrible loss to buy a 4 cyl that is 20% more efficient isn't going to save you money in the long run.