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Originally Posted by flappist

I remember back in 1980 when the demise of the Kingswood was announced and Holden went to a global platform, the strange Commodore thing from Opel.

Doom, gloom, the end of Australian Holdens, the sky is falling, the sky is falling.

Commodore seems to have done alright though.

If in 2016 the current vehicle we know as the Falcon is finally end of lifed and a new global platform takes its place we are possibly in a strong position to make the RHD versions for export to RHD countries.

All things end but rather than grieve maybe we should look forward to the next generation of "Son of Falcon" with anticipation.

Take all the good features from Mondeo, Taurus, Mustang, Focus and Falcon and apply them to the Ford "Messiah". What an amazing vehicle that would be........

Bad example and short sighted

Commodore and Falcon in the 70's and 80's were competing against each other for the top 2 spots. Even if you sold badly you still sold a $*** load of units.
If you've been living in Australia for the past 20 years you may have noticed that both Falc and Commonwhore have been increasingly under siege by mid sized Mazdas , Hondas , subarus and more recently the Euros as well as the Koreans now. Wait til the Chinese get really stuck into it.

The point here is that decreasing sales of a single main model will no longer make it viable for skunkwork companies like FPV to provide niche models with local input. The messiah as you call it will be competing with so many more models in a much more culturally diverse demographic.it may sell but not in the numbers required to sustain businesses like FPV....after all we are talking about FPV in this thread.....yes?