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View Poll Results: What do you think about Falcon Wagon & Territory? | |||
They are two completely different vehicles & offer completely different things - Keep them BOTH | 107 | 71.33% | |
The Falcon Wagon would be best consigned to history - Get rid of it | 34 | 22.67% | |
Not a fan of either the Territory, the Wagon, or this topic - so don't really care | 9 | 6.00% | |
Voters: 150. You may not vote on this poll |
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04-06-2007, 05:59 PM | #1 | ||
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I realise that this topic may become somewhat heated between opposing parties - so let's keep these discussion purely objective & see how things go.
Unquestionably the Territory has been a revolutionary design that has taken FoA into previously uncharted waters, and has been heralded by many as being the best thing Ford has released in Aus since the Falcon. It has also gone some ways to addressing the issues of FoA being viewed as, to quote Tom Gorman himself "The Falcon Car Company". But HAS this success been at the expense of the Falcon, and could this ultimately lead to further production cutbacks? The Territory is looked at by many(read salesmen & the family based consumer) as an attractive alternative to the LWB Falcon wagon offering. For the salesmen / tradesmen the current wagon platform is quickly becoming less of a real choice due to changes in the design - compromises in workload carrying capacities in the wagon / lack of roofracks / lack of internal shelving options. With the recent demise of Fairlane from FoA's lineup, and this lessening of demand for the wagon, I wonder how long it will be before the LWB production line ceases production entirely - resulting in no more Falcon station wagons, and the closure of another Ford Production facility in Australia. This brings me to the main point of this thread. Are the Falcon wagon & the Territory happily coexisting in FoA's lineup? or would they be better off putting all their eggs in the one basket by removing the Falcon wagon from the lineup & directing salesmen / light duties Tradies to the Territory?? |
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