VFacts Jan 2012 Falcon 950 sales!!!!!!!!!

[Polyal]

Look at the global economy right now, and things wont be getting better for the US and EU anytime soon. SO in that time a decision needs to be made on the Falcon.

How is it logical to build a car here and ship it to the US (that will never happen) or Asia? Its not that I wouldnt like it to happen but it just doesnt make sense when you have cheaper manufacturing facilities in Asia.

Australia will never be a large automotive export country. We are all about R&D and maybe making some cars for our own consumption. This issue at the moment is that we are doing it all on our own. Yes Holden/GM used their platform more widely but look where that has them right now.

So if we want our cake and to eat a little aswell then we have to plug into something global, because our country cannot continue the "Billion dollar babies" like a VE or other major update on the volumes we sell here. If you share a platform and engines, then localise styling and trim etc you can continue manufacturing (although not as much as you where doing before but better than nothing) and keep some R&D.

FoA have been moving this way for a while, the do R&D for Asia Pacific because thats there strength. GWRD makes sense and will lower the bloodshed when the time comes. Import a CKD and it will be far worse.

I cant see a medium RWD car making any difference, people will just look at the mondeo and get that as it would be cheaper and have the same content.