Govermant to try to help Falcon

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Falcon sedan sales dropped to record lows in July and August below 600, but lifted in September to 846. There have been 12 recent production down days to cope with the slowing demand, although no more are scheduled for 2013.

Graziano says Ford remains committed to a $103 million “freshening” of the Falcon and Territory in 2014.

“I think we did about 2300 vehicles (Falcon sedan and ute and Territory) off the platform last month, which wasn’t a bad go for a month,” he said. “We are very focussed on getting that freshening out there and seeing where we go from there."

He said he understood why there was scepticism about whether Ford would operate its Broadmeadows assembly line and Geelong engine plant all the way out to October 2016.

“People want guarantees and what we continue to say is that is the intent – to go to the end of October 2016.

“And people say ‘you are not being specific and you’re not guaranteeing and you are not committing’. We are just trying to be honest.

“But right now we are focussed on that freshening and taking it to October 2016, and that hasn’t changed from May.”