Micro/light car segment making no progress

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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Makes me wonder why they went with the ZF, surely that would have been the most expensive option or maybe BTR/ION/DSI/Unicorn couldn't meet Ford's requirements? Or was ZF also supplying other vehicles in Ford global range (IE USA models?) and available at a good price point?

The BTR got a 20+ year run in the Falcon, you'd think that would have held weight with Ford.

I'd like to know the decision behind the ZF.

Might have something to do with their financial position. They went into bankruptcy, went through various owners etc. Not sure if that was before or after this though.

But might also have something to do with Ford owning Jaguar/Land Rover at the time and tapping into that big buying power to get the ZF's at a reasonably cheap rate? I reckon that would have had something to do with it for sure. It probably would have been the superior trans.