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Old 18-01-2007, 12:55 PM   #31
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Who cares.

I'm all for Highway Patrol using Camrys, Aurions and 380s - it might help to remove some of the ego that some of these highway officers carry.
You’ve brought up a very good point, Dave_au.
Imagine if they drove Daewoo Matizs? Can anyone photoshop one of these pics to look like a HWP car? :hihi: :hihi:

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Old 18-01-2007, 12:56 PM   #32
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Who needs a BT1 or Opt20!

Look out guys, now the usual crowd can drool over the Toyota ex-cop car..LOL
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Old 18-01-2007, 01:04 PM   #33
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Where’s the dignity in getting pulled up by that thing? :

The shame, the shame.
wouldnt have anything to brag about either....... i mean, who'd own up to actually trying to get away from an aurion? thats almost as embarassing as getting caught by one!
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Old 20-01-2007, 02:02 PM   #34
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what a bullshit post puts99, Aurion is more australian than Falcon or Commodore.
So a Japanese designed car with a few styling changes and an imported Japanese engine and gearbox is more Australian than both Falcon and Commodore. Ok then. :
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Old 20-01-2007, 03:36 PM   #35
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So a Japanese designed car with a few styling changes and an imported Japanese engine and gearbox is more Australian than both Falcon and Commodore. Ok then. :
Certainly more than Commodore - well at least the V8 version. I read somewhere that the actual Australian components within the new VE hover at somewhere around about 56% mark.

Anyway, Ford has been importing all the glass for Falcons for some time from China, and if memory serves me correctly, I think they are also getting some of their pressed metal for the doors from there as well.

With both the financial situations of GM and FoMoCo being somewhere quite far up the Creek, I'd probably expect to see more drastic cost saving measures from these two in the future than what you'll see from Toyota whilst it's going through it's massive growth phase for quite a while.
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Old 20-01-2007, 06:22 PM   #36
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"The front-wheel drive Aurion meets the demands of police work and has a number of advantages in high density public areas."
How does FWD assist you in high density public areas?
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Old 20-01-2007, 06:40 PM   #37
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FWD= bad luck for them!
That what i say but let me rephrase it.

FWD + POLICE = LOSER
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