Ford Australia post-2016...what should it look like?

[Alan D Segal]

Originally Posted by prydey

i don't give a rats how its perceived in the US.

It's that type of opinion that encourages manufacturers to put huge markups on cars that aren't 'good enough' to be that expensive, and IMHO they should be discouraged from this practice.

Originally Posted by prydey

in case you haven't noticed, we aren't in the US, we're in australia.

Oh well in that case:



<facepalm>

[Buntz]

I know that post 2016 the Forums should be more civil with less people arguing about what Ford should do to save the Falcon, and how to increase sales.

At least that is a plus.

[MethodX]

Originally Posted by Buntz

I know that post 2016 the Forums should be more civil with less people arguing about what Ford should do to save the Falcon, and how to increase sales.

At least that is a plus.

And less arguing about which company is more Aussie, Ford or Holden...

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by Buntz

I know that post 2016 the Forums should be more civil with less people arguing about what Ford should do to save the Falcon, and how to increase sales.

At least that is a plus.

It will just change to be what ford should have done and how over-priced the mustang is.

[GT-spec15]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

If they are going to price it at 75k they may as well just leave it in the US, it would be a waste of time. In comparison the base Mustang V6 is actually cheaper than the Toyota 86 (sold as the Scion FR-S) in the US by 2k, and the 86 sells for 29k here. If they can't bring the base V6 in for less than 35k and the V8 less than 45k they are greedy as hell.

Ford need to follow Toyota's lead and give it a decent price and watch it fly out the door. Just look how popular the 86 is, and the Mustang is so much cooler in every way, it actually has the sort of torque an 86 could only dream of, and a heritage too, plus the V8 option.

Ford priced the previous Mustang Cobra over 75k and it took years to clear the stock out of the yards as no one was prepared to pay that much. They should learn from it.

A few issues with your theories there.

Once again it is irrelevant to compare our pricing to that in the USA - there are too many variables. Just because a Mustang costs 'x' in the States does not mean it should cost 'y' here.

Once again it's crazy to think they will do a base Mustang for the same price as a Focus...I just don't see how they would go down that path and basically give them away for $35k here.

Yes the previous Mustang here sold slowly, but a little thing called inflation has been happening in the meantime, and Mustang quality has improved too. Fast forward to 2013 and $60-70k for a fairly desirable sports coupe is not a lot of money!

Hell...you can spend over $50k on a fairly mundane Commodore, so how could a premium coupe like the V8 Mustang be a $45k proposition?

Wishful thinking....IMO.

[stang65]

because it`s a Ford it should be cheap........(sarcasm)

[Alan D Segal]

Originally Posted by stang65

because it`s a Ford it should be cheap........(sarcasm)

Only in America huh?

[GQ_Smooth]

Speak to any American,

Premium and Mustang are two words that don't go together.

Working mans sports car!

[bobwm]

I would have thought the Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ might be a good model to emulate here. They priced them sharply and they can't import them fast enough.

Sure it's a somewhat underpowered flat 4 vs a V6 but base model vs base model it looks like the mustang comes in cheaper than the BRZ or Scion FRS over there. Not that we could compare the 2 markets. Could we?

[GQ_Smooth]

Do Ford manufacture any RHD vehicles in the US to export to RHD markets or are they all manufactured in their overseas factories?