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03-03-2005, 07:18 PM
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Taken from GoAuto... and Ive even paragraphed it this time! lol
FORD AUSTRALIA has used the Melbourne International Motor Show to announce an export deal with South Africa for its Territory four-wheel drive wagon. Ford Australia president Tom Gorman said the fi rst South African-bound vehicles would roll off the Broadmeadows production line within a month, with around 2000 to be sent to Ford South Africa per annum. A prototype vehicle was sent to South Africa around June 2004, with a program starting the following month to fi netune the Territory for that country’s requirements. Both rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive versions will be exported and the full range of accessories for the vehicle will be available – sans sat-nav, given South Africa has no GPS network. “South Africa has unique driving conditions involving high altitudes and high speeds, but the excellent work of the Australian development team involved with Territory meant little change was required,” Mr Gorman said. The other overseas destination for the Aussiebuilt 4WD is New Zealand, where it achieved 1400 sales in 2003 and is claimed to be the market-leading SUV. |
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03-03-2005, 07:30 PM
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Thats good news for Ford,but they will have to increase the production line somehow.
Cheers John
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03-03-2005, 07:39 PM
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and they are currenlty runnging at 104%
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03-03-2005, 07:45 PM
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im sure they have plans in place...
great news though, the terry is turning out to be quite popular in australia, and im sure it will be a hit over in SA too well done to the blue oval team for making this work!
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03-03-2005, 08:16 PM
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Fantastic, I'm sure it will do just as well in South Africa! Now to get it over to the UK to fill the void left by the lardy new Land Rover!
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03-03-2005, 09:56 PM
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Damned it, I was going to ask the question here after the FPV weekend re: does the Territory get exported..... as i snapped a picture of some kind of folder in the back of the FPV lot with ' South African Territory ' on the cover.
http://www.fordforums.com.au/photos/...cat=500&page=1 |
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03-03-2005, 10:09 PM
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I've obviously missed something important here. GPS- Global Positioning System, that is delivered with Satellite is unavailable in South Africa. WTF do aircraft use ?
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03-03-2005, 10:47 PM
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well if theres any problems with it the south africans will soon find them . prety diffrant conditions to australia. i hope it goes well.
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Territory headed for South Africa!
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