Motoring writers in Australia have no idea

[GAFA]

Reading today's paper cars guide, there is an article about Australia's future cars (2015 onwards). In the Ford section the writer says "Edge, Also not the Territory replacement. Unveiled in the US earlier this year, the Edge is a five-seater SUV designed to appeal to young families. A rival to the Toyota RAV4 and the Mazda CX5(My bold).

Well WTF is the Kuga than??? The new Kuga has been on sale for over 12 months and every review has compared it to the CX5 and the RAV4. Plus details released so far on the Edge show it is bigger than the Kuga, CX5 and RAV4 and is far closer in size to the Territory.

[Franco Cozzo]

I'd say the Exploder would be the proper "replacement" for the Territory size wise.

[Bossxr8]

I laughed at that story too, typical Josh Dowling. How does he still have a job, he is an absolute hack.

He claims the new Focus RS will be less than 50k, when the previous one was 65k.

He claims the Explorer will be coming here, when we all know it's not going to be built in RHD.

Then he says that the next Mondeo will almost be as big as the Falcon. Hello tard, the current version, and the new one coming next year already are about as big as Falcon.

[Windsor220]

It depends what you class Territory under. Its sort of between medium and large. You could almost put it up against the Prado.

[Alan D Segal]

Most Australians have no idea. Maybe like politicians, they get the journos they deserve too?

[Kryton]

The local paper last Saturday stated the new Falcon will have the following engine options: I4T, NA6, I6T or NA8.
Hmmmmmmm.

[stevefreestyle]

Originally Posted by Kryton

The local paper last Saturday stated the new Falcon will have the following engine options: I4T, NA6, I6T or NA8.
Hmmmmmmm.

Seems they forgot not only the S/C on the "NA"8, but also the LPGI6.

[Auslandau]

Originally Posted by Windsor220

It depends what you class Territory under. Its sort of between medium and large. You could almost put it up against the Prado.

Almost?

I would put it up against the Prado for sure. Land Cruiser is large, while both Prado and Territory are large .... ish. Even though 1 is a real 4x4 and the other is a people mover.

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

I'd say the Exploder would be the proper "replacement" for the Territory size wise.

Both the Edge and Explorer will be built on the same platform. In a market the size of teh US, they can afford to have more options. The Explorer is more what the yanks think of as a 4wd (although its available in fwd as well) whereas the Edge is more of the crossover AWD, like the Territory.

I assume that the Everest will be FoA's 4wd contender, and the Territory will be edge-based.

[Pedro]

Dowling is a tool. It shows how lacking editors are in car knowledge to let this misinformed moron's stories go to press.

[Blue Roo]

Joshua Dowling is nothing more than a oxygen thief.

[SumoDog68]

Originally Posted by stevefreestyle

Seems they forgot not only the S/C on the "NA"8, but also the LPGI6.

LPG is NA6 :-) only difference being fuel used.