One of my main motivations to buy a FG Falcon in 2008 was to make sure I got one with the Inline 6.
With the news of the Geelong engine plant to be closed, I did NOT want a Falcon with the imported V6. Now I'm sure there would have been incremental improvements afforded by vastly newer design, but a Falcon without a inline 6 wouldn't have been a Falcon. (I say that as the owner of a V8 Falcon but you know what I mean.)
Ford's news in November 2008 that the engine plant would remain open seemed like great news at the time. In my opinion, it was at this moment the fate of Ford's Australian factories was determined, we however found out about it in 2013.
https://www.fordforums.com.au/vbport...?articleid=938
All Hail the mighty BARRA!
