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Pity the fool
Join Date: Jan 2007
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http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...2576DB000A4E69
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Falcon 2514 Captiva 1315 Territory 867 Falcon ute 762
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Guess Who's Back?
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Think the title of this thread should be 'VFacts Feb '10', pretty poor result none the less. Ford really needed the new Territory & Focus yesterday, look out the Koreans are coming!
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Would anyone have the figures for the Suzuki range ?
Hyundai will not stop until it beats Toyota.
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Suzuki APV 16 Suzuki Grand Vitara 265 Suzuki Jimny 49 Suzuki Swift 983 Suzuki SX4 171 Cheers Russ
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Peter Car
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Despite the supplier issues and such, its obvious even running one or 2 saturdays a month isn't enough. Time to stop being so damn conservative and ramp up the line rate. Customers must be walking out the door in droves.
How many p55ed off potential customers do they want to lose before they decide to do something about it. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2008
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lets face it were phucked,if you want a falcon you better wrap it in cotton wool if you plan on driving one in the near future.
seriously this is the world we live in,the big 3 mean nothing to the new generation,we are lucky toyoda had a slight hicup to give us a bit more time.shame the name falcon,valiant etc will be a historic event. |
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Pity the fool
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Mods, can you please change the thread title to February instead of March :-|
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Don't understand how the commodore can still be so high, its now a 4 year old car!
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FG XR6: pacemaker sterline coated headers, Xr8 snorkel + modified CAI, 100cpsi ballistic cat, 20" rims, lower with shocks, custom catback exhaust, custom spacers, tune soon to come, 1/4mile soon to come. Last edited by Falcon Coupe; 03-03-2010 at 05:44 PM. Reason: The usual |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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I believe they are short $$ selling to fleet, to get throughput. Can't believe there are 1365 idiots who are too lazy to compare soft roaders and settled for the bottom of the rung captiva |
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as in chopped
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Maybe those 1365 idiots couldn't see why the Territory cost thousands more but offers less !
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Can't believe there are 1365 idiots who are too lazy to compare soft roaders and settled for the bottom of the rung captiva[/QUOTE]
Maybe 1365 people chose quality features and price over driving dynamics and poor ford service?????? I know l did 3 years ago and have enjoyed 160,00 trouble free klms. ![]() |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Hi Russ, are you able to post full sales figures for Feb?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Bexley, Sydney
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I can't believe the i30 has sold 3000 in a single month. I don't care i'll never buy anything made in China / SE Asia, be it a Mitsubishi, Ford or Hyundai.
Is the commodore ute sales included under "commodore" sales?
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More cars come out of Adelaide factory then Broadmedows. Holden dealers have more units then Ford dealers on the lot.
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HSV would have more cars on the lot than the local Ford dealer.
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Noticed my post was edited to lol, seems I can't say anything that might come across as a + for the opposition without it being edited, or abused, watevs.
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FG XR6: pacemaker sterline coated headers, Xr8 snorkel + modified CAI, 100cpsi ballistic cat, 20" rims, lower with shocks, custom catback exhaust, custom spacers, tune soon to come, 1/4mile soon to come. Last edited by kezzer; 03-03-2010 at 07:30 PM. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Overtime in a car manufacturing environment is not as easy as we all assume, firstly, for Broadies to work OT then EVERYBODY has to agree to rock up on a saturday..... It is near impossible to run the production line with 20% of the labour missing. Also, Ford is experiencing many supplier issues at the moment. Without delving too much info, supply of parts has been unreliable to say the least.
Another point in regards to Falcon Ute, I think you will find that the low figure was once again due to supply issues.
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I dont know which of you posts was edited . If its was a comment with the intention to provoke your lucky its was not deleted. Part of the moderators job is to make sure the coversation does not get out of hand . An 99% of your posts are pro-holden so i dont think your doing to bad . On topic number of sales are not that important . Profit is , Right now they are building to order if people are not ordering because a certain vechicle is not a available for awile , so be it go across the road and you can settle for the competition . Im sure ford know this and the pro's outway the con's . Holden want to be known as the best selling cars in oz and will do what ever it takes to stay that way . Remember last year thry were knocking 10k of retail price . An even though there still the top selling car is oz they still dont turn a profit . So clearly what they are doing now still is not working . |
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The facts are, cash buyers ready to buy a Falcon on the spot are being turned away because there are none avaliable. That is not good for business, no matter what kind of spin you put on it. |
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So, the question is, is ford making a bigger profit then Holden at the moment? I thought both companies were selling cheaply last year, I picked up mine fairly cheap, well compared to retail anyway. But 10k?? :togo: How cheap do fleets pick these cars up for anyway?
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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I can remember when the Terri and Captiva figures were reversed.
How times have changed. Might be too late for Terri to ever recover with no diesel in near future and with quality issue of past 12 months or so.
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Was going to say.. 2500 cars in 2.5 days is a pretty decent effort. ;)
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http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-new...0303-phji.html
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My uncle here in Auckland rocked up to John Andrew Ford looking to purchase a brand new FG XR6, with cash, and was turned away as they didn't have any to sell him.
The yard is essentially empty and the dealer tells him they're waiting for stock from Aus, they've been waiting months. I saw a freaking BF Falcon where they normally keep the new stuff when I drove past yesterday. Whilst I realize VFacts refer to vehicle registrations in Aus, not vehicle production numbers, but the production rate at Ford is costing them alot of sales going by what I've read on this forum and heard first hand. They are simply not producing enough Falcons to meet current demand. I have read all the explanations but it's not good enough anymore. Last time I spoke to my uncle he was about to go buy the new Accord. Waiting 2-3 months was just not an option. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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This quote is a load of crap!! "For the first time in living memory, former market leader Ford slipped out of the top three".. Mazda was 3rd in January last year!!
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Mad Scientist!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Newcastle
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After seeing the Ford sales against Holden sales................. I'm going to be SICK!!!!!
What is it with people buying cheap, Daewooo cars with a Holden badge on it. Are these people blinded by the Light that shines from it. I'm off to be SICK again. |
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gobb smacked......UNBELIEVABLE
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Fords new quote? GO EVEN BETTER...Oh and do what holden do, Lie and make out your absolutely BRILLIANT. ![]() |
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