Ford USA has certainly learned the ways of Ford Australia.....the high volume 70 000 per year for 33 years Falcon became the Australian X Taxi, and adding a Mod 4 cam 5.4 V8 to a basic BLT burger didn't improve the re-sale value. After 1960 to 2016 production, Ford only had left a cheap supply of corn husks which no one wanted. The Japanese sucker punched Ford Australia into trying to tie up its plant with cost consuming, low return sales volume, which is what a two or four door three box sedan always is. But that's okay, one bitten, twice shy. Edsel B Ford got Fords trukin' House in order, and folding green is in Ford South East Asias pocket from both its plants and Mazdas because of the sales to Island Right Hand drive nations that used to buy Toyota SR5 HiLux's.
Fords Mustang REALLY killed low performance Jap Celica's and Supras and everything else which was cheap and didn't perform. 14 second factory quarter miles with just a 3.7 liter six or sub 13's with a 5.0 liter V8.
Fords Australian Falcon proved that Camry's and Skylines and Stageas were under engined, unreliable cars like the old English Mark 1, 2,3 and 4 Zephyr sixes were to island nations and the old South Africa and Rhodesia.
And lemme tell ya some un tendered info. In line six and V6 Tojos and Nessan's are not worth a knobb of goat turds when 23 years old and you have to rebuild them. Neither are Falcons but specialty car Mustangs and even Couriers and Mazda based Rangers we had from 2000 to 2012 hold value as an SUV . Ford has seen the future.
The weird as BAT SH!+ Thailand made four door crew cab Ranger down here is the same as the Mustang, a high sale price value added product with some real residual Redbook value.
Although a subway base, and a corn corb to add flecks of inspiration, it will always have residual value. Down here, it out sells everything, and its what everyone drives, and if you don't like Fords, you can dress it up with BT50 Mazda badges, made from the same Thailand plant next door to Fords plant.
No one except Toyota shifted 400000 four door cars a year, the grey slurry Four door thing is a product of a bygone era which started when South Bend Indiana's Studebaker put the front on the back of the 1947 Champion. Where did that take Studebaker? To insolvency.
Three boxers are dead. Two box 1946 style cars which can mount a curb and not get stuck on a cinder shoulder is where its at.
Connect With Us