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It's kind of ironic that the Falcon is not doing well now. Remember how forward thinking Ford were back in 2005 when they introduced the ZF 6-speed auto? I mean, who else had 6-speeds back then aside from BMW?
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I'm going to be sick.
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I have 4 falcons (BA, XF, XD & XY) 1 Ranger, 1 350Z and 1 Getz. But I am not the one complaining about the low sales figures....... P.S. Actually the XF & XY are Fairmonts. |
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are seemingly comfortable, even to the point of predicting possible production increases in 2012. Maybe we should give them the benefit of the doubt for a few months more and see how the new Territory fares in the market and the uptake of EcoLIP. Those two elements may be responsible for a huge lift in sales in the comming months. Have patience is all I'm saying... |
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most of the
meanwhile, the ford (not falcon) motor company continues to increase in sales of nearly every other model. |
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And yes...it's Ford Motor Company of Australia...not Falcon Motor Company of Australia.
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If they can get switched on with good marketing pushes behind the new Focus and Territory things should hopefully take a turn for the better. Otherwise there will be lots of Ford dealers shutting their doors.
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hows that old jingle go? football, meatpies, kangaroos and holden cars!! thats just my opinion. i also don't believe there is any proof that there is a link between marketing and sales. if holden stopped advertising the commodore would it lose many sales? i actually rarely see commodore ads anywhere anyway. the camry/aurion get virtually no airtime and yet they still manage to sell an average amount of units every month. its just an easy thing for upset fans to point the finger at. critisizing ford and falcon has been going on for over 10years now and falcon is still here, and is arguably the best falcon ever built. |
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The current version is: We got HOON LAWS, P PLATES, NANNY STATES and SAFETY CAMS......... |
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VE1 interior
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Bar the touch screen and different air vent shapes the VEII is identical to VE.
Can't spot much the same between BF and FG, maybe the shifter. |
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The fg dash is the only good falcon dash, everything else before it was crap
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Anyone have any figures for the Corolla? No one noticed it disappeared off the radar this month?
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Does anybody think that when the falcon does get the chop that ford might decide not to replace it with with another model i.e just give up on the large car segment?
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Give up, as they have the mondeo, just give it a V6, or a more poweful diesel.
An Awd Mondeo would be good. |
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and Cruze is just below that says that Holden marketing is right on the money. We should not be critisizing Holden because they have their act together, they need to because their plant is geared for two shifts, Ford is not. I would sooner Ford delay new product launches until problems are fixed rather than push a faulty product onto buyers, that can only end badly. We have to trust that Ford is doing the best it can with limited technical and financial resources and give them a chance to sell their new products before consigning local products to history.... Last edited by jpd80; 05-06-2011 at 09:23 AM. |
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So May 2011 was Corolla's worst sales month for 10 years. |
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Yeah Toyota is certainly feeling the impact now of the events in Japan. Only back in March this year they sold over 18000 vehicles for the month. This month they are down to 11000.
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But it won't always be like that and it's up to Ford and Holden to make the best of it while they can...
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That they do.
Just looking through the tech section figures and the few things I noticed were that most Toyota models have had a fair decrease in sales since March. The only 2 that haven't are Hilux and Camry. 2011 is Toyota's lowest YTD since 2003, Fords lowest in more than 10 years amd Holdens 2nd lowest in atleast 10 years. The only one that was worse for Holden was the GFC hit 2009. |
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The second set of statistical data is also uploaded now.
It is interesting to note the drop in sales for Toyota but it would be reasonable to assume that it is more of a supply issue in their imported range than anything else although if it continues then that may well proive to be an invalid assumption. Cheers Russ
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it may well be correct but i doubt we'd ever see evidence to confirm. dealers may ask the question when they sell a vehicle as to how the customer heard about the product, and thereby establish a trend for holden to work off, but it may simply be the badge on the front that attracts the masses. i wonder how many 'non australians' buy holdens. its another question we'll never know the answer to but could be interesting nonetheless. |
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I said marketing not advertising, advertising is only one of many tool available. A marketing strategy can be word of mouth, racing cars, promotional events ect.. all add to car sales. marketing also means research and knowing your target audience and giving them what they want. From where I see Holden did what they needed to going forward with a two shift plant, Ford may well be doing the same thing with its single shift plant, we don't know yet..... |
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