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I wonder if Australia will be the recipient of the Taurus to sit above the Mondeo/Fusion...
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No Toreass for us, and this is the CD4 next gen car.
Ford arent interested in competing in large car segments. China is an exception because the market demands chauffeur-friendly cars like sedans. I wonder though if this could mean a 6cyl Mondeo/Fusion is possible in the future? Given the cars will share the same roots.
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does anyone know what the China Taurus looks like
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The volumes don't make a business case. There will be no CD4 RHD for Australia. |
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But the next Mondeo is CD4...are you suggesting we won't get that either?
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stretched Fusion/mondeo...
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That's the MKS isn't it?
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Yeah Mondeo is CD4 and we are getting that, Ford have said so, he is probably referring to the CD4 platform variant for the Taurus.
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Mondeo is CD4.1 platform which proceeded Taurus on CD4.3
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So,thats where the FH is being built !!!
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Thank the lord for this, its supermegafugly.
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Thanks for your worthless contribution.
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Doubt if there will be a tailor made product for Australia. That gets killed off soon. Yanks are not interested in the Australian market since globalisation became the buzz word.
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"One Ford" program at work again.
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we are doing a lot of the attribute work for this car here.
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Not enough people are interested in Mondeo, can't work it out but if there was a choice between it and the
next gen Taurus, I'd pick the latter. The larger car with optional AWD and better engines would carry the day. |
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This is goo to know, at least our expertise isn't being wasted.
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so given how many Mondeos sell in Europe it does puzzle me a little that they aren't better received here. As both new Mondeo and New Taurus are both off the same CD4 platform (albeit CD4.1 v CD 4.3) and that both platforms are now owned by the US I don't reckon there will be too much difference between the two when they arrive.
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the only people that I know that sang the praises of mondeo didn't upgrade again to ford badge. I would look at the way dealers are treated. or their pricing arrangements.
people I deal with every day don't trade a car on a similar car or brand. more likely to see the chioce of the month.
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So you are suggesting that the reason that ford waisted bucks on FG-X is to get the public ready for the one ford product on offer-Taurus.
I saw an FG-X this week-Dark grey ute in the dealer forecourt. look great with some sort of roo bar or ladder racks.
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