A sad day for FORD Australia

[Ganmain Tony]

Firstly Ryan I want to say I am extremely sorry to hear about your job going. I reckon you would be devastated.

I must say this is hit me harder than I thought. My family have always had Falcons. I drive an 07 RTV ute, dedicated gas. It is a magnificent car.

What I find frustrating about this whole thing is ALL, yes thats right, ALL manufacturers of Motor vehicles receive government financial support across the globe

What is equally frustrating is when our dollar does drop back to 50 cents US, and it will.. we will be bitching how expensive foreign cars are getting. Not to mention whinging how expensive servicing them will be.

In a couple of years motoring magazines (some who in my opinion have contributed to Fords and the Falcons demise here) will write articles on the brilliantly designed and built cars that Ford used to make in this country.

Bottom line is they are not selling...and that reflects on the Australian consumer......

[David Dunlop]

Much the same thing here in Canada. Brilliant design and production work by GM, Ford and Chrysler throughout the war years, but by the late 1950's, all three companies are suddenly at risk of being moved out of Canada and the entire production being run out of US plants. Canada panics and signs what is called the AUTOPACT Agreement with the big three, the big political selling feature being the agreement would guarantee no job losses in Canada. The immediate price Canadians paid (and still pay) for this agreement is that all vehicles manufactured in Canada sell for thousands of dollars more in Canada than in the USA. And curiously, nobody in Canada has ever seemed to look at the numbers. There is no way the same number of workers for Ford, GM and Chrysler are still being employed today, as there were in the late 50's. Just ask anyone living in Oshawa or Windsor. Yet the Agreement is still in place! Sheeesh!

Ryan. At least you have a good lead in on this sad news. Who knows, maybe there is a big lottery winning waiting out there for you!

Best regards,


David