Disaffected By Ford Ending Local Manufacture ?

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Originally Posted by Rodge

Trev, you might want to try a BMW X5, mate of mine has one and its a very impressive bit of kit.

Mate, I have, in all specs, I knock around with a few guys that have them in all the various high end specs as company cars, and on any Aussie back road they are still piles of crap in comparison to the Territory. The only thing the Tezza is missing is latest tech engine that marries huge torque with good fuel economy, but dynamically handling wise they still make X5 etc. look silly on our roads, and you keep a good flowing pace due to the superior back road handling and thus point to point despite giving away about 462 million years in engine tech are still just as fast. I am a demanding driver of what ever I punt, and trust me when push comes to shove the Territory makes X5 look pretty crap if you don't count standing start acceleration etc.... And there is about 75km of mountain roads between me and the closest traffic light to my house so off the mark pull matters little... But still Territory is awesome car, at awesome price, waiting for an engine to do the rest of the package justice. Plus you think Territory resale is bad, you can't give away high spec 120k X5s for 40k three years later..... I could buy two new Territory's in that time and burn them after I finished and still be in front :-)