good year for ford U.S 2009/1010

tazza255 · 02-02-2009, 03:26 PM

check this out some of the new cars ford is unveiling in the United States
http://www.thetorquereport.com/american_cars/ford/

XRQTR · 02-02-2009, 03:39 PM

Where's the Aus hybrid cars?? The tech is obviously their so why isn't it in place in some Aus cars??

MAD · 02-02-2009, 03:43 PM

Gee after owning Aston Martin for a while, they really seem to have "borrowed" the the look of the front air dam.
There's quite a few little similarities to our falcon amongst those cars.
Maybe the rumours are true, Americans are beginning to like 'Euro' styling.

Cabbage · 02-02-2009, 07:20 PM

Top spec FG's look better than all of them except maybe the mustang!!

Green X · 02-02-2009, 09:48 PM

Taurus has a bonnet bulge and Front end Look that screams i wanted to be a Aussi falcon!

Bossxr8 · 02-02-2009, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by XRQTR

Where's the Aus hybrid cars?? The tech is obviously their so why isn't it in place in some Aus cars??

Hybrids just don't sell here. Toyota can only shift around 200 Prius's a month and its the hybrid to have for greenies. Ford would never introduce a new hybrid model if it sold in numbers smaller than that.

**Bundy** · 03-02-2009, 01:22 AM

yup the Taurus does nothing for me, the front bonnet looks like an over size dish to catch water in while parked.
And a fully optioned Linchon gets 355hp but the new mustang see a "modest increase" to 315hp. "Reality check isle 2 please"

Ohio XB · 03-02-2009, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bundy

yup the Taurus does nothing for me, the front bonnet looks like an over size dish to catch water in while parked.
And a fully optioned Linchon gets 355hp but the new mustang see a "modest increase" to 315hp. "Reality check isle 2 please"

The Lincoln does it with a Turbo V6 and the Mustang does it with a normally aspirated 4.6L V8. The Lincoln weighs more than the Mustang, is a newer chassis, and gets the newer engine.

Americans are still resistant to the idea of a turbo V6 Mustang and no V8.

Steve

irlewy86 · 03-02-2009, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Hybrids just don't sell here. Toyota can only shift around 200 Prius's a month and its the hybrid to have for greenies. Ford would never introduce a new hybrid model if it sold in numbers smaller than that.

At almost 40k they are lucky to sell any, but according to Toyota they hold advance orders for 9 months (or did

) Much like the Mondeo, 200 a month is all they can have. Honda's Hybrid should put the pressure on at 30k. I think Australia will wait until PEV and EV cars can be easily used outside metropolitan areas before they start selling in any volume.

outback_ute · 03-02-2009, 10:43 AM

I wonder what percentage of Prius' are not sold to government/council/power companies etc?

Bossxr8 · 06-02-2009, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by outback_ute

I wonder what percentage of Prius' are not sold to government/council/power companies etc?

Private sales would be pretty low I think.