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Old 19-01-2014, 12:52 AM   #1
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Default More positive Ford Aus news: taking lead role in developing Escort

I'm on a roll with positive threads about Ford at the moment...
You may have heard that Ford Aus had a role in developing the new Escort (Focus based sedan for the Chinese market)?
Well it appears that Ford Aus, in fact, actually have the lead role with developing the car and according to CA's sources, it's as big a role as what Ford Aus had with the Ranger.
So in a nut-shell, the new Escort will be designed, engineered and tested in Ford's Aussie factories.
Article: http://www.caradvice.com.au/266890/2...ord-australia/

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Old 19-01-2014, 12:56 AM   #2
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Positive news, go Ford Aus.
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Old 19-01-2014, 01:00 AM   #3
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Ford Aus also helped develope India's Figo..
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Old 19-01-2014, 01:22 AM   #4
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And the Ranger wagon in the pipeline.
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I don't mind the modern version of the escort in that picture. Not sure on the colour but for a cheap cAr it looks cool and deff escort like!
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im not liking all these latest front end grilles
the escort and the new f150 with that triple thing going on
also not a fan of the hex look with the angles which is prob why i dont like the later g6e bottom grilles but like the 2008 one
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I'm on a roll with positive threads about Ford at the moment...
You may have heard that Ford Aus had a role in developing the new Escort (Focus based sedan for the Chinese market)?
Well it appears that Ford Aus, in fact, actually have the lead role with developing the car and according to CA's sources, it's as big a role as what Ford Aus had with the Ranger.
So in a nut-shell, the new Escort will be designed, engineered and tested in Ford's Aussie factories.
Article: http://www.caradvice.com.au/266890/2...ord-australia/
What aussie factories are the not closing all the factories down
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Old 19-01-2014, 07:08 PM   #8
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I wonder what the definition of "almost" is for their unnamed source? T6 Ranger platform IMO is uncomparable to any other work FoA's RnD department has done till now.
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What aussie factories are the not closing all the factories down
Yeah factories was probably a bad word. Facilities would have suited better.
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People haven't jerryed yet that the Fiesta and Focus are moving to a common architecture on the next product cycle....
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im not liking all these latest front end grilles
the escort and the new f150 with that triple thing going on
also not a fan of the hex look with the angles which is prob why i dont like the later g6e bottom grilles but like the 2008 one
I was honestly just thinking the same thing. Every ford model on the market arm has a similar front end to the other. It reminds of Mitsubishi the way all their models front ends were the same.
Not everyone likes the new style (me including) so it seems the whole range is being based towards a niche market of buyers who like this hexy angley look.
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