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Originally Posted by aldw
Ultimately building Falcons in the US sharing the Mustang platform would help save the Falcon in Australia cost-wise long term, of which Ford really needs to do.
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Originally Posted by benroethig
And would make its future a little more secure.
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In other words ..
We had to kill the patient to 'save' it
What advances would a shared Mustang platform bring to existing Falcon?
How can it be that Ford's little Aussie outpost has consistently been able to engineer a superior product to the parent company's efforts - and why?
What makes Ford-Oz deliver a regular family sedan that has and continues to so comprehensively outhandle even the 'sporty' Mustang - not to mention Dearborn's rest including that other RWD relic - and can progressively developed a barely competitive 50 y/o motor into something that easily rivals current - and future - big $$ US engines?
A better powerplant, with vastly superior dynamics, offering more advanced transmissions, a huge range of platform variations, etc - and all realised on a fraction of the budget allocations which in the US achieves such mediocre product, from the 'we know better' mob you guys term as Falcon's 'saviours'