Yes I see the points raised here as I understand that everyone in Australia lives in the middle of a city and only drives on weekends over multi lane bitument roads to their local Macca's carpark. Everyone's requirements are the same aren't they?
Who would buy a AWD stations wagon? Well lots of Adventra and Territory owners.
Who would buy a AWD ute? Crossman etc. anyone?
Who would buy a ute with a locker diff and extra clearance? RTV owners maybe?
Who would pay extra to have a basic XT look like a performance vehicle without all those pesky problems of extra performance? XR6 owners....
If it were on a numbers sold vs cost of development basis then the GT and especially the Pursuit would be potential victims. All that development cost for sales of a couple of thousand units world wide.
An AWD falcon/fairmont sedan, I suspect, would sell fairly well to the large number of people who live in a soft road environment, that is MOST OF AUSTRALIA, want a full size vehicle but do not want to drive a tarted up yuppy-truck.
There are many places around my area that I have not been able to go to in my last 4 cars over the last 7 years of so as the roads are too rough and I live in a small city of 80,000. A little bit of rain and the nicest dirt roads turn to mud.
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