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Originally Posted by XWGT
How can any editor defend the Carsguide blatant biad towards Holden after the publication of this article
http://carsguide.news.com.au/site/mo...falcon_coffin/
How the hell can the economic downturn only effect the Falcon and not the Commodore? How can the Falcon be held out as the inefficient vehcile of its age with no mention that its more efficient than the Commodore?
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The Commodore platform is a relatively new platform that is used overseas and is also exported from Australia as complete cars, making any green initiative far more viable, over many more units sold.
The Falcon is an older platform sold only in Australia in ever smaller numbers, making any investment, much harder to justify.
Common sense really. Doesn't mean Falcon might not go green with the Rudd bailout, but in normal circumstances, I think you would expect Falcon would be the first to go.
Not sure there needs to be any chequebook involved to work that out.
Really the Commodore is in a stronger position when you are talking about a US car company looking around at what to chop. Doesn't mean the Falcon isn't good, but Ford US, absolute determination to never let Falcon be exported, always mean't it had one foot in the grave. Ford management is Falcons biggest problem, not this journalist.
Dan