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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo
While the BA was a huge leap in terms of powertrain technology, the cars themselves seem very fragile, aside from the Barra.
Chopping out suspension, brake shudder, ball joint failures, door locks, HIM and heater shaft failures, ICC issues etc.
They're not as hardy as other previous Falcons. |
The barra was stout as its just effectively an evolution of years of knowing what works. I suspect most the design flaws with suspension etc might have something to do with ford australias smaller market and attempting to keep things affordable to the limited people they sold to. So trying to keep up with the bigger brands with world wide consumers so us in australia and new zealand still buy local, yet other brands, say toyota had bigger budgets for global platforms, ford aus didnt. As a global entity, yeah ford can splash all the cash for global r&d on platforms that will sell millions of units, but financially theres no reason to waste money on 2 small markets. Hence why theyre pushing cars that arent designed for our country, well, cars i dont really get excited about bar maybe the mustang, but its only got 2 doors, on us. I had a ranger, yeah it did its job well, but i wouldnt consider it exciting to drive. It was a utility, and it uted well. I dont need the high seating position of an suv, dont need the off road capability of a 4x4. I prefer the rwd sedan life. A bit of fun when the fuzz isnt in the rear view mirror.