Too true.
Holden have considered building a 4 cylinder commodore, and ford are planning a 4 cylinder falcon and territory in the near future.
Ford Australia to build four-cylinder Falcon and diesel Territory - www.drive.com.au
Much, much too late. By then most potential customers will have found and bought superior products... there's no winning those customers back!
Last edited by stickshift3000; 15-09-2011 at 10:09 AM.
MKV Golf 2.0 TDI DSG Sportline. Just nice.
I test drove a Fiesta when I was looking at what to replace my old car with and eventually decided on the Polo.
I think we are being a bit harsh here, the Ford has really good driving characteristics, and I haven't heard many complaints from owners.
While the styling doesn't suit me (I too think that front end is FUGLY) I think the competition will do VW and others some good in the "light" hot hatch segment.
cheers
Sword Dude
2011 77 TSI Polo manual Flash Red with Sport Pack
2014 (MY15) 125 TDI Superb Outdoor 4x4
FWIW I hope the Fiesta ST doesnt use their current implementation of DSG. It feels way more sluggish than the brilliant one in the VW.
I wonder if the bright spark who decided that Ford should further develop their inline 6 cylinder engine rather than build the Focus locally back in 2007 is still around
Yep, my S16 (GTI16 with a few less kW, slightly smaller brakes and a MUCH smaller right hand turning circle) is still the beat handling FWD car I've driven (along with the original Focus) - why Peugeot can't make their newer small cars handle like that is a continuing disappointment.
Back on topic - I think the Fiesta ST will be a great addition to the local market and do very well, given the number of outlets.
Last edited by kaanage; 16-09-2011 at 11:12 AM.
I'll agree. I think the Fiesta ST will be a great addition to the Ford line up and will definitely give the Polo GTI a run for it's money. For goodness sakes, it's turbo-charged and perhaps a similar 'flash' will give it some sexy back.
If they give it a similar suspension they had on the XR4, I'm sure it'll handle just as well.
2010 Polo GTI 5dr, reflex metallic silver, MDI.
Now Replaced With
2012 Polo GTI 5dr, Candy White, Sunroof, Detroits
Look here
And posts by him in the http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...ion-56423.html thread - pretty sad reading
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