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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Secondly, I still dont understand peoples obsession with sales. Sales are not always indicator of a cars quality. Ford do not make cars in Australia just to be the number one manufacturer on sales, they do it to make a profit. Now in the case of the Falcon, Ford enjoy larger profit margins than Holden, so sales do not have to match the Commodore to create similar return on investment. I think you are all using sales to justify your purchase. But as said in my first point, you bought what you bought because you think it was best, and just be happy with it. |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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![]() Oh, and I don't think Ford are number one anymore. Isn't it Toyota now? And what does Toyota sell heaps of? OH thats right, Yaris and Corollas... which are imported. ![]()
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![]() As I said, it's not that musical down low, just makes a noise. When wound up, it sounds a lot better. |
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LPG > You
Join Date: Dec 2004
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![]() And what do you mean by overall volume on a single model? I do believe they sell heaps of the Yaris, Corolla, Camry and now Aurion models. I doubt their commercial and 4WD range are going bad too...
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LPG > You
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
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They are as follows... Ford - Falcon: 2621 Focus: 1333 Territory: 1104 Toyota - Corolla: 3212 Camry: 2142 Yaris: 1833 Prado: 1175 RAV4: 1051 Holden - Commodore: 3551 Astra: 1899 Barina: 1398 Those add up to 5058 Fords in the Top 20, 9413 Toyotas in the Top 20 and 6848 Holdens. Total for that month was 14,383 Toyota, 11,503 Holden, 7435 Ford. So when you add up all Ford's other models except those three in the Top 20, they're selling another 2377 cars. And that's because the rest of the range sucks. The Fiesta is a good car which people aren't buying much for some reason. And what else is there worth looking that? Nothing. Holden is almost the same, and their slowly ailing sales show it. So anyway, what I meant by overall volume per one model is this. Until recently, Ford and Holden have relied on one car (Falcon and Commodore) to rack up most of their sales, and then let the rest tag along and soforth. And when they were selling 6500-8000 of each a month, it was working well for them. But the large car segment drop + lack of model variety, other good models and whatnot has really hurt them, if either want to sell lots like they used they'll need a strategy like Toyota's. Though I can't see what would be appealing about a Yaris, its one of the biggest POS cars I've ever been near in my life, and I drove a Camry 2.4 rental when my Fez was out of action, also a POS. But yeah, Ford has no real variety. Four good cars, and people are only buying three of them, and aren't buying enough of them. Or so it seems anyway.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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XT 4 would be good. !!!
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