Ford Australia gets more interesting
At the Melbourne Motorshow Ford Australia are previewing a bunch of interesting cars, all of which are enough to make Joe from My Ford Dreams green with envy.
First we have the Turbo Territory. 245kw or 330-odd horsepower in a BMW X5 sized urban assault vehicle. Why Ford North America dropped the ball on the amazingly dull Freestyle I don’t know. I can’t really see myself in a Turbo Terror but the press here thinks a reguluar Territory is a better can than an X5 so here’s hoping they sell a stack of them.
Memo to Ford NA: you want need the Falcon and Territory. If Ford.au can build these cars for the tiny Australian market (and teensy-tiny exports to NZ and South Africa) and price them well and spec them well (electrically adjustable pedals anyone!) then even if Ford NA have to re-tool a bunch of factories I’ll bet they’ll sell more Falcons and Territories than 500s and Crown Vics put together. (PS: our Fairlane is three times the car the Crown Vic is.)
Moving into cars that I’m more interested in, there’s the Focus XR5. Now that’s what I’m talking about! Who needs a Golf GTi?
