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Old 21-01-2010, 10:10 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by FalconXV
FoEurope went FWD only in the mid 90s, and their chassis have improved ever since. Our product development team seems more aligned to European tuning so it could see an improvement. Judging by WRX and Liberty Passat etc's success, the world is obviously hungry for performance AWD large cars. And about FWD ute- if the Transit can be FWD why couldn't there be an FWD ute?
What about a Territory based Ute with higher ground clearance and access to Diesel/AWD?
That would then allow the Falcon sedan to be made much lighter
particularly if the 2300 Kg towing capacity was reduced to 1500 Kg....

Oh, and I have no objection to a FWD Ute provided you don't expect
people to haul a full 1-tonne load up a steep hill.

Most of the larger Transits are RWD by the way.....
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