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Originally Posted by BENT_8
'Insert how wonderful a finacial decision it was to pull local production'
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Sadly it was a better financial decision, if Toyota couldn't make it happen even with 80% exports how on Earth could Ford building local-only vehicles or if building a global vehicle be able to match any Asian factory for costs if it tried.
I have wondered however if Ford Aust could have been chosen to build all RHD vehicles for the Ford global market could that have worked. It would have needed to be spectacularly efficient, say building RHD Edges, F-150's, Explorers, Lincolns, I'm sure the former FoMoCo Aust. production engineers can explain this is impossible...and I don't think a Mustang would be the same if build outside USA.