Falcon is saved!

[Nikked]

Misleading title, but everything about the falcon has over the past year.

So, this is my all-conquering theory on the falcon, mustang and Taurus post 2016


Ok...

*sips water

The Falcon and "one ford", what does it mean?


One Ford

To start, "One ford" is an umbrella plan in that the various ford outpost work together in a bit to cut costs and deliver quality products that the customer wants. A lot the focus has been on One Ford being a platform sharing system, true, but its deeper. The plan allows any component to be common across the world; this can mean anything from Engines and transmissions, to window switches and interior materials.
The current theory is that the Falcon is not seen as part of One Ford, (understandable, as little has been said) but i come to the conclusion that it may be more then we think. The common thought is that the Falcon simply becomes any CKD Australian assembled Taurus due to the fact that the Falcon is a unique product, and not worth development money on
Under One Ford, one of the key factors is to give the customer what it wants, given that the Taurus has not had a good name for its self here, and the fact that it is a large car anyway highlights to factors.
One. A Falcon branded Taurus might be to transparent, and even calling it a Taurus here has some bad memories.
Two. Its still a large car, what’s it got to offer over the Falcon? Can a US market product do well here?
No doubt the Falcon and Taurus are going to share some components, but it may not be just a re-badged or face lift job.

Sharing of platforms

So, we have a Taurus, Mustang and falcon all due for replacement soon...what to do. These 3 models are all unique, only sold in there respective countries. Under one ford, the aim is to eliminate unique components, yet maintain a car suitable for a market. A car is 4 major things, body, drive train, interior and safety and electrical systems.

One Ford will mean that, most likely, these will all be shared across all there models. With modern CAD and superpower computers, the ability is there to develop modular platforms that can cater for many applications. Most of the suspension and drive line components can be shared, and the actually sheet metal body/chassis components designed around them.

Then interior switchgear, electronics seats etc can all be designed with all 3 in mind. Things like dashboard and trim styles will be unique, but things like , say a door handle, will be common across the 3. Same with the body, major shell structure common around the 3, but tweaks made to cater for the different focus of the vehicle.

While this all seems a bit basic, I see it as the answer to the Falcon post 2016