New car sales May 2015

[Kieron]

Originally Posted by Sprintey

Edit: more seriously, I think you've nailed it. Poor sales of Focus and Fiesta have nothing do to with Falcon, and more to do with this. Its a shame as their design (save: gearbox) is brilliant and the Euro built ones really were competitive with the 'semi premium' image VW have captured. Additionally they have a great ride/handling balance, as does Territory and Mondeo in their segments. At least the petrol Mondeo and Territory have a 6 speed torque converter auto.

Why is the Focus a massive seller in other parts of the world though? Surely if the transmission issues led to poor sales here it would have done so elsewhere?

I would again say the market perception of the Ford brand has been hugely shaped by 50 odd years of the Falcon being the core product. The same applies to Holden with 36 odd years of the Commodore.