Emerald Ford is coming back

Smoke Pursuit · 27-03-2012, 12:22 PM

Just a quick note to anyone around Emerald,

Theres a new dealership coming!

Cheers.

Dusty · 27-03-2012, 05:05 PM

That is good news. Lots of $$$$ floating around there. Bought a '96 EF Classic from Gem Ford when they had the dealership.

Smoke Pursuit · 27-03-2012, 05:09 PM

Yes it will be part of a Brisbane based dealership.

Q Ford Springwood & Bremer Ford Ispwich.

Dusty · 27-03-2012, 07:47 PM

Hope they do well there. Would the next nearest dealership be at Rocky. Prob a 4 hour drive.

MNM96 · 28-03-2012, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Dusty

Hope they do well there. Would the next nearest dealership be at Rocky. Prob a 4 hour drive.

Closer to 3 hours Emerald to Rocky.

csv8 · 28-03-2012, 05:37 PM

Tropical Ford, Rocky ,not interested in a dealership in Emerald ?? I would have thought that would have been a good deal????

Smoke Pursuit · 28-03-2012, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by csv8

Tropical Ford, Rocky ,not interested in a dealership in Emerald ?? I would have thought that would have been a good deal????

Its not that simple...

The dealership has to be built from the ground up. A bunch of guys from Brisbane are moving out to run it, having the purchasing power of a brisbane based dealer should help them along.

flappist · 28-03-2012, 08:16 PM

The major reason why there is a dealer going there is that BHP have bought a squillion Rangers and part of the deal was a requirement for local warranty.

csv8 · 28-03-2012, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by flappist

The major reason why there is a dealer going there is that BHP have bought a squillion Rangers and part of the deal was a requirement for local warranty.

Wouldn't BHP do their own servicing/warranty work?????? Wouldn't think BHP would worry about warranty?????

MNM96 · 28-03-2012, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by csv8

Wouldn't BHP do their own servicing/warranty work?????? Wouldn't think BHP would worry about warranty?????

Not even close.They dig holes. No interest in changing oil.

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Originally Posted by flappist

The major reason why there is a dealer going there is that BHP have bought a squillion Rangers and part of the deal was a requirement for local warranty.

Reality is, BHP have said they will only allow light vehicles onsite which have a 5Star Ancap rating. Mazda/ Ford Utes and Territory Wagons.

Ford are loving it.

gravelrash · 28-03-2012, 09:00 PM

subscribing to this

Franco Cozzo · 28-03-2012, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by flappist

The major reason why there is a dealer going there is that BHP have bought a squillion Rangers and part of the deal was a requirement for local warranty.

Can't be a bad thing, you've got a lot of staff needed to run a dealership, from workshop to the offices out back, lots of jobs created.

phillyc · 28-03-2012, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MNM96

Not even close.They dig holes. No interest in changing oil.

Reality is, BHP have said they will only allow light vehicles onsite which have a 5Star Ancap rating. Mazda/ Ford Utes and Territory Wagons.

Ford are loving it.

Awesome stuff. Ford has plenty of 5 star rated vehicles.
This is excellent for Territory and Ranger. The Toyota equivalents are 4 star only!

mash85 · 30-03-2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MNM96

Not even close.They dig holes. No interest in changing oil.

Reality is, BHP have said they will only allow light vehicles onsite which have a 5Star Ancap rating. Mazda/ Ford Utes and Territory Wagons.

Ford are loving it.

Ford might be loving it more if they could get the damn things in meaningful numbers. i work for a fleet company that buys these on behalf of some of the big mining companies, today a dealer told me they couldnt deliver one before Feb next year. granted, it was a wildtrak, but there are similar delays on other ranger variants.

this seems to be an ongoing thing with Ford Aus (often through not fault of their own). Ford make senstional new cars then get no stock to support the sales. Focus, Ranger... even Kuga, we should have had that years ago!

Uncle Niceguy · 30-03-2012, 08:21 PM

this is great news cause mining in central QLD will only get bigger from here on in.

Bossxr8 · 30-03-2012, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mash85

Ford might be loving it more if they could get the damn things in meaningful numbers. i work for a fleet company that buys these on behalf of some of the big mining companies, today a dealer told me they couldnt deliver one before Feb next year. granted, it was a wildtrak, but there are similar delays on other ranger variants.

this seems to be an ongoing thing with Ford Aus (often through not fault of their own). Ford make senstional new cars then get no stock to support the sales. Focus, Ranger... even Kuga, we should have had that years ago!

The Thai floods put a serious dent in Ranger deliveries, they will be playing catch up for a while yet, just like Toyota and Honda are with their Thai made vehicles.

2011G6E · 30-03-2012, 10:08 PM

Thank christ for that...it'll mean only an hour drive to Emerald instead of a two hour drive to Rocky to get servicing done...as long as they are a good dealership and don't stuff people around...