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30-08-2013, 11:56 AM
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Just heard Steve Fenech (Tech Guy) on the radio, he was falling over himself with praise for Ford & their Aus. R&D.
He said he'd never look at a Ford in the same way again (in a good way). Anyway, here's his write up from his visit to Ford Aus HQ. http://www.techguide.com.au/menu-new...ign-to-reality |
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30-08-2013, 12:58 PM
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as per usual a good news thread with minimal comments from the forum. haha
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30-08-2013, 01:29 PM
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 But I am pleased Ford is getting some good press.... finally Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 4
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30-08-2013, 01:52 PM
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Good article. Cheers for the link.
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30-08-2013, 02:24 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Thanks for that; good to have a link to an informative report!
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30-08-2013, 02:45 PM
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Long live the inline 6
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Was shocked that there are only 3 such centres with Melbourne being one of them. Says a lot about what they think of our design/engineering talent.
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30-08-2013, 02:46 PM
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Pity the fool
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They've also uploaded a vid to Youtube on the subject
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30-08-2013, 02:49 PM
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Great article
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30-08-2013, 02:49 PM
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It's nice!!!
Is that an FH in the last picture or just an FG?? |
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30-08-2013, 02:53 PM
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30-08-2013, 02:56 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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thanks for sharing! was good reading something nice for a change about ford. I wonder myself if that's an FH??
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30-08-2013, 03:26 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Yes nice to see an an uplifting article, but theres still time for the usual haters to pipe up.
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30-08-2013, 04:03 PM
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good article!!!
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30-08-2013, 04:07 PM
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The guys in the Melbourne centre certainly know their way around a good drive line, they were always held back by low production. |
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30-08-2013, 04:15 PM
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^^^^ Yes; they always over-achieved (and I mean that in a complimentary way) considering the budgets they had to work with. Some good old engineering nous at Ford Australia!
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30-08-2013, 11:34 PM
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Love how he spells Ford Terrority lol. Would like to someday create a sleeper Territory with the badge rearranged into Terrortory or Terrority
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30-08-2013, 11:49 PM
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Ha! Terrority! I like it.
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31-08-2013, 01:55 AM
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Was a good read......not hard to see why our territory's falcons and rangers are class leaders and world class. Cant wait for the next chapter after the falcon. 
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31-08-2013, 09:29 AM
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A good read, cheers
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01-09-2013, 12:31 PM
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Interesting reading...
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01-09-2013, 01:47 PM
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I'm sure ford will have some exciting products after they leave Australia. I'm looking forward too Mustang coming. Its sad the best Large sedan and best SUV on the market have to go in saying that!! Long live Ford!!!
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01-09-2013, 04:13 PM
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Elsewhere, Ford has reduced the start-finish time of vehicle projects form four years to three
thanks to Virtual build and virtual crash testing of vehicle designs long before the first prototypes are built. The ability to do that and reliably map and develop frame design is a huge cost and time saving for Ford. That the Geelong Design Centre uses this process should be no surprise and should be a source of great personal pride that our designers and engineers are using Ford's most up to date resources to develop the generation of Vehicles in our region. |
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01-09-2013, 04:34 PM
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01-09-2013, 05:08 PM
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Would love a day or two alone at both the virtual reality centre building a car and the Proving grounds but it would take me years just to learn how to run that program.
Thanks for the link.
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02-09-2013, 04:48 PM
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Starter Motor
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Thanks for the link
Good reading !!
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Finally some good press for Ford.
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