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Old 22-06-2018, 01:18 AM   #31
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If it's an overwhelming success they might branch out and add a sedan or two.






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I don’t think so.
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Could Volkswagen have aspirations for a full sized, F series based truck?
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Could Volkswagen have aspirations for a full sized, F series based truck?
I doubt it, there is zero market for them outside of the US, Amarok is a big as South America needs ( where they build them). European vans seem to be where this deal is at, but with ranger engines being euro van based, it could effect it in the next generation.
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I doubt it, there is zero market for them outside of the US, Amarok is a big as South America needs ( where they build them). European vans seem to be where this deal is at, but with ranger engines being euro van based, it could effect it in the next generation.
The ecoblue is a brand new engine design. There is a significant return on investment required for that. And if anything it will survive until the point where diesels are banned all over the place and it's unviable to make diesels anymore. Probably the last clean sheet diesel Ford will ever make I think.
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At least its not Great Wall!
Saw one of these with a chrome "Y" after the great Wall badge.
Sorry couldn't help myself. please continue.....



It would be nice to see Ford re enter the Heavy vehicle market VW have a few class 6 - 8 trucks in their line up.
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Old 22-06-2018, 02:47 PM   #37
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I doubt it, there is zero market for them outside of the US, Amarok is a big as South America needs ( where they build them). European vans seem to be where this deal is at, but with ranger engines being euro van based, it could effect it in the next generation.
There doesnt have to be market outside the US, the US fullsize pickup market is larger than our combined passenger market.
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I doubt it, there is zero market for them outside of the US, Amarok is a big as South America needs ( where they build them). European vans seem to be where this deal is at, but with ranger engines being euro van based, it could effect it in the next generation.
The market might open up after July 1 with our new GCM laws coming into effect.
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Wow, that's just really creepy.
Ford has always had various allegations of anti-Semitism, racism, and xenophobia. Certainly it's management is a WASP bastion.
And now they plan to join forces with the actual Nazi car company?
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How do you say in German.
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Wow, that's just really creepy.
Ford has always had various allegations of anti-Semitism, racism, and xenophobia. Certainly it's management is a WASP bastion.
And now they plan to join forces with the actual Nazi car company?

Lets not forget the VW gassing monkeys in Mexico fiasco.....................what a discrace.

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Old 22-06-2018, 09:31 PM   #42
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VW are dodgy to the core..why anyone could even entertain buying one has no clue or morals. Bad move by Ford.
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Old 22-06-2018, 09:33 PM   #43
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Huh?

In todays climate these partnership's are de rigueur, and its no different than the BT50/Ranger sharing common a common chassis etc.

Not the first time Ford and Volkswagen have worked together either.
Yes and one is always the poor cousin, in the case of Ranger and BT it was the Mazda. It harks back to the desperate days of the ‘80s when most car companies had lost their way.
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I don’t think so.
People are going way over the top with this.
I see....

1. Transit Connect and Caddy
2. Transit and Transporter.

Those two commercial vans and passenger van groups will be a big project
with lots of potential savings for both companies, also an opportunity for
both to lock in big, long term contracts with suppliers at super low prices.

It's also a great opportunity to share development costs on things lie hybrid
and full electric vans, significantly reducing costs while making the projects
commercially viable thanks to partnering.

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Old 24-06-2018, 08:50 AM   #45
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Crazy Dazz.. Mitsubishi made the Zero fighter plane.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...3859&FORM=VIRE
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Old 24-06-2018, 09:24 AM   #46
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Crazy Dazz.. Mitsubishi made the Zero fighter plane.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...3859&FORM=VIRE
Mitsubishi also make brush cutter engines . In 1994 I bought a commercial brushcutter with a 33cc
mitsubishi motor on it when i started my small business at the time . It was a Jonsered machine . Twenty four years on , it still starts within 2-3 pulls from cold , the two stage carby has never failed , the throttle linkage never broken and it's done a power of work too.Almost every time we have a regular working bee at the golf club she's there too. Jonsered are tied in with Husqvarna these days and in the 90's they used Mistubishi engines for some of their commercial products.

Now co development happens all over the place ..The new 10 speed autos in Ford and Chevrolet stuff is another example I think .
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Mitsubishi's build quality is very good in my experience.
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Hmm, 180kw V6 Ranger please
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Why stop at a V6, why not the V10 out of the Audi R8's.

Anyone got any other suggestions using the parts bins of both companies.
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Mitsubishi's build quality is very good in my experience.
Same experience as you. Hardly had any warranty claims and no major repairs in our family over 15 years with their cars. They are pretty bullet proof but have nothing these days that are exciting.
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Did anyone stop to think that maybe VW is impressed with what Ford has planned
with commercial vehicles rather than Ford just plugging into VW products?
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We could have had the VW plant and produced our own people's car. Imagine if that had happened and we were free to export an Australian car worldwide instead of having overseas offshoots. The following is from the Club VW page -

[I][I]An interesting side play in 1948 was the Australian government’s interest in the Volkswagen factory. The Labor government of the time wanted a lower-priced ‘people’s car’ than the Holden for the Australian people. Lloyd Hartnett of Holden fame was instructed by the Government to look into the viability of the VW and other European cars.

The Renault 750 was considered, but Renault insisted that no change be made to their product for Australian conditions. FIAT was also approached, but the same approach as for Renault was insisted upon. Hartnett wouldn’t recommend an arrangement with such conditions, so the Renault and FIAT plans were dropped.

The Australian government believed the VW to be very cheap to produce because at that time surplus production cars were being sold for whatever Volkswagen could get for them. Sold under these conditions it WAS a cheap car, but nobody at the Volkswagenwerk was doing any costings, and currency values in Europe hadn’t yet settled down.

The Australian government was planning to move the VW works down under and set them up in a wartime aircraft factory in Victoria. However there was no proof that the VW would have had public acceptance in Australia, and eventually the plan fell through. It is believed that another motor vehicle manufacturer ‘persuaded’ the government to let them in and set up a factory. As it turned out, a well-known British manufacturer took over the aircraft factory.

As it was, Australia, with its British heritage, connections and family ties, got dumped with lots of pre-war English ‘rubbish’.
Australia made VW Beetles and Van and ute here once you know.
The VW had a very good ride on crappy roads that we had back then even todays speed bumps are nothing for them to float over as fast as you like.
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Did anyone stop to think that maybe VW is impressed with what Ford has planned
with commercial vehicles rather than Ford just plugging into VW products?
People stop and think?

Thats a bit hopefull.
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Wow!!!

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Did anyone stop to think that maybe VW is impressed with what Ford has planned
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As I posted earlier, Ford is no1 in Europe in commercial vehicles and VW are well behind.

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As I posted earlier, Ford is no1 in Europe in commercial vehicles and VW are well behind.
What size commercial vehicles are you talking about ? What vans and utes.
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Think what Commercial van and Ute sizes are popular in Europe and rest of the world outside of North America,
I suspect that is the area of interest for VW...
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The only VW van i see in substantial numbers is the Caddy, i see the odd Transporter...they seem to be favored by Brethrens...
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The VW Amarok is made in Argentina.
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What size commercial vehicles are you talking about ? What vans and utes.
Yes..
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