09-01-2008, 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by pimento
I think the plan is for the new one to be a RWD car that's Mondeo sized, hopefully with a view to make it a worldwide platform for Ford. It's the only way that it could be viable in the long term. Certainly as it is I don't give it much of a future.
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Problem is Mondeo is already 99% Falcon sized. A year ago the plan for Ford was to merge all their large FWD platforms together and also all their RWD platforms, but theyre now hinting they want all their large family cars on a singular platform full stop. Remains to be seen if its FWD, RWD, AWD or something modular to accomodate all, but Ford Oz is still near the top of the list to get lead engineering role.
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