Originally Posted by
Clivey
I admit that I've not really looked at Australian cars in detail because they just arent relevant for me; in the same way that i's not really relevant for you to compare a UK-spec Vauxhall Vectra with a VW Passat when you live in Australia. So yes, I don't know much about the car(s) and that's why I'm questioning them.
I don't "need" to believe in anything...it's not as if there's a case of national or continental pride at stake. I realise that in your country there is a market for that sort of vehicle for a reason:
1. I'm betting your fuel prices are nowhere near as crushing as ours (ours can quite often be in the range of $2.20 AUS a litre!) Therefore anything with over a 2.0 litre engine isn't considered essential for family motoring. Therefore you can afford to drive cars with bigger engines.
2. Australian cars (Ford and Holden at least) are incredibly cheap to buy...from doing a straighforward currency conversion, you guys get your 4.0 Falcons for the same price we get 2.0 Mondeos.
3. Australia is a massive country, you could drive on a motorway no doubt for '00s of miles, which is when a big engine with an auto box comes into it's own.
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1: See you answered that one yourself, Big 6's in this country are the norm, Fuel prices might be high right now but they are far from to high to drive.
2:.. We have the reputation around the world for making large RWD cars with big engines and quality for a great price.
3:. No really true my sisters little 1.6lt can do around 6L per 100 in the highways, But on a hot day stick the A/C on and it blows out plus performance is tested strained. My brother just drove to Queensland with his family a full car of 5, By the way he owns a 2003 Ford BA Fairmont 4lt auto, Hes fuel economy going up and back was great, He got about 750km to a full tank. Which including plenty of driving around the up there. This was with heat up to 40deg.
We have big six's here thats because we dont only have maybe a large family but we might decide to tow a trailer or caravan etc.
For a example if the Holden and Ford come with 2lt engines, even smaller in size and weight then what would happen when you wanted to tow or take 5 adults in your car? No 5 adults and no towing things like caravans things that are heavy etc. So then you might need a Ute, Then you say to yourself if only they had a nice large car that could do it all without buying 2 cars.. Falcon & Commodore can do it all.
"Just a matter of time i suppose"
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