Ford US boss reveals reasons for Australian factory axe

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Originally Posted by ltd

Sorry to say but it makes sense.
No massive shipping costs and no wild fluctuations of the Canadian Dollar against the US dollar; that and Americans and Canadians are proud to own a ford, whereas here we have governments, fleets and every other twit saying "I don't want a taxi".

Also, freight options in Canada include things like rail, road, sea, river and lake.
Ford Australia has to send exports by sea, which makes them too expensive.

Better let toyota know about the low volume sales here in australia, the large shipping costs over seas there building massive plant down in Vic to manufacture aurion camry plus hybrid engine! ...........
O yeah they have already done that they must have made a mistake. A company that big wouldn't make mistakes!