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Old 20-02-2020, 11:57 PM   #28
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Default Re: What happened to Australia's car?

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Originally Posted by jpd80 View Post
In 2011, the D3 based Freestyle and Five hundred were reworked into the new
FWD/AWD Explorer and Taurus / Lincoln MKS / PI car and PI UTE.
That move allowed Ford to close down two BOF plants and move a ton of buyers
onto an existing platform and reworked Vehicles, Chicago AP went to three shifts
and Ford never looked back.
It took them till 2011 to start getting it right after the Territory was pitched to them in the early 2000's.
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