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Old 08-04-2008, 12:02 PM   #1
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Default Who said Fords Build quality was woeful...
I think this proves that not having cars built by Daewoo, may lead to better things....hehehe

sourced from autoblog.com

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/07/f...ota-and-honda/

We've already seen GM get slammed for having their cars built in Korea or wherever else they're made....."turkey list" ie worst cars built, GM and Chrysler made up the whole top ten....lol.

Good on ya Ford keep building cars for drivers not cost effective death traps.

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Old 08-04-2008, 12:34 PM   #2
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Even jumping in a new Daewoo feels like your sitting in a 10 year old falcon or something
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Old 08-04-2008, 12:38 PM   #3
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Who said Fords Build quality was woeful...
I never said it, But after driving a Falcon for 19 years, I believe the (interior) build quality is low. But for the price you pay, Geeze its a bloody good car!
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Old 08-04-2008, 12:42 PM   #4
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Good on ya Ford keep building cars for drivers not cost effective death traps.
Well my sister's territory completely lost steering yesterday (read major failure) while the vehicle was moving.
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Old 08-04-2008, 12:52 PM   #5
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Well my sister's territory completely lost steering yesterday (read major failure) while the vehicle was moving.
So it looked like a 4WD wandering all over the road creating chaos?
Did anyone notice?

Hope she and those with her are all ok.....
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Old 08-04-2008, 01:19 PM   #6
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So it looked like a 4WD wandering all over the road creating chaos?
Did anyone notice?

Hope she and those with her are all ok.....
Her driving improved remarkably.
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Old 08-04-2008, 12:58 PM   #7
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Old 08-04-2008, 01:55 PM   #8
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It's only the quality of the latest stuff that dissapoints me. The quality of my old EF interior is better than my BA IMO. But it's a lot of car for the money so something has to give in order to keep the price low.

Good on ya Ford for not letting your quality drop like the other "high quality" brands.
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Old 08-04-2008, 04:18 PM   #9
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Go Ford!!!

You can see that there are a few holden fans on that website.
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Old 08-04-2008, 04:47 PM   #10
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I'm a little lost with this one. The source of the article is Ford and Ford commissioned RDA for the report, but I can't see a link to the comparo where it mentions the Daewoo?

Isn't JD Power the bible when it comes to topics like this?



http://www.jdpower.com/autos/car-ratings/
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Old 08-04-2008, 05:11 PM   #11
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Isn't JD Power the bible when it comes to topics like this?
Yep - and give results like this



And other graphs like this (thanks to Drive for publishing JD Power's Australian results for last year)
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Old 08-04-2008, 05:16 PM   #12
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But that puts Korean cars ahead of Holden and Ford. How can that be? Isn't the Holden Viva a Daewoo?
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Old 09-04-2008, 02:33 PM   #13
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Yep - and give results like this

So on a scale of 1000 we have a spread of less than 50, thats a pretty good result.

They are all sitting plum on the 3/4 mark. Really makes you think there isn't that much difference between all the manufacturers
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Old 08-04-2008, 05:20 PM   #14
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I'm a little lost with this one. The source of the article is Ford and Ford commissioned RDA for the report, but I can't see a link to the comparo where it mentions the Daewoo?

Isn't JD Power the bible when it comes to topics like this?



http://www.jdpower.com/autos/car-ratings/
i can't see it either; where does it talk about GM and Chrysler making up the top 10?
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Is the article referring to NA's Fords or our Fords? Somehow I think there would be a difference.
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Old 08-04-2008, 06:28 PM   #17
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no, soz, it doesn't mention it in this article, looking back now i should have mentioned it was an older article posted by autoblog.....it was an article about the "the turkey awards".....worst cars...thought you guys may have see it.

it is an american site so i suppose it may be FoMoCo, not Aus...just Ford in general maybe...
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Old 09-04-2008, 12:04 PM   #18
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I think this proves that not having cars built by Daewoo, may lead to better things....hehehe

sourced from autoblog.com

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/07/f...ota-and-honda/

We've already seen GM get slammed for having their cars built in Korea or wherever else they're made....."turkey list" ie worst cars built, GM and Chrysler made up the whole top ten....lol.

Good on ya Ford keep building cars for drivers not cost effective death traps.
I did in a couple of posts about my GT - the Australian built Falcon GT. Maybe I would have felt different if it had been an American Mustang or other US built car - but it wasn't, so I guess that article is irrelevant.
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In what other industry is 1.3 faults, per sale, within 3 months of sale a good metric to boast about? It doesn't prove that anyone is good - just that some are worse than others.
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Old 09-04-2008, 07:14 PM   #20
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In the last 10 years our household has had 7 new fords grace the driveway, so I think I'm qualified to judge.

AU Forte
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BF Falcon
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Only one, the BF sedan has been without fault. How I would have described them all as good or very good cars. Never a major fault and never been stranded by them.

My work car is now a VE SSV, it came with a split washer bottle and a vibration at 105kmh. Only one of which they have fixed. So don't kid yourself that the others are are perfect.

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