http://www.aussiemotoring.com/2007/07/18/fords-engine-plant-set-to-close/ News and Reviews From the Australian Motoring Scene Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:03:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.aussiemotoring.com/2007/07/18/fords-engine-plant-set-to-close/#comment-5798 tony Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:54:50 +0000 http://www.aussiemotoring.com/?p=368#comment-5798 it's sad. sad for the workers and sad for the town of geelong. it'll also be strange having a "V6" in a locally made Ford. but in the current climate where people are downgrading to smaller, more efficient cars, what can you do? ideally, it would of been better off to keep the plant open and build new generation engines there (even if they're not australian designed) but there's a cost issue there for Ford, not just here but globally.. it’s sad. sad for the workers and sad for the town of geelong. it’ll also be strange having a “V6″ in a locally made Ford. but in the current climate where people are downgrading to smaller, more efficient cars, what can you do? ideally, it would of been better off to keep the plant open and build new generation engines there (even if they’re not australian designed) but there’s a cost issue there for Ford, not just here but globally..

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