Ford’s Engine Plant Set to Close
Even though the announcement is yet to be made everyone knows that Ford is set to close it’s engine plant in Geelong and switch to using imported V6 engines in the Falcon and Territory range that’s built here in Australia.
It really is just one more nail in the coffin of the Australian motor industry - and industry that the Australian government does not see as important enough to protect and one that is stuck back in the past.
While Ford is closing its engine plant here it’s prepared to open new capacity in other countries where Governments are prepared to be more accommodating.
July 19th, 2007 at 9:54 am
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..