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Originally Posted by puts99
I highly doubt Holden will be ready to start production in the third Qtr of 2010. The articles imply they have yet to begin designing!
Paxton, I was not aware the Kuga will be produced alongside the Focus in 2011, in Australia. Is this a theory (since it shares the same architecture as the focus) or has it been officially anounced? - If you are correct, the Kuga will be an excellent advantage to FMC Australia  |
Not officially announced, but my source inside Ford emailed me a while ago (when Kuga was first released), and mentioned this:
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No plans are in play yet. We want Focus to be built to Germany's standards, so we can ask Ford EU and US for more models, to ease the pressure on Ford EU to produce them. So, you could say that we are "head hunting" the Kuga, Focus CC, etc.
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Plans have accelerated since then, as exchange rates tumbled. Ford would be stupid to not bring Kuga to Australia. The other stand out of that quote, is him saying that FoA want to build Focus to German standards. This is a huge upgrade from where we currently are.
As for Focus wagon, the only reason we don't have it, is because South Africa don't make it. Ford Australia is going to bring the whole suite of Focus into production.