Ford Australia: THANK YOU

[69XWGT]

I've been a passionate fan since I saw my first Super Roo decal on an XWGT when I was 6 years old.
Watched my first Bathurst that year and was devastated when they didn't win.
The next couple of years made up for it though.
I had a dream. I wanted one of those XWGTs and I fulfilled it in 1989 and through thick and thin still have it. Will be my boys car one day
Had over a dozen Falcons over the years, plus other Fords
Never had an issue with an Australian built car. Only ever had a dud when it came from Europe.

Thank you to all the Ford staff that had the vision and passion to design and build us some truly inspiring cars.
Thank you to the staff on the factory floor bolting everything together.
Thank you to the true believers that knew what the Australian car industry was about.

I feel like I've lost a family member. I sit here crying at our loss.
I am deeply saddened and bitterly disappointed.

I'm just a fan. I can't imagine how the employees at Geelong or Broady would feel.

I think of people like Geoff Polites that bled blue and had a passion for both the company and the cars. I think what it could have been like if the Bill Bourkes and the Geoff Polites of this world were still running Ford Australia.

A big thank you to those who championed the Ford Australia cause.

and a big F you to Ford Asia Pacific, and Ford head office for betraying the very people that lived and breathed your product. A Big F you for giving us a revolving door of septic tank CEO's that knew nothing about the Australian car industry and were university graduates rather than passionate car people
Mays and Mulally can get stuffed too. You can keep your badly built Mustang and you can your dog ugly Taurus and until you start making that European garbage more suitable to Australian conditions you can keep that too.
Don't bother with your F150 F250 they're about as reliable as a Lada

[janddbone]

Thank you.

[EDManual]

I was brought up with my uncle working at ford for 40 years+, my Grandpa also did his whole working life there from the early days, and my dad getting every new model that was released (well nearly! I remember we had an XC, XD, XF S Pack, EA S Pack, EB XR6, EDXR6, EF2XR6, then a pause as he didnt like the AU's... and he got an FG XR6 Turbo! Whenever we would be around town (80's 90's)(Geelong) we would go past Rex Gorell or Cam Dawson back years ago and check out what was in the yard. He has an FG XR6 Turbo now and will keep it forever.

[Crazy Dazz]

A big THANK you to the engineers and workers who have designed and built some of the best and most iconic cars in Australia’s History.

A big **** you to the bean-counters and marketing gurus who have systematically killed them off.