Ford Australia’s new chief executive Marin Burela, has announced that Ford’s Australian operation will be cutting another 450 jobs in Victoria - and the global economic crisis is being blamed.

Burela said that the job losses were unavoidable, if Ford was going to continue to operate profitably in Australia.

“This is a proactive step to position [...]

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With the media hot on their heels last week, one got the feeling that Ford had its hands tied in announcing its move to a fully imported Ford Duratec V6 engine in 2010. With a total of 600 jobs relying on the local production of its in-line ‘Barra’ six-cylinder we are sure that Ford would [...]

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As we predicted in our article last week, Ford Australia has announced that it will cease manufacturing its locally made in-line six-cylinder ‘Barra’ engine in 2010. This effectively terminates the jobs of 600 workers at Ford’s Geelong facility, however Ford has indicated that many of the lost jobs will be offset by further hiring at [...]

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The Falcon ‘Orion’ due for release in (early?) 2008 may be the big Ford news in Australia at the moment. There is no doubt that Ford have their Australian future riding on the Orion’s shoulders but we believe there is another Ford model set to debut in Oz later this year that could very well [...]

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