FORD AUSTRALIA HAS CONFIRMED that it will not pursue plans to produce the Focus locally, instead opting to invest $230 million ($42 million of which has been contributed by the Federal Government’s Green Car Innovation Fund) in the development of three new fuel-efficient powertrains for the volume-selling Falcon and Territory.

Headlining the new range will be [...]

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ACART, a new $20 million Advanced Centre for Automotive Research and Testing, located at Ford’s proving ground was officially opened today by the Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change, the Hon Gavin Jennings, Ford Australia President and CEO Marin Burela, and Dean of the School of Engineering, Melbourne University Professor Iven Mareels.

What is ACART [...]

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Ford Australia Boss, the disarmingly forthright Marin Burela, today in a media briefing gave the clearest indication yet that the future of the Falcon is bound into Ford’s global ‘One Ford’ model strategy.

Furthermore, he said that “by the end of 2010 or 2011, we’ll be making a decision on our next large car.”

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Ford Australia has announced today its Geelong Engine Plant, which currently produces Ford Australia’s brilliant in-line six-cylinder engine is to continue production post-2010. In a further unexpected twist, it will now be engineered for Euro IV compatibility.

Ford Australia is to invest $21 million in plant and equipment, and additional engineering investment to bring the I6 [...]

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Following the recent exit of Bill Osborne, Ford Australia has today announced its new President and CEO - Marin Burela. Burela is currently the Vehicle Line Executive Director (Global Small Car Segment Vehicles Europe), however the new role will see him relocate to Ford Australia’s Melbourne offices, and report directly to John Parker, Executive Vice [...]

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