Ford Australia To Shut Down Falcon And Territory Production October 7, 2016

It is the end of an era, and the first to fall of local manufacturers, but Ford Australia spokesman Wes Sherwood yesterday confirmed  October 7, 2016, as the day local production of the Falcon and Territory will cease.

This will bring to an end 56 continuous years of production at the Broadmeadows plant by Ford Australia – those two products, orphans in the global Ford product stable, and now as much victims of the company’s  “One Ford” product plans, as of declining sales in the Australian market.

It wasn’t unexpected; October 2016 had always been ringed on the calendar. Mr Sherwood said that employees were informed of the decision yesterday as part of a product planning meeting. 

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