Ford Australia – What Next? The Development Future As Local Production Ends
The final cars have rolled off the production line and the dust is quickly settling on Ford’s Broadmeadows and Geelong manufacturing plants in Australia. Of the three remaining mainstream carmakers in Australia, Ford was the first to announce its
The final cars have rolled off the production line and the dust is quickly settling on Ford’s Broadmeadows and Geelong manufacturing plants in Australia.
Of the three remaining mainstream carmakers in Australia, Ford was the first to announce its withdrawal and the first to close its doors.
Toyota and Holden will follow suit next year, but while a similar Q4 closure date seems logical, the exact timeline for both is unclear at this stage.
Holden has already begun to wind down its facilities, with the locally-built Holden Cruze bidding farewell on the same day as Ford’s Falcon and Territory.
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