http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/ Autoblog Comments for REPORT: Alan Mulally wants an FG Falcon http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/
GM's taken more steps in that regard, and even they've backed out due to the lame CAFE excuse.]]>Feb 19th 2008 2:39PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/
No wonder that the once great icon of American industry - FoMoCo - will be going Chapter 11 within two years. ]]>Feb 21st 2008 2:09PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/
If I were Mulally I'd rexamine the decision not to give Ford AU the money to engineer this car for left-hand drive. In fact I'd consider launching the next Falcon here when it debuts in a few years. It fits right in with Ford's "F" names and it's one fondly remembered from it's heyday in the 1960s. ]]>Feb 19th 2008 2:41PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/Feb 19th 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/
Maybe someone can explain to me why RWD is so hard to make meet CAFE standards. Is it in the nature of the mechanicals of a RWD to be less efficient or is it that these cars tend to be more performance oriented and therefore have larger engines?]]>Feb 19th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/
But with that said, its not a HUGE difference. We are talking maybe 1mpg. If you look at a V6 mustang, its easy to get 26mpg HWY in it with an auto trans with a 4L V6. If you take a FWD car with similar size, weight, and engine, they may get 27mpg with an auto trans.

The big thing CAFE will kill is standard AWD. As it stands, Subaru is hurting bad, as they dont make any cars that get great fuel economy.]]>Feb 19th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/Feb 19th 2008 5:08PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/
Do they GET IT YET????

maybe they'll figure it out, but I'm not holding my breath.

US execs know what cars Ford offers around the globe, and have known previously. Yet they still aren't brought in.]]>Feb 19th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/
The GRWD platform is set to come here and at the very least underpin some Lincolns and probably the next Mustang (2012). Mulally has expressed interest in several vehicles and platforms now and all are ending up on our shores over the next couple years (B-platform, Transit Connect, Transit), this will be the same story.]]>Feb 19th 2008 3:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/Feb 19th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/Feb 19th 2008 5:01PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/Feb 19th 2008 2:59PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/Feb 19th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/Feb 19th 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/1.Did the head of Ford not know that his company was making a desirable car all along?
2.Is there some technical reason that Ford can't convert the Falcon for sale in the US (I had always assumed it was just that stubborn mean streak.)?
3.Is there any reason to assume that the US RWD platform is going to spawn cars that are actually impressive to drive?

I'm assuming that what is actually going to show up in a few years (if at all) is simply a slightly smally Crown Victoria. Ford doesn't seem to think that Americans in general actually know how a car works, and that, if they just keep quiet about the cars they build for the rest of the world, they can continue to flog the same garbage at us year in year out.

What really scares me is the concept that they may be right.]]>Feb 19th 2008 3:07PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/
The next Falcon platform will have the 'global' 6, as by then even Aus won't let it fly.

But my it is a nice car, especially in the turbo, so I hope they bring it in - my wife wants her Falcon back, and I don't blame her!]]>Feb 19th 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/Feb 19th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/Feb 19th 2008 3:58PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/Feb 19th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/19/report-alan-mulally-wants-an-fg-falcon/Feb 19th 2008 3:20PM