If this is a sign of trouble, then Ford Aus are in deep dodo

[whynot]

I was chatting to the fleet contract manager in the car park at work today. He asked me how the new G6E was going. He then stated (in a nice way) that I was the last of a dying breed of Ford lovers. Apparently, there are only two FG Falcons in the fleet (and this is a medium sized fleet). They are ordering so few Ford vehicles, they are seriously considering not even bothering to invite Ford to tender next year. Ford’s fleet prices are too high, their resale is excessively low, and no one on the user-chooses list wants one.

The plebes (who are not allowed to have a vehicle of choice) are given either a 4WD diesel, a Commodore Ute, or a Hyundai i30 diesel (see me with fingers down my throat).

An interesting part of the conversation from the fleet dude was a conversation that he had with a major fleet supplier. (I know that this is now a third hand conversation, but, ...) Apparently, the lease fleet sector have been taking a bath on the resales presently available on the BF Falcon. While they are doing their dough on the Falcon, they are more than making up for it with anything that has four cylinders. According to this lease company’s figures, the cheapest motoring available is a two year old Falcon. Their low price more than offsets the extra fuel they use against any four cylinder.

I have a horrible feeling that my next car is going to be a Camry.

(signed,
Rather Depressed)