Ford US boss reveals reasons for Australian factory axe

[flappist]

Originally Posted by BFZ Wagon

The boss of Ford North America needs to look at a map. Thailand and Indonesia (particularly Indonesia) are still a long way from everywhere else too.

So the only reason they can use is the 'cost of manufacture thing.'

They don't care about anywhere else except the North American market and if they can build cars cheap from tin pot 3rd world countries, then that's what they'll do.

Actually no they are not all that isolated compared to us. I am always amused when I fly to HK/PRC and when I am halfway there time wise that I am still above Australia. Of course that is from Brisbane, I f I flew from Melbourne it would be almost two thirds of the journey would be over Australia.

The world is not flat, maps tend to be very distorted and Australia is very big and a long way from everywhere else.