Ford Australia

fla-gypsy wrote:
f they cannot make a profit there then they should close down the operations.

Not that simple. Ford owes the Australian government millions of Dollars in development loans. Ford WAS making profits BEFORE Mullaly turned up, but his cronies hinting that the Australian operation was going /not going to close down affected sales. The High Australian Dollar and some heavy handed advice from Dearborn really hurt the local operation. US and European imports have sold badly here for Ford, so the local products were the only things that were keeping it going till this decision.