Quote Originally Posted by prydey View Post
i think one issue is the Australian mindset, and the fact that a lot of the future direction seems to be coming from US. what works over there doesn't mean it will work here. australians perceptions are unique (as are most countries) and for the US to try to push certain things on us might backfire. FWD and 4cyl in large cars seems to be a case in point. (for the record, i like ecoboost).
Yep!! The US have been building BIG FWD vehicles for decades, even FWD V8 saloons, their designs though rarely hit the mark in Australia, to the point where in the US the most successful performance products are almost exclusively 2 door vehicles but in Australia every 2 door performance product ever made has had short term success then complete failure and extinction.

The US car market is so different to ours, to force the US models and styles on us could be a big risk, i certainly can never see the Mustang taking off here as a replacement to FPV Falcons.