Ford bringing all electric Ford Puma

[stefcio007]

Start of a new era in Ford Australia?
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update...40907745656832

As I understand this is the first passenger (non-commercial) all electric Ford for Australia.

[Sprintey]

Yes, I'd buy this one. I like the Puma styling, and it is the right size for a town commuter for us. Sticker shock might be the price, nothing surprises any more. If they can price it competitively it will be in high demand. If they can get the supply too, watch FOA go electric with gusto.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/ford-p...-to-australia/

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Sprintey

Yes, I'd buy this one. I like the Puma styling, and it is the right size for a town commuter for us. Sticker shock might be the price, nothing surprises any more. If they can price it competitively it will be in high demand. If they can get the supply too, watch FOA go electric with gusto.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/ford-p...-to-australia/

Awesome, except there'll be a 36 month waiting list for it and Ford Europe will refuse to send it to Ford Australia like the Escape and other European Fords

[Sprintey]

And so I'll buy a $35K hybrid Yaris and feel like I got an absolute bargain

Welcome to the future

(I'd buy a $35K XR6 before both of those, how far we've fallen)

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Sprintey

And so I'll buy a $35K hybrid Yaris and feel like I got an absolute bargain

Welcome to the future

(I'd buy a $35K XR6 before both of those, how far we've fallen)

I know right, I laughed so hard at $35K Yaris that I fell off my dinosaur.

[b0son]

Originally Posted by Sprintey

And so I'll buy a $35K hybrid Yaris and feel like I got an absolute bargain

This is sadly true. Dealers are gouging buyers for all they're worth, and still the buyers line up. There's nobody to blame but ourselves.

I was due a car change, and I can either wait a year or more (that's if the order books are even still open for that model), or buy yard stock which is priced $20k over list. I'm not doing either. If only more buyers would do the same....

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by b0son

Dealers are gouging buyers for all they're worth, and still the buyers line up. There's nobody to blame but ourselves.

Sounds like the price of coffee lately.

[myrpo]

Originally Posted by b0son

This is sadly true. Dealers are gouging buyers for all they're worth, and still the buyers line up. There's nobody to blame but ourselves.

I was due a car change, and I can either wait a year or more (that's if the order books are even still open for that model), or buy yard stock which is priced $20k over list. I'm not doing either. If only more buyers would do the same....

Yes might be the recession we have to have. We could all probably do with bit of a detoxing from the addiction.

In saying that as in other threads, the big fish I deal with are doing very nicely. I imagine the CEO will be getting the ? bonus. They just hand the squeeze onto the suppliers, and when you are at the primary level I can't help feel like a dairy farmer. I can make the point if they have no product to sell they can't sell empty shelving. All falls on understanding and empathetic ears apparently, hammered home with the 3 Porches in the office carpark.

Not sure if its the right path, but we know what the grocery chains want to pay for product, not what we need or ask. So if we supply directly to market we can make good margins selling better than wholesale but way under retail. Essentially leaving the grocers somewhere near their buy in price but we get the required price to stay viable. Just getting the market is the difficult part.

Its no surprise why product from China has come about as we have not invented the wheel here. Hard to know whether you are cutting your throat to survive, or change is the best thing in the world.

[Fordman1]

Originally Posted by Sprintey

And so I'll buy a $35K hybrid Yaris and feel like I got an absolute bargain

Welcome to the future

(I'd buy a $35K XR6 before both of those, how far we've fallen)

And that HEV will save you $4 per 100 kms, BUT, it costs you maybe 10 or 15G more than an ICE to purchase.

It’s madness.

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by Fordman1

And that HEV will save you $4 per 100 kms, BUT, it costs you maybe 10 or 15G more than an ICE to purchase.

It’s madness.

Not meaning to get off topic here but I just looked up the difference in price
with base Yaris Cross at $31,306 DA versus $33,654 DA for the hybrid version,
so ~$2,300 more, not the high $$$ it would have been a few years ago.

[Sprintey]

Originally Posted by Fordman1

And that HEV will save you $4 per 100 kms, BUT, it costs you maybe 10 or 15G more than an ICE to purchase.

It’s madness.

And cos I like owning cars for 10+ years like a loved family pet, all those savings evaporate when I have to replace the battery in 8-10

I'm thinking the petrol Yaris is actually the smart Yaris

[au2000]

Waiting list for the 35 a month ford will bring over ?
All jokes aside its the way all are goingand its a good thing ford are starting to bring em over.. the ranger highs are good but they need a back up plan.. its not a good plan to only have 1 model to be their back bone...

[jpd80]

Can FOA even get production allocation?
Sounds to me like this EV will be in high demand in Europe

[kevino]

Ford Aus will get an average of 80 shipped per month
And then withdraw it from sale because sales are too slow.

[Dr Smith]

Maybe Ford Europe could send over 10% of it's production, this creates a delay in supply to the EU market, EU supply will then not meet EU demand, EU dealers don't have to discount as demand means "if you don't want it at this price, sorry the next buyer will pay it" and everybody wins....Ford EU edges closer into the black....well maybe eventually.. and Ford Australia finally has some stock to hand over....yes, all said with absolute sacrcasm.

[zilo]

Looks like a pregnant roller skate.

[Franco Cozzo]

The biggest problem I find with Toyota is their cars are like driving a park bench, the seats are flat and uncomfortable - current model Corolla, Camry and RAV4 aren't comfortable cars to be in, either front or back seats.