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Originally Posted by Cheech
Ford stated recently that sales of the RWD are taking sales from the Falcon Wagon. So perhaps this is a significant factor in the sales figures ?
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I traded my '03 BA Futura Wagon on my RWD Ghia. Have had Ford wagons for a long time now, started with Fairmonts and was really disappointed when the BA did not come out with a Fairmont wagon, so I had to settle for the Futura. I was fortunate to be working for Ford when the Territory was released so I got to attend the launch day here in Adelaide. Drove both AWD & RWD on sealed, unsealed and off road (only AWD) as well as several of the opposition vehicles. At the end of the day I knew I had to have one of these cars, the big problem was picking a colour - pretty crappy colour range.
As the only off road driving I do is our gravel driveway I chose RWD and lots of added extras. Having said that I did park on a steep grassy slope while in Melbourne last month, of course it rained heavily during the day and I had a large, heavy float hitched to my Territory. Everyone was locking their hubs and switching to 4wd and telling me I would never get my car and trailer out of there, did I want them to tow me out - wrong thing to say to this girl! The Territory did not hesitate, kept it nice and slow and reverese back and drove straight out with all the big macho guys standing there with their mouths open. A girl who can back a trailer and drive in the mud!
The Territory is becoming very popular with the dog show crowd mostly RWDs. It has way more room than my wagon and is a much better towing vehicle.
