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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo
I reckon the biggest travesty was the work done to put the diesel in the Territory in the early 00s, then the clown they had as a CEO pulled the rug out at the last second.
Then by the time the diesel engine went back into the Territory it ended up with some thousand year old JLR diesel version of the 3.8L Buick 
140KW/440NM or something which is a **** to drive because of the torque tags, nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing then everything at the roundabout. |
That would have been Tom Gorman.......
Gorman rode on the tails of success setup by Geoff Polites. As the freshness of the BA Falcon started to wane and sales begun to taper then fall, he copped the blame.
At the end of the day, his ability to manage Ford Australia ended up in the hands of the US executives, he was simply the puppet tasked with acting out their directives.
It's telling that, like many before and after him, Gormon left the Ford Motor Company after his stint in Australia.