halewood X type

Are you surprised - its made by scousers !!

Not that I'm saying they steal, but I heard there was a load of Mk 3 Cortinas driving around Liverpool with leaping cats on the bonnet

Unfortunately the rumor is false. Both the Land Rover Freelander replacement and the X-Type replacement will be built at Halewood and on the same platform.

This is another wonderful, brainless Ford plan that's likely to ensure BOTH models are unsucessful, a Land Rover on a car platform, and a sports sedan on a truck platform. Now, Ford management could do proper, separate platforms for each model and build them at Solihul and Castle Brom respectively. This would improve efficiency, lower costs, utilize excess capacity at both plants, etc., etc. while ensuring the individual brands aren;t compromised. But NO! In order to save that Hell-hole in Liverpool they'll bugger both brands like tied up sheep in order to dodge the inevitable political issues.

Here's a good solution...since neither model sells worth a damn, why not drop 'em both & shutter that dump!??