Ford gives you more or less

Here is a sensible buy for a taxicab. No, not the Camry. the Mondeo. Wider than a Ford Falcon, usually the gold standard of taxis here. As a station wagon, it’s great with luggage. And with a longer wheelbase than a Falcon with front-wheel-drive, I believe it should have better packaging. It’s also considerably roomier than the Camry: 2,850 mm wheelbase to 2,775 mm. It’s little wonder these cars are so popular here: while the Europeans complain the CD345 Mondeo is too big, it’s perfect for our roads.
   With the Falcon losing the taxi market here, I wonder if it will simply become a specialized car, with greater emphasis on sports sedan models like the XR6 below. Ford has very little will to continue with this model line after 2011, and there might not even be a new rear-wheel-drive platform for it, the Territory, the Mustang and the Crown Victoria—which would have been the sensible thing to do. But as we all know, Ford often doesn’t make sense.