"So waht effect will this have in terms of AD100 etc, can they still manage to overcome the new system. "

Same effect it has now, they can't, nobody can so far, and seeing as it's over 3 years past by and still nobody has cracked it I don't have much hope for the foreseeable future, companies like AD simply move on to other things they can conquer :-)

@Simon
Need to contact Ford and ask