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17 Feb 2008, 03:35 (Ref:2130639) | #1 | ||
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Ford's latest car: the FG FALCON
Ford has released it's new Falcon. Called the FG, it was orignally called the Orion. I think they should have called it the Ford Mondlcon though, as you can see that the styling cues come from the Ford Mondeo. I reckon the car looks all that flash hot, which I reckon a Falcon should be.
Pics here: http://img.drive.com.au/drive_images...XR8_2c_700.jpg http://img.drive.com.au/drive_images.../XR8_4_700.jpg Your views? |
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Not that much different then the current BF really, is it?
I really like the interior though. |
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I will just add though, the Super Pursuit, F6 and GT FPV models look fantastic but I'm not really sold on the XR6/XR8.
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Nice but not very inspiring (Talking about appearance only)
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The Ford guys are raving about it, every newspaper columnist in the country is lamenting that its likely to be the last one they ever build here.... At least they didnt 'do a Holden' and throw 200kg and a worse engine into the package. (sits in the corner, sad at the loss of the 380 being made here...) |
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They have now been driven by the media, the big news is the performance of the XR6 Turbo & G6E Turbo - 0-100km/h in 5.1sec and 0-400m in 13.4sec @ 172km/h (107mph). That is seriously quick, and was also the auto. The manual XR6T should be an experience too with its launch control party trick.
http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/Ar...&vf=28&IsPgd=0 ps could the mods please change the thread title to "Falcon" not the juvenile "Mondlcon"... |
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It still stuns me that Ford managed to spend $800 million to build the car they already had. For that amount of money they surely could have at least made a token effort.
Everything I have seen suggests that the biggest changes are the interior, mind you given how ordinary the current interior is it wouldn't be hard to improve that. I don't think there is much doubt that it will be the last Falcon build in Australia, just a shame they couldn't have done a better job of it as a final effort. |
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I'm not sure why the title of the thread needed to be changed, it merely highlighted the fact that what little effort that has gone into refining the appearance of the car is a direct ripoff of the Mondeo, while some sensitive souls may find that offensive, it is the truth.
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I'm not arguing what it looks like, depending on who you talk to it looks like either a Mondeo or the old Falcon. Just like the the VE Commodore supposedly looked like a BA Falcon. I just thought that it was a juvenile jibe, and would cause confusion for non-Australian forum users
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Isn't the six speed auto still only an option on the base model ?
has the front wheel moved forward a little from the BF ? Looks that way in the second photo. All in all i like it, but as has been said above, hasn't changed much from the BF. |
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The front wheel has moved a small amount due to the different suspension hardware, rather than "moving" them if you follow me.
The road tests so far mostly seem quite happy with the 5sp auto & the upgrade to the ZF gearbox is less worthwhile. |
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Love the Subaru rear tail lights.
I would buy one put it away and then in 30 years time you can sell one of the last Australian built Falcons. |
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The locally-manufactured 4.0L dohc inline 6cyl engine is now going to be upgraded to EuroIV compliance beyond 2010, rather than being replaced by an imported V6
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I think the FG looks to similar to the BF ,they really need to make some decent design changes if they want more customers.
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Got to drive an FG last week. Have to say Ford have done a really good job on the car. Unlike any other Falcon, very nice to drive. Well Done
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