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27 Sep 2002, 11:18 (Ref:389683) | #1 | ||
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VY Commodore. Saw it for the first time in the flesh tonight at a function a dealer had for Fleet buyers. Very dissapointing. It does not look nice but neither did the VN so hopefully it will be ok, oh well. The high point of the evening was meeting Peter Brock. The low point was the VY Commodore. You don't know how hard it is for me to say this
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Checked them out at holden today, and drove an auto S. After driving a couple of Ba falcons, the commodore just doesnt cut it anymore. They dont look good either. That plastic ribbed bit in the rear bumper??????????.
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My boss wanted a new VY as her company vehicle. Well to be exact, she didn't want any of the other options. So, she waited for two months then handed her car in (a series 1 VX), the new blue Commodore came. And she drove it for a week before she realised it was a series 2 VX (new) not the new model at all. Makes you wonder why she bothered anyway.
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I saw the VY at Qld. Raceway & i must say i was very dissapointed in it. I hope it performs better than it looks.
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Moff, no disrespect to your boss but it shows that the majority of Australians don't know the difference between Falcon and Commodore apart from the badge and, in this case, between two Commodores.
Then again, very few people can spot the differences between a VR and a VS Commodore |
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Elephino, yes, I agree. That was my point. The Boss wanted the new model, but didn't realise the car she got was the same as the one she just got out of!
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I noticed something the other day. Block out the tail lights and the boot at that height and it is very A4 in the rear bumper.
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One of our sales reps picked up his new car yesterday. It is a VY Commodore SV8. It has 235kW, 5.7 litre V8 and six speed box in metallic black.
I think i could probably learn to live with the styling and I guess it certainly dates the VT & VX now. The interior looks alright and at low revs it is VERY quiet. List price is $41K, seems like excellent value to me. |
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Well, I saw a SV8 in red, and at 43K this thing is 9K less than a SS.
It's natural enenmy in the market would appear to be (on price) the XR6T. Now there is a comparison I would like to see. |
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I drove a VY today from work. Not bad at all - the steering is much better than the VX.
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I drove a VY Berlina yesterday. What the hell is going on in that interior. Could the put anymore buttons on the centre consol. Trying to work the radio and air con took most of my 10 min drive. The steering wheel would be the worst one i have ever had to hang onto. Those square spokes are just anoying. So much for the nice moulded wheel
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I must say I particularly like the interior of the BA, and the instrument cluster is swoit...
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Umm, well, Colin. Wheels magazine lined up a XR6 Turbo against a Commodore SS. Guess what the outcome was? The SV8 it appears doesn't even rate a mention.
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That's because of the following:
Better camber control over travel by both front and rear suspension in the BA. I'm fairly sure it has a stiffer chassis (Though heavier) from the major surgery in the backside to fit the new suspension. It has ALL new interior and so *should* fit better in all areas. (VY is combo of new and old). BA has a mostly new 6 cylinder motor (Hollow twincam 4V heads, block lightening.). The weakspot for the entire BA car is the manual gearbox and fit and finish which is still behind the japanese. The VY is a VX with some crass styling. Although it uses modern trends in the plastic it clashes with the nicely smooth VT bodywork. It also looks cheap in the grille and tailights due to cheap plastic fin effects and large rear lamps. The major flaw in the rear is that the lamp plastic stretches up and over the lip area so that it looks like the lamp is clipped ONTO the back and looks more like it was tacked on, rather than the neat VY lamps that looked integral to the rear. Take a look at the BA rear. It does the same thing mostly as the VY rear. Nicely tapered boot edge but the lamps appear more 'set into' the panels rather than 'attatched'. In short: The BA is better engineered and styled than the VY. Why? Ford knew it had to and would have done everything in it's power just to stop the decline. Let alone regain it's old position. |
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The thing that really bugs me about the VY Commodore styling is how the rear is so sharp and angular, yet the VX and VT were so smooth and rounded. Did anybody actually look at a VT/VX before they tacked on that big square wedge, they just don't go together.
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I saw a VY highway patrol car on the hoist at our local Ford dealer. Is this project blueprint at work?
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