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Old 15-08-2009, 02:41 PM   #1
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Default GTHO turns 40 in August
As the thread title states he GTHO turns 40 Years old in August this year.
I wonder if FPV will release an anniverserary model...... Sadly i think itll be a stripes package rather than a car worthy of the title... oh well

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Old 15-08-2009, 02:45 PM   #2
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Anniversary models are nothing more than a sales gimmick
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Old 15-08-2009, 08:16 PM   #3
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Anniversary models are nothing more than a sales gimmick
Wouldn't that be the reason every single car, in the entire history of auto manufacturing, has been produced ..... special edition or otherwise? If they didn't have some sort of gimmick ..... why bother? What would then seperate the makes and models?
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For Ford to use HO on the back of a car would be great to see and look forward to it. If they dont over the next 5 years or so I think they should wait until the 50th comes around



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Old 15-08-2009, 02:46 PM   #4
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It could be the rumored GTHO, probably set for release on the 40th anniversary coming up in August.



...Hey wait it's August already? Sigh.
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Old 15-08-2009, 02:53 PM   #5
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Old 15-08-2009, 02:54 PM   #6
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not another thread

the speculation kills me, i want some facts or evidence haha
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Old 15-08-2009, 04:15 PM   #7
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Its not going to happen.Maybe with a coyote and S/C?....one day.

Out of left field and slightly off topic....................If FPV came out with a 350kw F6 and called it an F6 HO................would it not be the new icon and still celebrate the HO tradition?
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Its not going to happen.Maybe with a coyote and S/C?....one day.

Out of left field and slightly off topic....................If FPV came out with a 350kw F6 and called it an F6 HO................would it not be the new icon and still celebrate the HO tradition?
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pipe dreaming mr x... I wish they would do that but it would detract from what an HO really is: big bad V8...
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pipe dreaming mr x... I wish they would do that but it would detract from what an HO really is: big bad V8...

hmmmmmmm true-but its 2009 and the turbo 6 is the biggest grunter just like the Ph 111 was.......and would the public accept it(F6 HO)?
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Old 15-08-2009, 04:32 PM   #11
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Or wait till December and bring once called the FPV Ho Ho Ho.
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Or wait till December and bring once called the FPV Ho Ho Ho.
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i'd accept it, yes.. Doesn't mean die hard v8 boys would though. FPV is still a v8 company, so they would probably be best to do a V8 HO...although a 400kw F6 HO would be sa-weeet
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i'd accept it, yes.. Doesn't mean die hard v8 boys would though. FPV is still a v8 company, so they would probably be best to do a V8 HO...although a 400kw F6 HO would be sa-weeet
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i'd accept it, yes.. Doesn't mean die hard v8 boys would though. FPV is still a v8 company, so they would probably be best to do a V8 HO...although a 400kw F6 HO would be sa-weeet
A 350 KW V8 FG GTHO would outsell a 400kw F6 HO 2:1....



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A 350 KW V8 FG GTHO would outsell a 400kw F6 HO 2:1....
As long as it shaded any GM product-agreed.The 427 HSV is the yardstick?
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A 350 KW V8 FG GTHO would outsell a 400kw F6 HO 2:1....

does the 400kw F6 HO come with a 5yr warranty
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I was under the impression (and pretty confident) that the HO is happening and it was to be next year in the 3rd quarter with the new SC car. Don't tell me they have changed their minds again!

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I was under the impression (and pretty confident) that the HO is happening and it was to be next year in the 3rd quarter with the new SC car. Don't tell me they have changed their minds again!

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HO was canned a while back.... its not in the current 3 year business plan....



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I was under the impression (and pretty confident) that the HO is happening and it was to be next year in the 3rd quarter with the new SC car. Don't tell me they have changed their minds again!

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Can you really have a GTHO in this day and age?
When I think of a GTHO I think of a ferocious muscle car, but I can't imagine a modern Falcon as a GTHO.

In my mind the only way a Falcon could live up to the GTHO badge is if it was a retro model, such as the latest Mustang, etc, but for a 4 door family car I don't think that'll ever happen.
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Old 15-08-2009, 04:58 PM   #22
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Halfway through August, can't see anything happening to commemorate it.

Had it been a stripe kit on a current model, IMO it would be an insult. HO in the day was the performance pinnacle of Australian motoring. If it was to be commemorated today then I would expect something spectacular rolling off the line.

Hasn't happened midway through the month, won't happen.
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Spoke in haste-apologies. Nothing like a S/C V8. Full stop.
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