"Carsguide" FG XR6 vs. VE2 SV6 comparison.

[Silver Ghia]

Today in "CarsGuide", there was a comparison between the FG Falcon XR6 and the VE Commodore SV6. Of course the VE won, even though they said the Falcon drove better.

http://www.carsguide.com.au/news-and...ord_falcon_xr6

Two main gripes with the comparison:

Value Falcon scored 3/5, Commodore 3.5/5. The Falcon price was quoted at $42,990, whilst the Commodore at $42,790. Even though they acknowledged that a Limited Edition XR6 was the test car, priced at $34,990. But they said they will stick with an "apples for apples standoff" and compare the full prices.

Now who buys a XR6 at $42,990? I remember last year when the VE1 was being run out the price was still a couple of thousand higher than the XR50, which was by far the better equipped package.

Carsguide should compare 'real' prices for the cars, prices which people normally pay, and doing so the XR6 LE would have been shown to have a much better value than the SV6.

Safety, Falcon scored 3/5, the Commodore 3.5/5. The curtain airbag issue was mentioned again. No mention that the Ancap tests actually gave Falcon a higher score 34.61/37 from the testing, than Commodore 33.45/37, even with the airbag issue taken care of in the scoring.

Seems the journalists at Carsguide know better about what makes a safer car than the professional engineers doing the crash test evaluations.