Would you drive a 2.5L 6cyl Falcon? (or a 3.5L V8 for that matter...)

[marcosambrose]

With the usual petrol talk going around blah, blah blah. I cant be bothered going into since everyone knows the story - my question is:

Would you buy a 2.5L 6cyl Falcon? instead of a 4.0L you would increase fuel economy but at least 25-40% and the power would of course drop to about 140-160kw, but then again, if your a city driver you dont need the huge power from the 182 barra.

I know i would, for sure, ive always felt that 0-100 in 7.2sec (BA XT 182) is way too much for a fleet car, camrys have great economy but not really a drivers car, do we really need that much power? its good for enthusists but majority of 6cyl Falcon buyers are fleet so whats the point.

I think Ford should get ahead of the game and have something like this:


2.5L 6cyl XT, Futura, Fairmont, XR6
3.2L 6Cyl Fairmont, Fairmont Ghia, XR6
3.2L 6Cyl Turbo XR6 Turbo
3.5L V8 Fairmont Ghia, XTV8
4.4L V8 XR8 (ala Ferrari)

What do you guys think? maybe also:

2.3L 5cyl <- ive always thought that would be fine for a fleet car or taxi, why do they need so much power? who knows....
2.5L 6cyl Diesel XT, Futura, Fairmont, XR6
3.2L 6cyl Diesel Fairmont Ghia, XR6-D (performance diesel XR)

also i wrote a letter to Ford Oz a while back stating that a Diesel engine would be good for the BAIII (now BF) but i dont think they will have one.

Im open to critisism, support for my cause just say what you think...