Whats stopping people from buying the Falcon?

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Originally Posted by Spammy

Only from reading this thread did I realise the Xr8 is no longer available - big error. To not have an affordable V8 in a local Aussie car sort of defeats the reason to have a large Aussie car.

I know the turbo is prob faster, lighter, whatever - but V8 is the backbone of the Falcon and Commodore fanbase.

I think sales of XR8 over last ten years suggest otherwise mate regarding fan-base.

The reason the XR8 was dumped was because it was a poor performer (sales and onroad compared to Turbo models). I doubt that is going to change in the future if they did try and do it all over again.

ps: The only reason the SS sells OK is because Holden dont have a turbo model to offer their fans, so its V8 or nothing.