come on fordforumers!! buy a new falcon

[RAPID_BA]

People all this inuendo about falcons dead, etc etc etc.

Fact is today its a better value proposition than it was 20 years ago, having barely gone up in price and offering so much more.

If 15 years back ford said for $50-70k we are gonna offer a supercharged v8 or a turbocharged 6 cylinder both of which make around 300rwkw and minor mods will see near 400rwkw. Or even a xr6 turbo or fairmont ghia turbo for mid-high 40s

You would have literally dropped your coffee and bolted into your local ford dealer to sign up even blindfolded.

Sure not everyones financial position will allow such a purchase but with some planning surely in next three years we can all buy one of the falcon variants (new).

Whats your future plan to buy a new falcon? Otherwise whats your reason not to buy?

Im going brand new GT, GS or F6 within 3 years. A keeper weekend driver.

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by HULK_BA

Whats your future plan to buy a new falcon? Otherwise whats your reason not to buy?

They don't make what I want. Holden do.

[Nikked]

House loan, wedding to pay for etc sorta rules out new car buying...


And my fiance would be happy with a Focus XR5 (not because of the perfomance, but the looks) or a mondeo...


Me? If I was cashed up...a Supercharged GS of G6E turbo? Ranger? Who knows?

[Matty4]

No plans ever to buy a Falcon, doesn't suit my needs.
I will buy what best suits all the criteria we as a family of 5 needs.
It may be another Territory though.

[comagutsa]

Originally Posted by HULK_BA

Im going brand new GT, GS or F6 within 3 years. A keeper weekend driver.

bet you dont but good on you if you do

[mik]

would love to oblige Hulk, but to put the family in the poor house just so i could have a new banger would be very selfish of me, if i was`nt pensionering it would be a different story.

[Stagg]

I would buy a Falcon as soon as I can afford to have a daily and a weekly driver.

I'm going for an interview friday afternoon for a job which entails allowance for a company car, undoubtedly would be choosing an FG XR6 (If permitted), otherwise a basic standard white XT sedan or ute if need be.

Unless they already have a deal with someone, a Falcon company car is the way to go

[Mr Hardware]

I hate driving new cars. So stiff for the first 10,000klms and I hate being the owner at the time of its very first blemish.

[Giant Cranium]

ill buy a new one when i see you with a new one.

[lockieoc]

Single, male with no need for a turbo taxi. Would/will be spending my money on something from the hot hatch section.

[GhiaEB]

Seriously not everyone can afford to go out and buy a brand new car! Would I love to? Yes! Will I? No. In the next 3 years I hope to be able to save enough to put down a deposit on a house.

We bought a 2010 Fiesta Zetec brand new and still have 3yrs worth of repayments left.

Not all of us are blessed with whatever financial position you are in that allows you to buy a $60,000 - $70,000 Falcon

[kezzer]

Not going back to the ford stable anytime soon. Very unhappy with my last purchase, she's back to stock and will be sold soon. There's no 5litre V8 falcon so will be going the VF V8 when it comes out, if its not a lemon.

[Stagg]

Everyone on Ford Forums doesn't like the car that built the company!!!

Sure I don't have a new falcon, but i WILL go for a NEW falcon IF I get this job.

Things like stiff for the first 10,000kms won't matter when youre still driving the car after 300,000kms.

Hot Hatches are a sure fire way of shrinking male appendages, and congrats if it makes it to 100,000kms.

There is so little enthusiasm about the car market, and I don't understand why!

I need to share enthusiasm with everyone on the thread

[Ford_The_Win]

Who can afford it these days? It'd be nice to have a brand new Falc but by the time I can afford to spend 35k on something that fufills the same fundamental purpose as a cheap used car, they will have probably gone out of production. I'd rather not be grossly overmortgaged like the rest of this country.

[Kryton]

Originally Posted by HULK_BA

Im going brand new GT, GS or F6 within 3 years. A keeper weekend driver.

Wow.
Thats really going to help Ford out - sometime in the next 3 years.
If you really wanted to help, youd put your money where your mouth is and buy one now.

[Stagg]

Does any one not see a paradox here...

Everyone acknowledges that Falcons are an excellent reliable car, what proves it is how many of them are left on the road.

If everyone is buying used falcons instead of new falcons, and ford goes broke, well, eventually there won't be any more used falcons either!

[Bossxr8]

I'll buy one in a few years because it will be the last, the 2014 upgrade (if it makes it that far).

I'll keep it till I die.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by davway

Wow.
Thats really going to help Ford out - sometime in the next 3 years.
If you really wanted to help, youd put your money where your mouth is and buy one now.

Wouldn't matter if everyone on AFF bought 3 each, it would make not one iota of difference, its dead, Detroit know already, they just won't admit it.

It will take a couple of thousand extra sales a month to save it, and thats impossible with a parent company that refuses to support it.

[dave351cid]

i bought my BA ute with a 10 to 15 year plan depending on how well it holds together.
it will be 9 years old in june and has 190 000km. it still looks good and drives almost like it did when it was new. i have hardly needed to do anything other then normal running wear and after a good detail last week it still looks great. so it looks like i should get my 15 years out of it ok.

i have house morgage to pay off before i am too old and decrepid to work so unless i win lotto i cant see me borrowing more to buy a new car. sorry.

i would love a new GT-P to put in the shed for special occasions but the bank account has other ideas.

[TheInterceptor]

Nup, no wagon sorry Ford...
I wont list where my money will go but if/when (haha) i win lotto...and if the Courier dies/is dead, Wildtrak Ranger in orange please.

Till then, i dont exist to Ford. Or any car manufacturer.

To me, Falcon died long ago anyway... Pity really...still glad we have plenty of used RWD 6cyl 8cyl Falcons and wagons and LWB variants that we can still buy on the used market.

[Assassinbm]

Bought a new one 3 years ago, no longer in a position to do it again now, or I most definitely would, damn this media/political beat up discouraging(scaring) people into not to spend money.........creating a crap financial environment......

[robbo/region15]

Up until the latest "Handout" of Taxpayers monies in January 2012 ,FOA was finished HERE in/by 2014,India would take over.............................................j ust a puppet regime here.

[Scott]

Between multiples of mortgages, high cost of living, paying for IVF etc and being on a single wage for the past two years (and hopefully 5 more ), I just don't have room in my budget for a new FPV or Ranger - which are the only two variants that excite me.

[turbodewd]

Ill be happily buying a G6ET in a year or 2. Very happy with my current FG turbo and was very happy with my trusty BA turbo before that.

I cant believe the combo of power and economy I can get from my FG! Sure, an Aurion, Maxima or Liberty will pip it on economy...but the effortless power n torque puts it waaaay ahead. The 6-spd auto is fantastic!

(Ive driven a new Maxima, it had a better seating position, but the delayed throttle response before gas starts hitting the cylinders made no sense.)

[SM1DY]

Does Ford get more value from selling XR6T's or F6/GT's??? Prodrive would take there cut, so is it better for Ford to sell a Falcon or an FPV???

[Iggypoppin']

I'm a student. Won't be buying new for aaages. I admire your determination to keep ford alive though hulk.

[geckoGT]

Wow, a lot of negative replies towards the Falcon considering it is a Ford enthusiasts forum.

[Boza]

NO CASH simple as that otherwise would have a fg mk2 xr6t in a hertbeat or if I could really afford sometthing now I'd have a mk2 gt-p anyday

now just to go get a lotto ticket

[Spammy]

I bought a new Territory a few years ago. It was the first time I had bought a new Australian built car - prior to this I had purchased BMW/Alfa/Range Rover and Subaru.

I will never buy another Ford - the build quailty is rubbish, the dealer service is appauling and the resale value is close to zero.

Probably not what the faithful on here want to read - but it may answer many of the questions as to why me and most other buyers are not buying Falcons.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by HULK_BA

Whats your future plan to buy a new falcon? Otherwise whats your reason not to buy?

Im going brand new GT, GS or F6 within 3 years. A keeper weekend driver.

Well good for you.

Plan to buy a Falcon? Don't have one.... it is a car that doesn't suit my needs now or in the future.. It also won't fit in the garage.

It is certainly not an issue of money. I probably blow a new Falcon every year on travel alone, it's more of a case that small / medium cars have come such a long way in the past decade, where the Falcon hasn't. I also don't need the added size and running costs associated with a Falcon.

Sure, "back then" it would have sounded like a great package... but times change, trends change, financial and personal situations change and tastes change. What sounded great may not be all that great today.