HOLDEN Boss: "Australians still want large cars

[banarcus]

Originally Posted by Resurrection

"Australians still want large cars"? - yes but not Falcons it seems

And the sad thing is that Aussies prefer the Korean Holden "supercar" of the 2000s, the Cruze over the homegrown Falcon.

[mik]

Originally Posted by b0son

i dont know anything about the type of driving you're doing ... my friend who has an FG XR6 (turbo admittedly, but seldom on boost) has woeful fuel consumption. he has the misfortune to drive in stop-start traffic much of the time, and he pays for it at the bowser.

my BA, which spent almost no time on the freeway, never got better than 14L/100km. on the same roads, my GTI does 9L/100km.

Is the FG 20-30% more economical than the BA? I cant see how an FG isnt going to get better than 13L/100km in my hands.

as I've already mentioned, I'm not interested if it cant do better than 10L/100km.

gee gee for a little car thats not grouse economy, you might also want to think some of us carry passengers ,groceries, pensioner strollers, and tow stuff on a regular basis, the big falcon is a multi purpose car and does the job very well and with ease, the split rear seat i can fit a 3m bit of pipe inside the car and still close the boot, i can buy parts in the milk bar (so to speak) no doubt the volksey is a decent small/medium size car, but it does`nt fit the bill for some of us, as much as i`d love a GT or GS, i could happily get by with an XT.

[Ben73]

I want large cars.
Some people don't so big deal.

I think large cars will always be around, less people may buy them but they will always be around.

[b0son]

Originally Posted by mik

gee gee for a little car thats not grouse economy

i drive it a fair bit more aggressively than i would the Falcon. i get 7-8 if I can be bothered.