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03-07-2014, 05:45 PM
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03-07-2014, 05:53 PM
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Discontinuations generally happen in the lead up to a new colour and there are usually a small batch of pilot builds in that colour released before the colour comes on stream properly.
I have to agree that the current colour palette doesn't offer a lot of excitement with the four mainstays mentioned above having been around a l-o-n-g time now. We went through the Tezza choices when considering a replacement for the current one and there wasn't anything that screamed at me from an appeal perspective. Cheers Russ
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03-07-2014, 06:06 PM
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Shockwave was brilliant once they worked out how to make it stick to the car...
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03-07-2014, 07:08 PM
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White Pearl FTW !
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03-07-2014, 07:23 PM
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That new bronze is my fave... Just don't try ordering an xr6 in it!
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03-07-2014, 09:13 PM
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To re-cap the styling predictions...
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03-07-2014, 09:37 PM
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Funny how just fine tuning the grill can turn an angry looking car into a happy one. I think I like angry
 I hope its close to the white bum. Looks the best out of the 2
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03-07-2014, 09:38 PM
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Would anyone hazard a guess at how many automatic gear boxes they are allocating for the last model?
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03-07-2014, 10:18 PM
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I like this look 
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03-07-2014, 10:24 PM
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Breeze velocity and that mettalic gokden ba xr colour. ( not acid rush)
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03-07-2014, 10:38 PM
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03-07-2014, 11:38 PM
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04-07-2014, 01:08 AM
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Blueprint was definitely a hero colour for the BA model and proved to be incredibly popular. Hardly see any blueprint AU3 models (XR or T3s), but in BA guise there are plenty and it's still a fantastic looking colour IMHO.
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04-07-2014, 05:46 AM
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Hope they bring back Hot Chili Red
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04-07-2014, 08:02 AM
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Imo though it dated very quickly, and would be a mistake to being back.
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Like xk-xf's?
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04-07-2014, 08:06 AM
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I think you also have to factor in that the shape of the FG doesnt lend itself that well to outrageous colours. The B series did that ok because it was a bit more in your face "brick style". Where the FG is a bit more rounded and "classy", IMO the same reason why the AU never had crazy colours.
This looks like it has a bit more stance than the FG, so it should be able to carry stronger colours but even then the trend at the moment seems to be for complex metallic/pearls. Hopefully atleast one flat bright colour comes through.
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04-07-2014, 09:14 AM
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I like the Mandarine I think its call, was only on the BA and didn't last long, I love Octane but Mandarine was an awesome bright orange.....
Only seen one T3 in Blueprint and was a great colour on it. Love the Blue on the 2010? Territory SYII
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04-07-2014, 09:22 AM
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The 'Stihl' Man
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Mandarin is nice, pity the bumpers were not made of steel too...LOL
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04-07-2014, 09:25 AM
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Pity the painted faded easy as well...
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04-07-2014, 09:36 AM
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abit more info from a memeber of the ford trade club,
he basically told me they are using territory headlight body's with a different set up inside, rear lights look like DB7 tail lights from aston martin, also told me they might be introducing some retro falcons like the way holden done with there HDT' range in the VE's...
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04-07-2014, 10:51 AM
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04-07-2014, 11:14 AM
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hey, you just made my car look a lot different to when i looked at it last night
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04-07-2014, 11:17 AM
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ie. this one for one: 
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04-07-2014, 11:34 AM
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04-07-2014, 11:43 AM
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haha no it's fine with me mate
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04-07-2014, 12:08 PM
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Anyways I'm liking the look of the new Falcon, the only thing I need to do is convince the missus that if it ever stopped going that it won't be able to be fixed.
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04-07-2014, 12:34 PM
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I hate the look of the ford small cars. They are apparently great to drive, but I cant get over how they look either...
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04-07-2014, 12:38 PM
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Is it just me or those ones done in Black are just mean as!!!
Screaming like "Don't mess with me, **** OFF!!!"
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04-07-2014, 12:45 PM
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I say bring back Calypso Green and Wild Violet matched with white interior
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