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View Poll Results: what is the best looking xr of all time
eb xr 12 1.56%
ed xr 43 5.59%
ef xr 30 3.90%
el xr 186 24.19%
au xr 24 3.12%
au2 xr 112 14.56%
ba/bf xr 362 47.07%
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Old 11-03-2007, 08:27 PM   #31
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I voted for the BA/BF. Just the general exterior styling of the BA/BF is better. I agree on the headlights for the AU's. The XR's were completely different to all other models in the Au range. Thats a good thing. I think that's better than the generic headlights used for XR6 through to GTP.
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Old 11-03-2007, 08:35 PM   #32
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Ba/bf Ftw!!! The AU2/3 looks pretty good too.
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Old 11-03-2007, 08:43 PM   #33
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EL XR got my vote.

But I'll be keeping my BF GT-P. Agree on how BA/BF XRs don't look different enough to stockers. BF2 went some way to fix that, but changing the headlights on the regular models. BA/BF FPV's get enough of a frontal upgrade to make them different to the rest of the pack.
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Old 11-03-2007, 08:55 PM   #34
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Not really an XR but the TE or TS50 looks good.
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Old 11-03-2007, 11:05 PM   #35
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Definately EL
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Old 11-03-2007, 11:11 PM   #36
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They should have follwed the TE/S and stuck with the standard headlights for the AU xr's those round puppies just are and aquired taste (excuse spelling i am feeling illiterate at the moment)
Agreed, but Ford did manage to prove you can fit a round peg in triangular hole.
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Old 11-03-2007, 11:18 PM   #37
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i voted EL because i had this before the GT . and it never gave me a problem . man i miss it . dont see them much on the road anymore
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Old 11-03-2007, 11:27 PM   #38
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for me its close between BA and EL but i voted BA because they have those sick *** headlights witch cant be beat
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Old 11-03-2007, 11:30 PM   #39
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I voted for the BA/F series because I do like them the most, however the EF takes a close second......

AU's look tough as in XR form too.... OH the choices.....

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Old 11-03-2007, 11:49 PM   #40
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Surely this will be a hands down win for the b series cars.
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Old 12-03-2007, 12:35 AM   #41
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I love the look of the AUII.. The only reason we got it was for the twin headlights. If it had the forte style lights.....YUK. It'd still be sitting in the car yard LOL
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Old 12-03-2007, 12:59 AM   #42
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BA for me......
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Old 12-03-2007, 01:07 AM   #43
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EB for me. Its the only design that wasn't facelifted (apart from AU). And with a facelifted car theres always a compromise or disproportion in the flow of the original design it was based on, and you only notice this a few years after the facelift.
I'm now starting to see this with BA.
BA close second.
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Old 12-03-2007, 01:42 AM   #44
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The best looking is the only XR,the 1967 XR falcon.....

Im with you nugget man,

Aside that its ed for me.
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Old 12-03-2007, 01:56 AM   #45
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i like the look of the au`s( i could be biased ) but the b series definatley looks the goods for me, the best lookin modern ozy ford they ever built i reckon, i hope when the new model comes out its not poofy lookin
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Old 12-03-2007, 08:29 AM   #46
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They should have follwed the TE/S and stuck with the standard headlights for the AU xr's those round puppies just are and aquired taste (excuse spelling i am feeling illiterate at the moment)
yeah i gotta agree,to me the AU XR front clip kinda makes me feel ill.
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Old 12-03-2007, 09:30 AM   #47
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El for sure, no other XR's have looked as tough or as dfiferent from the standard model as the EL XR's did!
agreed, they look so different from the base model and yet look so dam good. and this coming from an AU owner!!!

The BA-BF models look tough in there own right but alot of the time with them its the colour of the car sometimes that makes it stand out from the crowd (yellow ones look unreal)
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Old 12-03-2007, 09:46 AM   #48
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has to be the EF/EL with the full kit and atleast FTR or EL GT rims. The EL is better IMO, just smoother to look at, but i have an EF XR with the EL front....im sure alot of others have that lol.. they still grab my eye when ever one goes past...
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Old 12-03-2007, 10:33 AM   #49
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Cant Beleive this , No B Sereis Bashing but all your cars look the same , At Least the Au Xrs and Stockers Looked Different , all the Bseries look alike ...
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Cant Beleive this , No B Sereis Bashing but all your cars look the same , At Least the Au Xrs and Stockers Looked Different , all the Bseries look alike ...
It's not that they look alike, the differences are more subtle. BA XR's are different to Stockers as well, bars, skirts, headlights.
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Old 12-03-2007, 10:46 AM   #51
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Ohh this is a tough one. I can't decide between an EL, AU I or AUII/III (assuming they all have the full bodykit). Hmmm if I had to choose it would be the EL because it's by far the most aggressive Falcon to come out in recent years.

BA/BF are too bland, although the bulge on the 8s is fantastic.
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Old 12-03-2007, 10:50 AM   #52
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Cant Beleive this , No B Sereis Bashing but all your cars look the same , At Least the Au Xrs and Stockers Looked Different , all the Bseries look alike ...
Agreed,BAF's all the same to me.
EL's AU XR's look the part imo.......
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Old 12-03-2007, 10:54 AM   #53
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i like the ebs they just have that look about them, then the ba/f which also look awsome. i pretty much like all of them except the au's they where just a realy bad design
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BA/BF. Althought there are so many XR6s going around these days you'd think it was the base model.
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BA/BF hands down! They've got such a tough look about them _2:

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Old 12-03-2007, 11:08 AM   #56
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I was thinking of course i'm biased, but i don't think i am.
Always wanted an EL XR, and got one years ago. Had the opportunity to buy a BA and in the end didn't want to. They look too close the stock models. Plus there likes a#$% holes, everyones got one.
And to this day, i'm glad i kept my EL, still looks horn!
Not to mention the Ba's still carried over that horrid AU balloon roof!
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Old 12-03-2007, 12:17 PM   #57
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I think the SR Falcon body kit looks much better on the BA and BF. EL was a great car to look at.
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BA XR for me (i know it sounds funny but they look better than the BF XR)
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Not to mention the Ba's still carried over that horrid AU balloon roof!
I think your spot on there. All the B-Series owners say they will never own an AU becuase the BA is far better looking car. I guess that's why you can bolt AU doors straight onto a B-Series and it all fits. Exterior wise, its a nose and bum updgrade. They just won't admit that the BA is the Series 4 AU, Series 5 is the Mk2 etc etc. If ford wanted to get away from the so called Horrid AU shape, they would have gone with a new platform. But for the B-Series, they just have to get used the fact that if it looks like an AU. Maybe the Orion will help in that department.
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I think your spot on there. All the B-Series owners say they will never own an AU becuase the BA is far better looking car. I guess that's why you can bolt AU doors straight onto a B-Series and it all fits. Exterior wise, its a nose and bum updgrade. They just won't admit that the BA is the Series 4 AU, Series 5 is the Mk2 etc etc. If ford wanted to get away from the so called Horrid AU shape, they would have gone with a new platform. But for the B-Series, they just have to get used the fact that if it looks like an AU. Maybe the Orion will help in that department.

I never had a problem with the AU doors, it was the front and back of the AU that made me stay away.
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