Pictures of FG2 FPVs

[Bearman]

I really like the GS front, gives it a much needed lift.

[Nikked]

It would have been nice to see a unique grill insert for the GS, just to give it a little degree of seperation from the XR series...

[jpd80]

Using the Ford Grille on the GS is a great move on several levels, giving distinction between it and the GT
while keeping the familiar FG II look for buyers graduating from lower Ford ranks, a great entry level decision.

I'm not fussed on those decals, they look decidedly gaudy and really, they detract from the car's clean lines.

[seduced_xr]

lets not forget that GS front just the FG 2 XR front... which i intend to make fit to my mark 1

[prydey]

Originally Posted by jpd80

Using the Ford Grille on the GS is a great move on several levels, giving distinction between it and the GT
while keeping the familiar FG II look for buyers graduating from lower Ford ranks, a great entry level decision.

i don't agree. if i buy a GS and park it next to someone's xr6, unless you are well aware that ford only offer the v8 through FPV, then there is no real stand out feature that says this is a FPV! its a shame FPV don't have their own unique design language across the whole range.

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by prydey

i don't agree. if i buy a GS and park it next to someone's xr6, unless you are well aware that ford only offer the v8 through FPV, then there is no real stand out feature that says this is a FPV! its a shame FPV don't have their own unique design language across the whole range.

Changing the "design language" as you put it would make the cars way more expensive
to amortize costs, putting the budget conscious GS out of reach of intended buyers.

I think FPV knows its customer base pretty well and what they really want, grunt comes before expensive restyling.

[prydey]

Originally Posted by jpd80

Changing the "design language" as you put it would make the cars way more expensive
to amortize costs, putting the budget conscious GS out of reach of intended buyers.

I think FPV knows its customer base pretty well and what they really want, grunt comes before expensive restyling.

technically, the GS is the one with the 'one off' styling, not the other way around.

[Brazen]

Originally Posted by prydey

i don't agree. if i buy a GS and park it next to someone's xr6, unless you are well aware that ford only offer the v8 through FPV, then there is no real stand out feature that says this is a FPV! its a shame FPV don't have their own unique design language across the whole range.

Yeah agree, a FPV is supposed to be a different brand it just muddies what a FPV is when it looks identical to the rental Fords you see at Brisbane airport. Hardly reinforces making the FPV experience as 'special'

What the GS is successful at is diluting the FPV brand cachet. Just put the same FPV front end across the range and be done with it, cheap and effective. Maybe dont have foglights or remove the racoon eyes if you want to differentiate it from the GT.

[jpd80]

Well, I'm no expert but FPV must know what they're doing, it's their money to spend whatever way they see fit.
If you guys think the GS is bland, no good, undifferentiated from XRs then that's your beef with FPV...

[FPV0002]

To me the GS looks very bland, fairly boring and not very tough. I gotta agree with Brazen looks much to similar to a regular falcon. Especially with the soft tonneau cover. Imo needs a styling upgrade and rear suspension change. GT and F6 still look sweet

[galaxy xr8]

And just how much more styling could FPV do to the GS to differentate it from the other FPV's ?.
Some of the ones calling for a change to make it stand out are more then likely the ones that think a E-series HSV is to in your face and over the top.
FPV can do nothing right in the eyes of these people.

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by jpd80

Well, I'm no expert but FPV must know what they're doing, it's their money to spend whatever way they see fit.
If you guys think the GS is bland, no good, undifferentiated from XRs then that's your beef with FPV...

its ok... just the usual internerd sookin going on.....

[Brazen]

Originally Posted by jpd80

Well, I'm no expert but FPV must know what they're doing, it's their money to spend whatever way they see fit.

well then just get rid of the FPV brand all together and sell everything under Ford. The costs of setting up specific FPV showrooms, merchandise, specific websites, brochures, marketing campaigns, spokespeople and Drive days, unique stands at motor shows is to sell a unique performance expierience is massive. They do this so that buyers will pay a 'premium' for the car....

Then they chuck a GS in the mix which looks identical to a Ford Falcon ex-Hertz auction special, just so they can save $15 in bumper plastic, instead of using the unique FPV bumper. This doesnt just effect the GS it effects the rest of the FPV range as its reminds FPV buyers of the connection to the mainstream donor car. I mean this is amateur hour stuff.

I love the GS, but make it a Ford or make it a true FPV. Otherwise you are just flushing your FPV brand building down the drain.

[excopau]

Its not like they dont have the bumpers already, so there isnt an cost issue involved. Alot won't buy an GS because they think its an over priced xr8 with an fpv badge tacked on.

[prydey]

Brazen - its one of those rare times we agree on something

while the GS has a 'XR' front end, there will never be rebirth of the xr8 nameplate in the ford stable. therefore its probably no accident that the GS does have the ford xr front rather than the FPV front. obviously they've decided that FPV will deal with the v8 models.

its just that F6, GT, GT-E, GT-P etc are all instantly recognisable as FPV's.

[prydey]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

its ok... just the usual internerd sookin going on.....

possibly mitch, although i'm rarely referred to as a 'nerd' a sook on the other hand....

[Brazen]

Originally Posted by prydey

Brazen - its one of those rare times we agree on something

Haha, one of the signs of the apocalypse?

[pottery beige]

GS is a poor mans GT...... always has.. always will be...
bit more than a standard Falcon but not as good or as flash as the big cheese......

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by galaxy xr8

And just how much more styling could FPV do to the GS to differentate it from the other FPV's ?.
.

A specific lower bar insert, just like the F6 is different the the GT.

Nothing over the top, even GT style mesh...

[SteveJH]

The GS Looks like the XR series cars on purpose. If they upspecc'd the GS to the GT or F6 front bar they would have to develop new front bars for the higher spec models.

The GS is purposely supposed to look more "basic" than the GT and F6, otherwise why would you look at the higher models?

[falcongt4me]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

GS is a poor mans GT...... always has.. always will be...
bit more than a standard Falcon but not as good or as flash as the big cheese......

and history shows that the immortal GT's of the 70's were the basic shells of the ordinary Falcon, fancied up with better suspension, heavier drivetrains, more power and stripes. If the GS has to cross the blend line between Ford and FPV's identifiable look, so be it. The GS represnts the true spirit of what the GS's of old were all about.

[mik]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

GS is a poor mans GT...... always has.. always will be...
bit more than a standard Falcon but not as good or as flash as the big cheese......

that`s about the size of it, if they make it too close to the GT why have it at all, if people don`t like it an extra 20 odd k will get them the big banger, personally i`d be wrapped to the eyeballs to have a GS if funds where available, it might not look like a GT but for not much money it could soon go and stop like one.

[Smoke Pursuit]

Lol you can't blame fpv for it all. They are trying to give people on a budget the option of a v8. If I was buying tomorrow I'd probably go the GS... Not everyone needs big brakes or a large spoiler. We should not complain given the fact we have the choice.

[Smoke Pursuit]

Originally Posted by Brazen

well then just get rid of the FPV brand all together and sell everything under Ford. The costs of setting up specific FPV showrooms, merchandise, specific websites, brochures, marketing campaigns, spokespeople and Drive days, unique stands at motor shows is to sell a unique performance expierience is massive. They do this so that buyers will pay a 'premium' for the car....

Then they chuck a GS in the mix which looks identical to a Ford Falcon ex-Hertz auction special, just so they can save $15 in bumper plastic, instead of using the unique FPV bumper. This doesnt just effect the GS it effects the rest of the FPV range as its reminds FPV buyers of the connection to the mainstream donor car. I mean this is amateur hour stuff.

I love the GS, but make it a Ford or make it a true FPV. Otherwise you are just flushing your FPV brand building down the drain.

Lol ditch FPV and we won't have a V8... Ford are no longer interested in V8's. If they were then we wouldn't need a GS, it would be the XR8

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by prydey

i don't agree. if i buy a GS and park it next to someone's xr6, unless you are well aware that ford only offer the v8 through FPV, then there is no real stand out feature that says this is a FPV! its a shame FPV don't have their own unique design language across the whole range.

With a supercharged V8 under the hood why would you give a flying f.

The engine is the No1 attraction, the rest just keeps you dry and stops the bugs from hitting your face.

[Henry F]

The whole thing looks like Ford/FPV haven't got money. Those wheels on the F6 look like dark grey GT wheels - BORING!!! The GS is still running BF series alloys - yawn... The 19's offered on the new XR's look 1000 times better. I know FPV probably blew their budget on the S/C donk but this screams cheap. Maybe they've thrown all their money at the HO. We can only hope...

[DBourne]

Here's one I took today for ya'll


FG MKII by SgtBourne, on Flickr

[Smoke Pursuit]

Originally Posted by Henry F

The whole thing looks like Ford/FPV haven't got money. Those wheels on the F6 look like dark grey GT wheels - BORING!!! The GS is still running BF series alloys - yawn... The 19's offered on the new XR's look 1000 times better. I know FPV probably blew their budget on the S/C donk but this screams cheap. Maybe they've thrown all their money at the HO. We can only hope...

Well if we all bought them maybe they would.

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by SgtBourne

Here's one I took today for ya'll

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FG MKII by SgtBourne, on Flickr

hell yes... if i was to go down the new car road again.......

[pottery beige]

oh it ugly, doesnt match my hair, dont like the bumpers, mirrors look silly, rims are crap, tyres are skinny, grilles wrong colour, stickers are crooked,
looks like a Falcon...
it is a ******* FALCON......