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Old 25-03-2011, 09:19 PM   #31
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I love the grille on that, looks awesome. Makes it look tough.
Of course you do. You've been Coca-Colonised.
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Old 25-03-2011, 11:24 PM   #32
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Looks horrible.. mash of american grille and euro looks with the shape.. yuck..

Give me an EL GT Genuinine grill over that.. lol
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Old 26-03-2011, 08:11 PM   #33
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Yeah that's where I got it from.
You didn't notice the article date being 2008?
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Old 27-03-2011, 01:26 AM   #34
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You didn't notice the article date being 2008?
I did. I even read the article. But I thought if I posted the pic.... it might get people talking. It certainly did.
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Old 28-03-2011, 11:59 PM   #35
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I can safely tell you it looks nothing like the FG2 front end.
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Old 29-03-2011, 12:02 AM   #36
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I can safely tell you it looks nothing like the FG2 front end.
I will assume that the FG2 front end will look similar to the new Territory though. Hopefully not too far off the mark.
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Old 29-03-2011, 12:06 AM   #37
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That lousy photoshop is from 2008 and has the USDM Ford Fusion grille superimposed on it. Get over it.
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Old 29-03-2011, 12:12 AM   #38
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I will assume that the FG2 front end will look similar to the new Territory though. Hopefully not too far off the mark.
You assumed correct.
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Old 29-03-2011, 05:30 AM   #39
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You assumed correct.
Anything else you can tell us about it? Like xr8 details ?
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Old 29-03-2011, 10:03 AM   #40
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I don't suppose you could help a brother out by getting some spy shots... I promise i won't tell anyone it was you...
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Old 29-03-2011, 03:25 PM   #41
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You assumed correct.
Shame. I not a big fan of the new territory. It's grown on me a lot. But I still have reservations about it.

I don't like that huge mouth... and beady little eyes. It looks like a cat launching for a mouse. I actually don't like the shape of the headlights at all.

But who knows? It may look good on Falcon.
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Old 29-03-2011, 04:24 PM   #42
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As long as it stays RWD & I can get a hairdryer option, I will be happy...
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Old 29-03-2011, 04:26 PM   #43
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As long as it stays RWD & I can get a hairdryer option, I will be happy...
It still has to be the handsome masculine thing it is. Except for AU.
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Old 29-03-2011, 04:42 PM   #44
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Shame. I not a big fan of the new territory. It's grown on me a lot. But I still have reservations about it.

I don't like that huge mouth... and beady little eyes. It looks like a cat launching for a mouse. I actually don't like the shape of the headlights at all.
They're really not that bad in the flesh. I love the new front end, it's very imposing and stands out. They've put up a new billboard on the Westgate so clearly Ford believe in the new Terri. As for the rest of it..even with the new rear end it's impossible to differentiate from the last model.
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Old 29-03-2011, 04:44 PM   #45
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They're really not that bad in the flesh. I love the new front end, it's very imposing and stands out. They've put up a new billboard on the Westgate so clearly Ford believe in the new Terri. As for the rest of it..even with the new rear end it's impossible to differentiate from the last model.
Well they aren't selling it to me clearly. I don't like or need an SUV. If I did.... well Territory is the best you can buy.

I'm also not sure about the bonnet creases. Very American in it's styling. Much like the Taurus bonnet.
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Of course you do. You've been Coca-Colonised.
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Old 29-03-2011, 10:41 PM   #47
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Anything else you can tell us about it? Like xr8 details ?
XR8 is in limbo

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Ha Ha. Now that would be career suicide...
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Old 29-03-2011, 11:10 PM   #48
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I always like to see a car in the flesh before I make a judgement on its looks. I absolutly hated the hockey stick stripes on the GT until I say it but now I wouldn't have one without. Thats not to everyones taste I know but to each there own.
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Old 30-03-2011, 12:12 PM   #49
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XR8 is in limbo
Yeah... figures. They need the numbers from other models.
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Will we see an fg2 xr8?
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Problem is they wouldn't know a good car if it ran over them. It took a non-car man to see how brilliant it was (Mullaly). Hopefully he saves it... and still wants that G6ET.
I think its awesome that the head of ford got a personal G6E Turbo foe himself in the states when they were first released, can't endorse a car better than that
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Yeah... figures. They need the numbers from other models.
Isn't it a little bit naive of ford to want more sales after killing of models that made up the sales figures? if you kill a car that was selling a certain amount it doesn't take Einstein to figure out the majority of those sales are lost to you
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Old 30-03-2011, 09:40 PM   #53
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Will we see an fg2 xr8?
To be honest I don't know. I don't think the decision has been made. All I can say is that XR8 has been designed but is/was on hold.
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GS is essentially an XR8 anyway (with a supercharger).

Looks like an XR8 inside/out (apart from FPV badges).
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Good lord, I hope the caradvice pic is very very wrong!! It is terrible
haha it is all i can say the fg2 xr looks hot
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Shame. I not a big fan of the new territory. It's grown on me a lot. But I still have reservations about it.

I don't like that huge mouth... and beady little eyes. It looks like a cat launching for a mouse. I actually don't like the shape of the headlights at all.

But who knows? It may look good on Falcon.
The shape of the headlights will not change from FG to FG2. The "huge mouth" is not as big as Territory but it is bigger than FG.
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The shape of the headlights will not change from FG to FG2. The "huge mouth" is not as big as Territory but it is bigger than FG.
Could have guessed that headilghts would be the same... Something tells me the FPV body kit will stay as it is now.
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Does the FG2 get projector globes WOTDAH?
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new rims? same rims for ages/models now.. BF-FG
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The shape of the headlights will not change from FG to FG2. The "huge mouth" is not as big as Territory but it is bigger than FG.
So we could see something like the FPV front bumper come onto FGII but with chrome bars running around and across the opening? Like Territory.

So glad Falcon ain't getting those headlights.
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