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#8401 | ||
Oo\===/oO
Join Date: Jan 2007
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What is the Falcon "signature"?
Did the AU have it? Did EA have it? Did... 4-door, RWD, 3-box design = Falcon
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Blue Blood
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Or the XD that looks like a Granada. There is no signature Falcon look. Our first Falcons were a global look anyway.
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#8403 | ||
Oo\===/oO
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EA-EF?
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#8404 | ||
335 - STILL THE BOSS ...
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melb East
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Have to agree. Every new model Falcon (not interim models XE, EL, ED etc) starts again with a blank canvas and reinvents the Falcon look.
If anything the FGX is more Falcon and especially Ford than the AU, BA, etc because it still has the bulk and side profile From the AU through to FG.
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#8405 | ||
Blue Blood
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I think some of us Aussies forget that Ford is and will always be an American company. Our Aussie team have done well over the years to interpret those international designs specific to our market.
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#8406 | ||
Regulator
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Location: Melbourne
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[QUOTE=Nikked;5196201]EA-EF?
Looks nothing like it.
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Regards Bobby Current Cars: 2000 AU2 Fairmont (2019-current) 2003 BA1 Falcon Divvy Van (2017-current) 2009 VW Mk6 Golf 118TSi (2020-current) Previous Cars: 2003 MCX10R Avalon VXi (2017-2020) 1995 EF1 Falcon GLi (2016-2019) 1997 XH2 Falcon Van OPT20 (2016-2019) 2006 BF Fairlane Ghia (2013-2018) 2001 AU3 Futura (2010-2013) 1996 EL Fairmont (2008-2010) 2004 BA XR6 (2005-2008) 2001 AU2 Forte (2005-2006) 1988 EA Fairmont Ghia (2003-2005) 1984 AR Telstar TX5 Ghia (2001-2005) |
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#8408 | ||
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Not that the detract from the E-series, but it just shows that the corporate look as always crept into the Falcon range... Even the XA was a rejected proposal for the Maverick...even then, the TC Cortina looked like a mini XA ![]()
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Peter Car
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Pity the fool
Join Date: Jan 2007
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I'll put a goddamn I.E.D. in Bob G's office ensuite if there's no G6ET
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#8411 | ||
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Tas
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That black XR8 rear end looks FANTASTIC, I am in love with that!
Mine too, it's a pity though that "when clean" are the keywords there haha!
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#8412 | ||
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Location: Perth
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AFAIK yes there will be, but i'm yet to see one. But seen G6ET on paperwork.[/QUOTE]
So the model to disappear will be the G6 then?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I think that there is a definite 'Falcon look' in addition to Ford's global styling cues at the time, blended seamlessly. For me, the 'Falcon look' is the C pillar kink and glasshouse with a low waist line extending below the base of a steeply raked windscreen. I think the FGX does look like a Falcon. After all, the doors haven't been changed at all.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I may have judged the front profile to harsh by thinking it looked to much like a Lancer. I'm used to panda eyes making the lights on my F6 blend. Had a good lool at a XR6 today & not a huge difference to the new model. It just may look better in the flesh...with NO chrome rear strip |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Now all we need is for Ford to unveil the colour palette they've gone with
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IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
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Yeah its there. 3 have been built just recently.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Time for the photo guys to go hunting G6ETs
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I use brain. Not hip.
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Plus: XR8 SC Ute please. Same logic. Creative use of parts bin = niche cars that will sell. Who cares about taxi packs. Even the cabbies drive Camry Hybrid now. |
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The 'Stihl' Man
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![]() What I dont get is how much less torque is the XR6T or the F6310 ute making that the 335 5.0 is and how does that +Nm's effect the car? And does that mean that anyone modding a ute above 315 is actually doing something potentially dangerous? Id say no because we have plenty of evidence that utes can be pushed pretty hard. My gut feeling is it comes down to some internal constraint put on FoA.
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#8421 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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No photos of Tezza's ???
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I've got an XG ute and it's a bastard trying to find some parts
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The 'Stihl' Man
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If so thats weird as I would have picked the Live Axle to be more durable?
F6310 Sedan - 565Nm @ 1950-5200rpm (Im assuming the ute has the same spec) 335 Sedan - 570Nm @ 2200-5500rpm 315 Ute - 545Nm @ 2000-5500rpm Now they are just advertised figures...theres not much in it to make the 335 Ute a no go?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Surely a BA/BF Typhoon ute is proof the live rear axle can handle the power?
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Not from what I have been told.
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#8427 | ||
Pity the fool
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Yes, try finding a console lid at the moment :(
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The reason for the ute not getting the full 335 power was explained in the Boss 5.0 forum area, directly from the powertrain engineer responsible for that engine. Flexing of the axle and the way the 5.0 SC produces its torque. They had a solution for it but time and money run out.
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I know I'm wasting my time but I would give my left nut for one. Hell I'm not using it much lately so maybe I can head into Ford HQ and stick it on their counter. Take my leftie and make me a ute dammit. |
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