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Old 21-03-2015, 04:18 PM   #12601
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Ford to double XR8 production:

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To build an additional 2000 units before October 2016.
Best news I have heard since deciding to buy this thing.
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Old 22-03-2015, 10:22 AM   #12602
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G6E parked next to my car, last night..
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Old 22-03-2015, 10:02 PM   #12603
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So what are we thinking this Falcon was then? Old / reliability testing mule or hiding something new, FGX MkII XR6 T310 ??
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Old 22-03-2015, 10:59 PM   #12604
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Best news I have heard since deciding to buy this thing.
Yes I agree with you. However based on everything I have read in this forum, engine build numbers are the limiting factor about increasing the supply of car build numbers for the XR8.

Therefore it will be interesting to hear from the engine build boys to see if they are being asked to work overtime, work additional hours on weekends and/or if Ford is hiring additional staff (temporarily) to help increase the number of engines being built.

Without an increased supply of additional engines I dont see how cars can be supplied in greater numbers in a shorter period of time for ordered cars? Only time will tell whether or not my observations are correct or wrong!

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Old 22-03-2015, 11:25 PM   #12605
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G6E parked next to my car, last night..
And a really neat park job as well.............. Not!
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Old 23-03-2015, 12:01 AM   #12606
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Default Re: FG X, The Last EVER Falcon - Picture & Discussion Thread

I reckon they must be making about 5 a day.

My theory is they built about 150 late last year, building 1200 this year, and 650 odd next year.
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Old 24-03-2015, 10:30 PM   #12607
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Old 24-03-2015, 10:31 PM   #12608
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Saw a G6E this arvo in what was most definitely Vanish, very classy looking car
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Old 31-03-2015, 07:01 PM   #12609
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Finally saw a FGX on the road! I saw a gold XR6 sedan on Saturday and then a black XR6 ute this morning. The DRL's certainly help it stand out.
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Old 31-03-2015, 10:41 PM   #12610
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I see a smoke xr6 on the road everyday, with me in it!! woohoo!!!
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Old 01-04-2015, 09:08 AM   #12611
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Finally saw the tail lights of one at night. They look awesome!
Took me a while to pick the car, thought it was a Lexus of some sort at first.
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Old 01-04-2015, 11:38 AM   #12612
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Saw a black XR6T UTE this morning banked up in traffic. Love those lux pack 19's.
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Old 01-04-2015, 05:28 PM   #12613
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It's an FG X II XR8 SPRINT 429 (released Dec 2015) r.r.p. $64,990.

almost thinking of ordering one....
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Old 01-04-2015, 05:29 PM   #12614
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(well it's still before 12 noon on April Fools day in a fair few countries.......)
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Old 01-04-2015, 07:38 PM   #12615
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It's an FG X II XR8 SPRINT 429 (released Dec 2015) r.r.p. $64,990.

almost thinking of ordering one....
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Old 01-04-2015, 08:16 PM   #12616
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My new xr6
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Old 01-04-2015, 09:49 PM   #12617
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^^^ I like the colour reminds me of my old ego coloured F6 R Spec
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Old 16-04-2015, 07:38 PM   #12618
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Just spotted the first FGX police car in Sydney. I was driving from the airport yesterday afternoon and the rear end stood out on the XR6.
Sorry about the dirty windscreen.
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Old 16-04-2015, 07:54 PM   #12619
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It's only an XT with FG wheels
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Old 16-04-2015, 09:01 PM   #12620
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It's only an XT with FG wheels
Didn't they do away with the XT and G6 models, and its now just Falcon, G6E(T) and the XR models?
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Old 16-04-2015, 09:10 PM   #12621
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Internally it's still an XT.
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Old 16-04-2015, 09:13 PM   #12622
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Internally it's still an XT.
It's a general duties car so it's probably a poverty pack
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Old 16-04-2015, 09:46 PM   #12623
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I got the picture from my dash cam but I noticed the led driving lights in my rear view mirror earlier which caught my attention. That was why I thought it was not a ‘poverty pack’.
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Yes nsw get them as part of their police pack.
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Old 17-04-2015, 10:09 AM   #12625
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Saw an XR6 the other day in Glenelg SA, as a Taxi
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Old 17-04-2015, 10:25 AM   #12626
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I still haven't seen a single FGX
just did a 700km Princes hwy trip, nothing
even going up/down the F3/M1 regularly haven't seen one
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Old 17-04-2015, 11:30 AM   #12627
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The Falcon is basically the old G6 in most ways.
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Old 17-04-2015, 12:40 PM   #12628
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Yeah I walk home 5km along Gympie Road everyday from the city and have not once seen a FGX on the road. Sad state of affairs......
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Old 17-04-2015, 12:45 PM   #12629
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Starting to see more and more around Melbourne now. The front LEDs and tailights on the XR's look amazing at night
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I've done 2500km all around Brisbane and the Gold Coast almost every weekend since I bought my car, keep an eye out!
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