Falcon cop car in US?

imugli · 13-08-2009, 11:29 AM

Just on BON Forums and one of the guys on their posted this in a thread about Falc continuing until at least 2015.

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I believe senior police have been shown a funny looking vehicle they thought was a Taurus....

Normally wouldn't look twice, but the guy in question is gennerally fairly close to the mark...

Can anyone here give a nudge or a wink without giving anything commercially sensitive away?

388cube_edxr8 · 13-08-2009, 11:43 AM

Lol - 'funny looking vehicle'. If it doesn't have a massive chrome grill in the States its 'funny lookin'.

vztrt · 13-08-2009, 12:32 PM

gotta link?

Jason[98.EL] · 13-08-2009, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by vztrt

gotta link?

Was about to ask the same thing

gcg2503 · 13-08-2009, 01:02 PM

Where is Nostradamus when you need him?

imugli · 13-08-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by vztrt

gotta link?

As requested...

Link

platinumXR · 13-08-2009, 03:58 PM

Paxton · 13-08-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by platinumXR

Correct.

XR6_661 · 13-08-2009, 04:09 PM

I have a feeling the bloke who spilt some beans will 'disappear' soon. haha.

Joe5619 · 13-08-2009, 04:17 PM

i may have missed it, but I can't see anywhere in that link that say the "wired looking car" is a Falcon..

Paxton · 13-08-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe5619

i may have missed it, but I can't see anywhere in that link that say the "wired looking car" is a Falcon..

What other car in the Ford stable could it be?

Read the Thread on Blue Oval News.

MGR · 13-08-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ausrutherford

I bet the next falcon will get a bigger budget since more than just Aussies will have the Falcon by then.

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Originally Posted by rmc523

You hinting at something?

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Originally Posted by ausrutherford

Yes...

What?

Road_Warrior · 13-08-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Paxton

What other car in the Ford stable could it be?

The Bantam.

imugli · 13-08-2009, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MGR

What?

We all read the same thing

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**Peuty** · 13-08-2009, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe5619

I can't see anywhere in that link that say the "wired looking car" is a Falcon

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Originally Posted by Paxton

What other car in the Ford stable could it be?

Mondeo?

Paxton · 13-08-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Peuty

Mondeo?

Could be, but the Police are mostly concerned about repairing their cars should their gut get in the way of the Steering Wheel, and they lose control of the car. Mondeo defeats that purpose, and isn't exactly powerful, nor can you get a Mondeo ST (XR5T) in Automatic.

GT69 · 13-08-2009, 05:56 PM

Im gunna LOL so hard if the Falcon becomes the new yank cop car. Especially if it (in the process) beats out the G8

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**Peuty** · 13-08-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Paxton

Could be, but the Police are mostly concerned about repairing their cars should their gut get in the way of the Steering Wheel, and they lose control of the car. Mondeo defeats that purpose, and isn't exactly powerful, nor can you get a Mondeo ST (XR5T) in Automatic.

More of a dig at Mondeos actually.

Paxton · 13-08-2009, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Peuty

More of a dig at Mondeos actually.

My mistake.

geehaa · 13-08-2009, 08:00 PM

Very nice - if true

Road_Warrior · 13-08-2009, 08:16 PM

All well and good to 'showcase' a Falcon to US Police forces, however, it still has one minor, insignificant hurdle to overcome first: it's not LHD.

Unless...Broady has been working on that little 'issue'...

phillyc · 13-08-2009, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by GT69

Im gunna LOL so hard if the Falcon becomes the new yank cop car. Especially if it (in the process) beats out the G8

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Yeah, there would be huge laughter from me!

There is a few interesting quotes on that forum by two users.
* One comment was showing GM how to do a proper RWD chassis and the weird Taurus mention.
* The other was the one about the new Mustang.

phillyc · 13-08-2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

All well and good to 'showcase' a Falcon to US Police forces, however, it still has one minor, insignificant hurdle to overcome first: it's not LHD.

Unless...Broady has been working on that little 'issue'...

How much to fit those 3 engines? $230M is alot coin. LHD?! Or expansion of plant for more output of the I6 with more upgrades.

Also, this link about 2011 Mustang engines is funny. Especially posts 24,25,26.

http://www.blueovalforums.com/forums...ic=34347&st=20

Wonder if that means I6 into F150?

Falc'man · 13-08-2009, 08:51 PM

And one thing leads to another... Mustang is as quick as an M3?

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/12/r...k-to-handle-5/

mcnamg · 13-08-2009, 10:24 PM

Wonder if the police demo car was fitted with the Coyote engine or the I6T?

Road_Warrior · 13-08-2009, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by phillyc

How much to fit those 3 engines? $230M is alot coin. LHD?! Or expansion of plant for more output of the I6 with more upgrades.

Also, this link about 2011 Mustang engines is funny. Especially posts 24,25,26.

http://www.blueovalforums.com/forums...ic=34347&st=20

Wonder if that means I6 into F150?

And that's something else I have been pondering and have posted about - $230M is a lot of coin considering they really only have to certify 2 engines (the LPG one is really factory fitment of an LPG kit to an existing engine). The bulk of the R&D costs for the diesel motor for Territory would have already been spent by now - soooo...what gives?

dom_105 · 13-08-2009, 11:27 PM

It seems that something is brewing here.

JPFS1 · 14-08-2009, 12:16 AM

230 million isn't much for 3 engines regardless if they 'appear' to be the same as previous versions or if R&D has been done because they're existing engines. The fact remains that they are new enough and different enough with first time application in this platform, that they all need most, if not all, of the various tests (crash, durability, NVH, systems development, emissions, shipping overseas etc) as a new platform.

ltd · 14-08-2009, 10:55 AM

There is no four door on sale that is made in the USA that looks anywhere near as good as the falcon, nor anything with as much power and the driving dynamics. Hopefully for ford aus this becomes a reality.

vztrt · 14-08-2009, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ltd

There is no four door on sale that is made in the USA that looks anywhere near as good as the falcon, nor anything with as much power and the driving dynamics. Hopefully for ford aus this becomes a reality.

Looks are subjective, remember the old bubble Taurus (the one they tried selling here) did really well over there......We should have exported the AU over there!!