Something trivial with the new FPV Range!!??!

RedHotGT · 02-08-2008, 02:12 PM

Hey Guys,

Just something trivial that I just thought about with the FG FPV range.
I was flicking thru the latest Motor Mag, and there is a test between the GT-E, the Senator, and the 300C SRT8...

I was looking at the photos, and I'm still getting used to the FPV badges on the front and rear, and the fact that the FPV range was NOT going to carry a FORD badge on them basically at all...

Then I looked at the Steering wheel of the GT-E...
And there it was... the FORD logo...

Now, I went and looked at the logo on the Senator, and sure enough its the HSV logo, and not the Holden lion...

Isn't it strange that they've deleted all Ford badges, symbols, etc and replaced the major badges (nose and tail) with FPV badges (that are incidently the same shape as the Blue Ford Logo)... but they haven't bothered to change the one on the steering wheel??

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I know its a small thing, but I would have thought that if you were going to make a change on the car, like delete ford badges, then wouldn't you delete them all??

Your thoughts anyone????

manny_papa · 02-08-2008, 02:46 PM

At the end of the day its a ford?

**TUF_302** · 02-08-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by manny_papa

At the end of the day its a ford?

Sure is! thats how you get a FORD Performance vehicle isn't it!

mikestp · 02-08-2008, 03:00 PM

I wouldn't get too upset about it mate

Smoke Pursuit · 02-08-2008, 03:50 PM

Its a dumb idea but it costs money to get badges made, and FPV just couldnt afford that extra $2.50 for the steering wheel, plus they were worried that the guys fitting them would scratch the airbag cover removing the old one.. which wouldnt look that good!

Rodp · 02-08-2008, 04:35 PM

I guess it's easier to not put badges on a car than it is to have wheels ordered in without a Ford badge. Perhaps an oversight, perhaps on purpose, perhaps a cost issue. I don't think there's too many people that religiously read here that could answer that with any authority.

Well spotted though.

Penko · 02-08-2008, 04:59 PM

I dont see the problem with it, after all it is a Ford.

BMW M class still use BMW badges especially on the steering wheel.
AMG Mercs Still have the Merc badge on the steering wheel.

Some may argue that both the M series and AMG series are still very close to the parent compaines, but i'm gonna go against the crowd and say i prefer the ford badge on the steering wheel and the FPV badges on the outside. After all there is more racing heritage under the Ford badge than the FPV badge.

Cheers.

troppo · 02-08-2008, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by loftie

and the fact that the FPV range was NOT going to carry a FORD badge on them basically at all...

I didn't know that. It's only a minor problem as said already but it does seem odd considering they have made an effort to replace all Ford badging with FPV badging, yet forgot the steering wheel badge which WAS replaced (or more accurately, covered) with FPV badging on previous models.

snappy · 02-08-2008, 06:54 PM

I read some where that ford did not want them to badge them fpv.
But ford only owns 49% of fpv .
So at the end of the day it was fpv's call .

Stefan · 02-08-2008, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by troppo

I didn't know that. It's only a minor problem as said already but it does seem odd considering they have made an effort to replace all Ford badging with FPV badging, yet forgot the steering wheel badge which WAS replaced (or more accurately, covered) with FPV badging on previous models.

Which model has an FPV steering wheel badge? My BFGT has a FORD one!

XR6_190 · 02-08-2008, 09:30 PM

It could be a lot worse. The 'HSV' Astra VXR still has the Opel badges on the steering wheel, my bet would be that most ordinary Aussie punters wouldn't even know what an Opel was

ieatsports_cars · 02-08-2008, 10:12 PM

if ford owns 49 % of fpv then who owns the rest of FPV ?

Sloth · 02-08-2008, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ieatsports_cars

if ford owns 49 % of fpv then who owns the rest of FPV ?

Prodrive.

http://www.prodrive.com/

Jayden · 03-08-2008, 04:39 PM

The whole steering wheel should have been FPV IMO.

anyway, i agree it should have been an FPV badge. Minor detail, but details matter.

freaky · 04-08-2008, 09:22 AM

I think its due to the fact they are using the same wheel in the FPVs as is standard in the XR cars now.

FPV BF1 cars had the option of the chunky wheel, which then became standard with BF2. It was one more point of differentiation which has dissapeared now.

Bossxr8 · 04-08-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by freaky

I think its due to the fact they are using the same wheel in the FPVs as is standard in the XR cars now.

FPV BF1 cars had the option of the chunky wheel, which then became standard with BF2. It was one more point of differentiation which has dissapeared now.

The chunky FPV was optional on the XR's though. Originally it was different because it had a little FPV badge in the bottom spoke, but once the BF came around it was no longer there, it was identical to the one you could get in the XR's.