This was the original AU Falcon launch commercial.
This commercial is quite strange to me. Usually, a car company will pick a flagship model to fully showcase the vehicle, but for some reason, they used the base model Forte sedan for this commercial. Even weirder, they depict the Forte having
IRS, which was actually a factory option, but how many people or fleet managers paid the extra $1400 for
IRS on a Forte, which also required the $990
ABS option?
The above would be the equivalent of Ford using the XL single cab chassis Ranger with an alloy tray to advertise the Ranger today..................yeah, because they would rather sell low profit povo models over the overpriced show ponies. Different times, or just another example of Ford's lack of awareness when it came to the AU Falcon and how the public perceived it?
I was only just getting into cars when the AU Falcon launched and have very little recognition of this commercial at the time. However, I do remember it being used as an into to the documentary they funded for the 75th Anniversary of Ford Australia. Same for the XR6 commercial in the opening post. Watched that DVD many, many times.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/33502069...oZwEOMF1d-qEHy
