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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ACT
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Wasn't the BA designation short for the project name "Barra"?
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ĕm-bär'gō? 2016
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 680
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The next gen won't be BB.
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Peter Car
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: geelong
Posts: 23,145
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Don't expect sheetmetal changes, just a thourough re-engineering job and a slightly different look. This will be the last upgrade before Orion in 2007.
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#34 | ||
Missing the boost :(
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 671
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do you guys rekon its possible it may not even be a B? maybe another
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Dual O2 sensors
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisneyworld
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So hold on... if the new falcon is called Orion... we can expect the 2007 falcon to be called the OR Falcon?
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#36 | ||
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Ok, I been meaning to start a thread on this for a while.
I live in Alice Springs and there are a whole contingent of these test Falcons here at the moment (along with a few other more-disguised models whose manufacturer I haven't determined yet - it's that time of year ![]() I found their 'out of the way' base that they're operating out of where the cars are stored and worked on etc. I been doing a few runs out the North road (ie. Stuart Hwy) and the Tanami Road (where they hang out and do most/all of their testing) equipped with full tank of fuel and binoculars lol. Here's the best I've been able to see of what cars are here so far (or at least what they're disguised as lol): (NB. All BA's or BA Mk2's with Car Bras) 1) Blue GT (or GT-P) sedan - Mk 2 2) Blue ute 3) Orange/Red sedan (XR8 I think) 4) White ute (I thought an AU3 Pursuit 250 at first but it must be a BA - maybe it's a BA Pursuit - only saw a glance from the rear) 5) Support vehicle - black chassis cab ute with custom built back full of cabinets/draws with tools. parts and whatever 6) Grey ute (can't remember if there was a bonnet bulge) 7) Maybe a grey sedan with a bulge I think (only glanced from the front though so it might of been the above ute) 8) Red sedan - F6 Typhoon!! - this was interesting - saw it kinda close up at Repco - saw some sorta data-logger or whatever mounted on the dash and in the rear of the cabin it was fitted with a pretty solid looking roll-cage! (Kinda implies some high performance testing ;) This level of testing is not for just something minor/cosmetic - there are some mechanical changes going on. One person swears he saw the Typhoon floor it driving through town and reckons all 4 wheels spun - combined with what I heard about Ford and Mitsubishi entering a technology sharing agreement kinda puts the 4WD Falcon rumor into my head - hmmm. I also heard rumors of a future performance V8 Falcon - ie. supercharged! I must try to get more info. On my next day off work I'll go 'Falcon hunting' out North again ![]() More info will be posted as I find it out. Steve. Last edited by Steve_T; 09-02-2005 at 02:22 AM. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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damn steve thats definately a detailed report...now wheres the pics!!!
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#38 | ||
Once shy... twice bitten
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: 7-11
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they make them here, and you guys get all the action up there wtf is with that!
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Well, pics depend on money and/or the ownership of digital cameras - two areas in which I am severly lacking right now :-/ But ya never know - I may be able to arrange something given a coupla days/weeks (or given a late Christmas pressy from one of you guys like an Olympus E-300 with a long zoom lens ;-)
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Next upgraded Mk1 Leopard
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Once more with feeling
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: WWW
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Sounds very interesting, but a little disappointed they may not be changing the centre section of the BA shape. It's not ‘that’ bad, but it's definitely the most visually challenging aspect of the cars presentation. I guess you can't have everything all the time :(
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Proud Owner of a T 2TL50.
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Werribee
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Perhaps it will be BO, for Bloody Overweight?
BW? Brakes Warped? BQ? Bodgy Quality? BD? Broken Diff? BC? Bad Clutch? BS? Bloody Slow? BA? Bloody Awsome?
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