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12-06-2014, 11:27 AM | #4171 | ||
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LOL. So my original sketch back in February looks 100% accurate so far! HA HA
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12-06-2014, 11:34 AM | #4172 | ||
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The overall shape of the headlights in Nikked's attempt is closer, but rocket scientist has the upper grille and foglights nailed IMO.
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12-06-2014, 01:04 PM | #4173 | ||
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I like Nikkid's because it looks less like a cartoon character.
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13-06-2014, 08:40 AM | #4174 | ||||
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Ford's born-again Falcon XR8 to get 335kW http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...257CF30027BDBA 10 June 2014 By RON HAMMERTON Go-Auto Quote:
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13-06-2014, 09:34 AM | #4177 | ||
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With the 335 KW XR8 - Imagine how (even more) stupid SS Commondoor buyers will look now !!! (with their 6L 260/270 Kw - which Ford had with the smaller BA 5.4L XR8 from 2002 !)
I just hope Ford put decent brakes under it (at least 355/330mm (F/R) and decent performance alloy calipers), with Sharp Pricing... close to the XR6T / SS. |
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13-06-2014, 09:37 AM | #4178 | ||
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13-06-2014, 10:01 AM | #4179 | ||
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XR8 and XR8 Limited?
Or in keeping with their beloved "global" trend, perhaps an XR8 ST? Sent from my HTC_PO582 using Tapatalk |
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13-06-2014, 10:23 AM | #4180 | |||
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13-06-2014, 10:33 AM | #4181 | ||
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Should their be a "handling option" on the XR8 ... just for fun ?
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13-06-2014, 10:57 AM | #4182 | ||
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Do you want barge handling, or a spritely fishing boat handling package
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13-06-2014, 11:09 AM | #4183 | ||
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Chev powered SS's weren't quicker than XR8 that was just the journos consensus. Use to smoke SS's in my fg.
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13-06-2014, 11:27 AM | #4184 | ||
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13-06-2014, 11:39 AM | #4186 | ||
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Quote Martini Josh "Do you want barge handling, or a spritely fishing boat handling package"
--- LOL, but the FPVs are not that bad as long as things are smooth, but yes throw in a bumpy corner entry and the front struggles. But getting on the gas past 4000rpm much can be forgiven about entry. But for some of us over-powered rear drivers are the go for jollies, we have an R56 Cooper S too, and it can be quite fun and also slides quite readily but the fun is just not the same as feeling a huge amount of power torturing rear tyres. And if you really want to go hard it comes down to the driver anyway, and I will give any bum dragger a good run for their money I assure you :-) Only one has managed to surprise me and that was a Cooper S up Cunningham pass with a driver that was having a go and knew what he was doing thus actually had the balls to push hard enough to use the spriteliness of it on entry but by 40 metres out of the corner I was ready to run him over. We gave each other a good thumbs up about 10km later when we pulled alongside each other on the highway, he must have been near 50 years old, but from the way he drove etc. I reckon he must have used that Cooper or something in tarmac hillclimbs or had some sort of motorsport experience. I think we both enjoyed our little fang, but I don't think he expected a Falcon to stick with him through that tight and tortous little strip of bitumen that is the climb up Cunningham Gap, coming from Strath Creek towards Broadford direction. Is tighter and steeper than most of Brisbane/GC/SC's fang roads. Funnily enough I did Kenilworth, Melany again earlier this week. Even those of us that also enjoy smaller, lighter sports cars, we generally choose the few RWD cars that also fit that bill, our RX8 was an absolutely awesome twisty tight road car to drive, just brilliant. My ideal is a 911 GT3 or Cayman S for example, I had a GT3 for a few days and my recommendation to anyone that likes to drive hard from time to time, do not drive a 911 of any sort or you will be ruined for life, I know I am and thus I have to have a recent model 911 at some stage in my future, nothing else will suffice.
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13-06-2014, 11:41 AM | #4187 | ||
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13-06-2014, 11:56 AM | #4188 | ||
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Don't feed the troll.
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13-06-2014, 12:25 PM | #4189 | ||
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Up until FG. The 290 XR8 held its own in a straight line against the VE, although it still had the down low grunt deficit that the Boss had from day one so the LS cars were generally reviewed better. In one review (I think it was Drive) the FG XR8 recorded a quicker 0-100 time than the VE SS, yet they still criticised the XR8 for being slow. B series, I will agree they were slow. They advertised 260 but felt like 200, a modern day 195kw XR6T will keep a B series XR8 honest. So I was surprised at how much I enjoyed driving the FG XR8. Sure it wasn't as quick as the XR6T or as nimble as the SS, but in isolation they were still a nice thing to drive and I think the XR6T's outright pace blinded a lot of people into not even considering the XR8, then it got edged out by the 6L cars in most reviews and suddenly it's a bad car when it really wasn't.
I'm super excited about the possibility of a 335 XR8 Sprint. Hopefully they don't wait until 2016 to release it though. |
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13-06-2014, 12:41 PM | #4191 | ||
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13-06-2014, 12:45 PM | #4192 | ||
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Troll should change his/her sig to "Too many girly hatchbacks".
Oh wait... EDIT: Also @ Adrenaline - you must've driven some bad examples of previous XR8s then. My BA II XR8 with diff gears and exhaust dyno'd at 225rwkw feels almost as powerful (doesn't handle or stop as good though!) as a mate's FG F6 310. Definitely faster than my brother's VE SSV, having driven all three the BA represents good value (currently 50% cost of VE SSV, 25-30% cost of F6). Last edited by Alan D Segal; 13-06-2014 at 12:51 PM. |
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13-06-2014, 12:52 PM | #4193 | ||
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I think he was just referring to the stigma the XR8 copped as being front heavy.
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13-06-2014, 12:56 PM | #4194 | ||
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13-06-2014, 01:08 PM | #4196 | ||
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They're not running 4 cylinders at WOT
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13-06-2014, 01:18 PM | #4197 | |||
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13-06-2014, 01:28 PM | #4198 | ||
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BA XR8 with a couple of mods feeling as quick as an FG F6. Now I've heard it all !
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13-06-2014, 01:39 PM | #4199 | ||
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Do you think ford australia would have a sense of humour.. how funny would it be at the new model launch to have the new model under a large cover. Then unveil the car to reveal an AU falcon?
then to a stunned crowd unveil the real new model. |
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13-06-2014, 01:45 PM | #4200 | |||
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The sound of the Boss probably adds 20rwkw to the sensation of power I would say...
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