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Old 03-07-2014, 05:45 PM   #5101
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Hot chilli red or Vixen please.
For some reason Ford have just discontinued Vixen.
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Old 03-07-2014, 05:53 PM   #5102
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Discontinuations generally happen in the lead up to a new colour and there are usually a small batch of pilot builds in that colour released before the colour comes on stream properly.

I have to agree that the current colour palette doesn't offer a lot of excitement with the four mainstays mentioned above having been around a l-o-n-g time now. We went through the Tezza choices when considering a replacement for the current one and there wasn't anything that screamed at me from an appeal perspective.

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Shockwave was brilliant once they worked out how to make it stick to the car...
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Old 03-07-2014, 07:08 PM   #5104
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That new bronze is my fave... Just don't try ordering an xr6 in it!
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Old 03-07-2014, 09:13 PM   #5106
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Old 03-07-2014, 09:37 PM   #5107
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Funny how just fine tuning the grill can turn an angry looking car into a happy one. I think I like angry I hope its close to the white bum. Looks the best out of the 2



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Would anyone hazard a guess at how many automatic gear boxes they are allocating for the last model?
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Would anyone hazard a guess at how many automatic gear boxes they are allocating for the last model?
1200 was mentioned in the XR8 thread.




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Breeze velocity and that mettalic gokden ba xr colour. ( not acid rush)
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..............waiting for someone to say 'one per car'..........
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Old 03-07-2014, 11:38 PM   #5112
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Breeze velocity and that mettalic gokden ba xr colour. ( not acid rush)
That ba gold pee pee colour is imo one of the worst ford colours of all time
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Blueprint was the "hero" colour for AU T3's,it was a carry over on ba's and hardly a hero colour by then.
Can't agree there.

Blueprint was definitely a hero colour for the BA model and proved to be incredibly popular.

Hardly see any blueprint AU3 models (XR or T3s), but in BA guise there are plenty and it's still a fantastic looking colour IMHO.
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Hope they bring back Hot Chili Red
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Can't agree there.

Blueprint was definitely a hero colour for the BA model and proved to be incredibly popular.

Hardly see any blueprint AU3 models (XR or T3s), but in BA guise there are plenty and it's still a fantastic looking colour IMHO.
Point taken.
Imo though it dated very quickly, and would be a mistake to being back.
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I think you also have to factor in that the shape of the FG doesnt lend itself that well to outrageous colours. The B series did that ok because it was a bit more in your face "brick style". Where the FG is a bit more rounded and "classy", IMO the same reason why the AU never had crazy colours.

This looks like it has a bit more stance than the FG, so it should be able to carry stronger colours but even then the trend at the moment seems to be for complex metallic/pearls.

Hopefully atleast one flat bright colour comes through.
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I like the Mandarine I think its call, was only on the BA and didn't last long, I love Octane but Mandarine was an awesome bright orange.....

Only seen one T3 in Blueprint and was a great colour on it.

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Mandarin is nice, pity the bumpers were not made of steel too...LOL
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Pity the painted faded easy as well...
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abit more info from a memeber of the ford trade club,
he basically told me they are using territory headlight body's with a different set up inside, rear lights look like DB7 tail lights from aston martin,
also told me they might be introducing some retro falcons like the way holden done with there HDT' range in the VE's...
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abit more info from a memeber of the ford trade club,
he basically told me they are using territory headlight body's with a different set up inside, rear lights look like DB7 tail lights from aston martin,
also told me they might be introducing some retro falcons like the way holden done with there HDT' range in the VE's...
Holden didn't do it. Hdt has no links to Holden anymore
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hey, you just made my car look a lot different to when i looked at it last night
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I like the overall look, but in some of the photoshops the nose is looking very "heavy", I hope it is not so far out from the wheels and "heavy" looking. (if that makes sense).

ie. this one for one:

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hey, you just made my car look a lot different to when i looked at it last night
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Is it just me or those ones done in Black are just mean as!!!

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I say bring back Calypso Green and Wild Violet matched with white interior
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