FG X, The Last EVER Falcon - Picture & Discussion Thread - Page 19

the_scotsman · 08-11-2013, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kaniSS

Also look at the petrol cap, the black pillar and door handles it looks exactly like the new Mondeo. The lights look a bit puffed up like they have different lights over the actual light below it. These lights could even be the new falcon lights they remind me of an FG.

Yea, the lights are very much FG. Which is why I don't think it is the Mondeo.

GTP534 · 08-11-2013, 07:06 PM

Wait, ..... it's the 4-door Mustang!! LOL!

In a more serious vein, to me it looks like the Lincoln.

Kayos · 08-11-2013, 07:09 PM

Only one pic?? just spare me and get it over with!!

Why LHD if it is a falcon, that roofline hhhhmmmm?

FPV GTHO · 08-11-2013, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by the_scotsman

Yea, the lights are very much FG. Which is why I don't think it is the Mondeo.

I can't see any FG resemblance. The lenses to me look blocky, particularly the reverse/blinker lenses which only remind me of the current Taurus rear end. But this has too much of a swept roofline for that IMO.

the_scotsman · 08-11-2013, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by FPV GTHO

I can't see any FG resemblance. The lenses to me look blocky, particularly the reverse/blinker lenses which only remind me of the current Taurus rear end. But this has too much of a swept roofline for that IMO.

This pic shows it better. It has the same outline.

usernametaken · 08-11-2013, 07:44 PM

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FPV GTHO · 08-11-2013, 07:53 PM

I can kinda see what you mean but I do t think its FG by any means. There's the bit underneath where its a bit drooped down but several Fords have that now, like Territory and Explorer. The top edge though IMO is too straight, and because of that there's no sharp point in the lower left hand corner.

But still some people reckon it's a hatch, the door profiles are completely wrong and it's LHD, so I don't think it's got anything to do with FG/Falcon.

Kayos · 08-11-2013, 07:54 PM

I'm not a graphic artist but me thinks FH....

Nikked · 08-11-2013, 08:04 PM

Its not a Mondeo or Lincoln MKZ, wrong shape, wrong lines...

My guess is that its a 2014 Ford escort, developed right here in Australia for the Chinese market, based off a Focus...looks about the right proportions...

Nikked · 08-11-2013, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Kayos

I'm not a graphic artist but me thinks FH....

Nope, the camo'd car has totally different doors, something that the FU won't have...and its LHD

Kayos · 08-11-2013, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikked

Nope, the camo'd car has totally different doors, something that the FU won't have...and its LHD

Why would ford keep the doors for the FU? I know it's LHD as stated previously, so why is Vic doing R&D on a o/s car that will be built somewhere else or sold on the other side of the world..

Joe5619 · 08-11-2013, 08:14 PM

Looks a bit large for anything off the Focus platform??

Nikked · 08-11-2013, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Kayos

Why would ford keep the doors for the FU? I know it's LHD as stated previously, so why is Vic doing R&D on a o/s car that will be built somewhere else or sold on the other side of the world..

FU is not a new car, its an update like what the BA was to the AU.

TC200six · 08-11-2013, 08:22 PM

The biggest clue would be the wheels. Unfortunately in the second pic, the wheels are obstructed.

Does anyone recognise the wheels? It reminded me of the wheels I've seen on a Honda, but a Google search proved me wrong.

Kayos · 08-11-2013, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikked

FU is not a new car, its an update like what the BA was to the AU.

mondeo doors... seem like we have a winner, the next mondeo

TC200six · 08-11-2013, 08:32 PM

I was thinking it could be a test mule of a Fusion/Mondeo with some minor updates.

FPV GTHO · 08-11-2013, 08:33 PM

New doors cost $50m+ to develop each, so are one of the least often updated items.

Nikked · 08-11-2013, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Kayos

mondeo doors... seem like we have a winner, the next mondeo

Wrong doors and door shut lines again...

TC200six · 08-11-2013, 08:39 PM

Compare the two.

**Fordman1** · 08-11-2013, 08:46 PM

It's not Mondeo.

Too much difference.

Door handles, fuel hatch placement, B pillar thickness.

I bet it's an Asian derivative of the CD platform.

Chinese CD4 ? Or Escort ?

GTP534 · 08-11-2013, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikked

Its not a Mondeo or Lincoln MKZ, wrong shape, wrong lines...

My guess is that its a 2014 Ford escort, developed right here in Australia for the Chinese market, based off a Focus...looks about the right proportions...

Hi Nikked,

It seems to have more cues coinciding with the Lincoln from the previous page. For example, the door handles, the swage line near the front wheel arches.

And in the photo posted by TC200six there is a hidden outline of a small window behind the door frame trim.

Anyway, it's good to read everyone's take on it. It would be good to eventually find out what it is!

**Fordman1** · 08-11-2013, 08:54 PM

Australia is involved in developing CD platforms in China, why camo a Mondeo or Fusion ?

It's something for that Asian market if the driver was sitting in the Left front seat

Nikked · 08-11-2013, 09:06 PM

I would put my money on the Escort (that's if they will call it that, might only be for the concept). It is designed and engineered here, due next year and there would be evaluation mules out and about. Given Australia's direct involvement in the project, it would come as no surprise that we would see a mule here...

**Fordman1** · 08-11-2013, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikked

I would put my money on the Escort (that's if they will call it that, might only be for the concept). It is designed and engineered here, due next near and there would be evaluation mules out there. Given Australia's direct involvement in the project, it would come as no surprise that we would see a mule here...

Yep 'Escort' is a stretched Focus (with a new body) so it can't be anything else IMO.

Australian Engineered, tested, sold in China.

warpsp33d · 08-11-2013, 09:36 PM

I was just trying to think of which concept I'd seen that looks a bit like that.

It's the Escort and the China version of the Fiesta Sedan.

http://www.carnewschina.com/wp-conte...pt-china-2.jpg
http://www.carnewschina.com/wp-conte...pt-china-3.jpg

http://i72.servimg.com/u/f72/12/52/93/28/fiesta13.jpg

bangm001 · 08-11-2013, 09:44 PM

Its fords new export program for the falcon which will keep ford in Australia!!! Woo HOOO!! (ahhh if only...)...

1TUFFUTE · 09-11-2013, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by barra240t

I gave it a go, put it in photoshop thread too, I'm still learning it all

image

I reckon that front end would look awesome going back to a coupe shape

Lardman · 09-11-2013, 02:37 PM

The mirrors look like current FG items FWIW

NX74205 · 09-11-2013, 03:40 PM

I think we can safely say that the mystery car is not a Ford at all, but the new Hyundai Genesis:

It was also spotted at the Nordschleiffe.

http://instagram.com/p/gdJAEXrleR/#

**Fordman1** · 09-11-2013, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by NX74205

I think we can safely say that the mystery car is not a Ford at all, but the new Hyundai Genesis:

image

It was also spotted at the Nordschleiffe.

http://instagram.com/p/gdJAEXrleR/#

Nope it's a Ford...