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04-08-2014, 06:53 PM | #6931 | |||
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04-08-2014, 06:54 PM | #6932 | ||
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you are a nuff, nuff Give it up dude, people are entitled to their opinions, you don't have to agree with them, they don't have to agree with you but funnily enough it will always be in "Eye Of The Beholder"..... |
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04-08-2014, 07:15 PM | #6933 | |||
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Ok. BTW, "eye of the beholder" is mostly used when people see a couple where one is CLEARLY and OBJECTIVELY batting above their average. That saying is used to explain how that person could possibly find that other person attractive. The FH rear is not an offensive design. My attack was on people calling it ugly. It is not. That IS factual.
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04-08-2014, 07:19 PM | #6934 | ||
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If it's not too much to ask, could we please get back to the thread topic ?
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04-08-2014, 07:35 PM | #6935 | |||
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04-08-2014, 07:37 PM | #6936 | ||
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I'm really going to miss waitiing and then finally seeing the new falcon every few years :(
It was always exiting to me just wondering how it will look. I have to say I love the new look of the last Falcon |
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04-08-2014, 08:02 PM | #6937 | |||
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04-08-2014, 08:07 PM | #6938 | ||
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Sorry, but I take issue with this statement. While I personally find the new design quite beautiful, I think it would be arrogant to state that my views on the design are factual, objective and final. Some people may well find it to be quite ugly- and that's their view. There are no facts. You can't "prove" that it's good looking. It's just something you interpret personally. Particularly given some of the poor angles we've been given thus far, you can't blame some people for not being instant fans. It's not because they love their FG so much or because they're undercover Holden fans as you have suggested. Just give them time, many will come around.
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04-08-2014, 08:13 PM | #6939 | ||
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True, looks are a completely subjective thing. I think the rear shots we've seen so far are pretty average, I wouldn't go as far as saying ugly, but I don't think it's a pretty rear end.
The front end on the other hand... all sorts of hot. I hope the higher end models with spoilers/diffusers make it a bit more interesting at the back. Despite the looks, I think this car will feel old. I noticed in the feature list one of my most unfavorite things about my FG; one touch down driver's window only. How about one touch up and down all windows, how hard can that sort of feature be to implement?? |
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04-08-2014, 08:20 PM | #6940 | |||
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Anxiously waiting to see the interior but by the looks of things even a heavy rework of the basic FG interior will struggle to best Holdens mammoth (and best in their entire history imo) effort... |
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04-08-2014, 08:38 PM | #6943 | ||
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04-08-2014, 08:41 PM | #6944 | ||
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More like 2 thumbs up and give it some jandal for the fans!
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04-08-2014, 08:49 PM | #6945 | ||
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04-08-2014, 08:51 PM | #6946 | ||
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As for the tail lights level 1/2/3, I did notice the G6E has a more "smoked" appearance in the tail lights.
Level 1 - XT (like FG had XT-specific tail lights)? Level 2 - XR6 N/A? Level 3 - XR6T, XR8, G6E? (LED strip) Most of us love the front, but it's the rear that's caused some "heavy" discussion.
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04-08-2014, 08:53 PM | #6947 | ||
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See post 6945
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04-08-2014, 08:55 PM | #6948 | ||
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I just noticed that there was an FG behind the new front/side picture of the silver one. Good little comparo.
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04-08-2014, 09:23 PM | #6949 | ||
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There were a couple of pictures taken by Spyman earlier in the thread. It will remain essentially unchanged from the FGII, unfortunately.
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04-08-2014, 09:33 PM | #6950 | |||
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04-08-2014, 09:38 PM | #6951 | ||
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Thats going to be the decider for me if I do or don't buy one hope they do enough to make it feel and look new
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04-08-2014, 09:40 PM | #6952 | ||
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I am 6'4" and just want to be able to put my legs under the steering wheel, and not have to drive with the wheel between my knees :(
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04-08-2014, 10:47 PM | #6953 | ||
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I'm 5'10" and I wish for the same. Probably the worst driving position of any car I've ever sat in. I drive my wife's Golf GTI occasionally just to remind myself what it should be like.
Unfortunately I can't see it being any different in the new Falcon. |
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04-08-2014, 10:50 PM | #6954 | ||||
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edit: It would be nice if the wheel went a little bit higher but it's hardly going to stop me buying one |
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05-08-2014, 12:03 AM | #6955 | |||
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I've driven a few FGs and noticed it was a little improved though, but imagine the last Falcon to be the same. Curious what the steering wheel will look like though (if changed at all).
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05-08-2014, 12:35 AM | #6956 | ||
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05-08-2014, 12:48 AM | #6957 | ||
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Credit where credit is due from what I've seen so far. The Aussie design team had to work to within a very strict budget with a clear set of directives from the top brass back in the good old U.S of A that the last Falcon had to adopt the corporate face in preparation for what is to come next for the Aussie market. They weren't given a blank sheet of paper and told the floor is yours, show us what you've got. When you take all that into consideration, I for one think that have done an exceptional job given the various constraints they had before them. Case in point is the 3 Photoshops of the G6E with the XR grill above, now that is one smicko looking Falcon.
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05-08-2014, 01:21 AM | #6958 | |||
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05-08-2014, 01:35 AM | #6959 | ||
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Never forget Geoff Polites I wonder how different things would be if he were still alive and in charge.
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05-08-2014, 04:38 AM | #6960 | ||
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Imagine what Ford Aus could have done with a New Falcon if they had a clean sheet, time on their side and the serious backing from Ford USA to do an all new wheels up Falcon this time around. Their efforts recently have been amazing. It's just unfortunate that our falcon does not appeal to other counties tastes as to survive in today's climate ya need to sell large volumes world wide. Unfortuneatly to spend a billion dollars to develop and make an Aus only car does not add up in anyone's books. All that said this is one great effort from all involved. Falcon is defiantly going out on top in the looks department compared to the commodore.
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