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

[fps_grandma]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Ford you idiots we need a decent red, not another blue

That's why I bought a pristine white FGX XR6T.



Despite white being known as a common, conservative, easy to see and better resale colour I chose it for two reasons:

1) Contrasts with the new front and rear
2) Inspiration from white Commander colours in Gundam SEED (a Japanese anime):








The same inspiration when I start up my FGX XR6 Turbo

[csv8]

A green would be nice !!

[Road_Warrior]

Yeah they do need some new colours. The colours for the XR's especially are too bland.

[bionic2006xr6t]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Information from a thread in Show and Shine indicates the Aero will be another dark blue. Would rather it ne a Bionic style blue though.

Yes would have loved bionic to make a come back. In my opinion it's the best blue ford have offered in the last 15 years. Like the others have stated the colour range is boring and after some time at the dealership studying the new FGX in various colours I have come to the conclusion that some colours don't really suit the shape/stance. Victory gold is one that looks good in the photo's where the photographer takes extra care of how the light contrasts with the paint however was turned off myself when I saw one in the flesh. But everyone has different tastes!

Cheers Ryan

[galaxy xr8]

Originally Posted by csv8

A green would be nice !!

Yeah I’d like to see a nice metallic Green, like that of Envi or the Commodore Hothouse Green.

[335JET]

dont need another blue, Bring back Mars red, Envi(green), Viper(purple) possibly Octane as well.
im very happy with Kinetic, its my favorite Ford blue, another would be sensation.

[Professor Farnsworth]

the current colours are SO boring. I'm looking at maybe getting one for the mrs - we need Toxic, Bionic, Nitro, Rapid, Octane, DASH etc back

[Adamz Ghia]

I'd like Breeze to make a comeback. I'd be disappointed if I got one in a current colour and it came back afterwards...

[FPV-800]

Ford had a great range of colours in the BA / BF range, and even some in the FG range,but have really lost the plot in the FGX Falcons,they need to update there colour range now so that we could change our orders on XR8 before there built. I would not be happy if they changed the colour palet down the track. The other car manufactures have don't have decent colours either !!!

[Professor Farnsworth]

It'll be down to cheap staple colours that can easily be produced and managed. The fancier colours cost more to mix and therefore wouldn't suit their business model. Also they might trigger more interest and that also wouldn't suit their business model. Wait a second...

[Polyal]

Some colours just dont suit some shapes aswell.

The AU range didnt really have anything flashy other than perhaps Blueprint right at the end. But in saying that they still had a larger palette.

[Professor Farnsworth]

I chopped a whole lot of bright colours onto what we thought the fgx would look like prior to the reveal. Rapid looked awesome, and toxic. It's got a shape that could wear pretty much any colour. Angular boxy and sharp at the same time.

Agree about AU though

[Road_Warrior]

Just saw my second FG X in the wild, from my office 10th storey window no less. A Smoke XR6, looked like an unmarked Police vehicle. I looked out the window and subconsciously thought "hey that car looks a bit different" and then I realised "oh S*^t it's an FG X!!1!one

The drab colour hides it a bit but there's no mistaking that shape.

[Blem]

Should make them all beige...

[Bonn]

Was inside a shop yesterday and an FG X XR8 went past - and it looked like Nitro Blue!
Couldn't believe it, still cant..
It was being hit by post rain-storm late afternoon sun, so was it Kinetic under extreme light conditions???????

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by Bonn

Was inside a shop yesterday and an FG X XR8 went past - and it looked like Nitro Blue!
Couldn't believe it, still cant..
It was being hit by post rain-storm late afternoon sun, so was it Kinetic under extreme light conditions???????

Where were you? Couldn't have been this new 'aero blue' could it??

[DannyB]

Morning all. Is anyone aware of the next XR8 allocation being released? I paid a deposit early Nov and still waiting. Dealership seems to be in the dark as much as I am.

[Dissgrace]

Originally Posted by DannyB

Morning all. Is anyone aware of the next XR8 allocation being released? I paid a deposit early Nov and still waiting. Dealership seems to be in the dark as much as I am.

Spoke to my dealer yesterday and I quote, "Ford are putting out the allocations on Monday, so you will definitely have a delivery date Monday....ummmm Friday at the latest". Other threads have also said mid-feb for next allocations.

My confidence isn't high as I've been fed a number of lines since ordering in October. I've told the dealer he has til end of the month for a delivery date otherwise I'm going to HSV. I want the XR but 5montjs to get a delivery date is more than fair from my side.

[DannyB]

Originally Posted by Dissgrace

Spoke to my dealer yesterday and I quote, "Ford are putting out the allocations on Monday, so you will definitely have a delivery date Monday....ummmm Friday at the latest". Other threads have also said mid-feb for next allocations.

My confidence isn't high as I've been fed a number of lines since ordering in October. I've told the dealer he has til end of the month for a delivery date otherwise I'm going to HSV. I want the XR but 5montjs to get a delivery date is more than fair from my side.

Hard to disagree. I'm not sure I would be comfortable driving a HSV though.

[smiddy]

Originally Posted by DannyB

Morning all. Is anyone aware of the next XR8 allocation being released? I paid a deposit early Nov and still waiting. Dealership seems to be in the dark as much as I am.

Ispoke to my Syd dealer early in the week.i ordered min OCT he told me they should know soon,It is annoying waiting so long just to get a del date.

[bionic2006xr6t]

Originally Posted by Dissgrace

Spoke to my dealer yesterday and I quote, "Ford are putting out the allocations on Monday, so you will definitely have a delivery date Monday....ummmm Friday at the latest". Other threads have also said mid-feb for next allocations.

My confidence isn't high as I've been fed a number of lines since ordering in October. I've told the dealer he has til end of the month for a delivery date otherwise I'm going to HSV. I want the XR but 5montjs to get a delivery date is more than fair from my side.

I had a vin and build date before Christmas (ordered the 9th September) and an ETA. Car status whent offline in the factory as there was a hold up and the car was finally finished on the 9th February and moved to the holding yard. My dealer emailed ford Friday to enquire why it wasn't in transit already and was told my car had been randomly selected for further QC. What ever this intails. He tried to hassle the transport mob to get it but ford won't let it go anywhere until this so called QC is done. All up the car was finished 12day past its original build date and the ETA has now been pushed out/changed 3 times. The dealer doesn't expect to see the car until the end of the month. It's getting beyond a joke. The only good thing is I missed out on the price rise.

Cheers Ryan

[LASTXR]

Ordered my XR8 last Sep.
My dealership was straight upfront with me. They said they wont be able
to tell me or do anything till they get there second allocation around March-
April 2015
Got an email last week saying they get there allocation on the 16th Feb so should
know more next week

[BENT_8]

Originally Posted by bionic2006xr6t

My dealer emailed ford Friday to enquire why it wasn't in transit already and was told my car had been randomly selected for further QC. What ever this intails. He tried to hassle the transport mob to get it but ford won't let it go anywhere until this so called QC is done.

Cheers Ryan

They'll probably just have technicians crawling all over it, opening and closing everything repeatedly, starting it up and switching it off, putting it in and out of gears, static turns of the steering wheel and tyres, suspension components etc.
Aircon on and off, etc. etc.

Then it may be put through simulated on road testing, quite likely pushed beyond anything you will ever give it.

Apart from that it should be fine, it has a warranty for peace of mind.

Or not....

[tweeked]

Originally Posted by BENT_8

Then it may be put through simulated on road testing, quite likely pushed beyond anything you will ever give it.

Apart from that it should be fine, it has a warranty for peace of mind.

Or not....

Scaremongering much? Or do you know this for a fact?

[BENT_8]

Originally Posted by tweeked

Scaremongering much? Or do you know this for a fact?

How do you test somethings quality and to what extent does it take 2 weeks...

You use it, repeatedly.

I have lived around the Holdens plant at Elizabeth my whole life, the test track around the back and the sight of an SS at full noise sideways as they come onto the back straight along Kettering Rd.

Back in the 90's a mate was given a DCM for taking us all for joy rides in the as yet not released VP Commodore.
They used to give them to employees to take for a 150k real world test..

Im not familiar with Fords QC testing, but the thought of my new car being subject to anymore man handling than is necessary is less than comforting.

Each to their own I guess.

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by BENT_8

They'll probably just have technicians crawling all over it, opening and closing everything repeatedly, starting it up and switching it off, putting it in and out of gears, static turns of the steering wheel and tyres, suspension components etc.
Aircon on and off, etc. etc.

Then it may be put through simulated on road testing, quite likely pushed beyond anything you will ever give it.

Apart from that it should be fine, it has a warranty for peace of mind.

Or not....

The only 'road testing' at the plant is a 60m wobble road with a hairpin at the other end. Slow speed stuff.

[maylandsman]

Originally Posted by FG2-XR6

Ordered my XR8 last Sep.
Got an email last week saying they get there allocation on the 16th Feb so should
know more next week

Correct weight.
Dealers that tell you they are in the dark are full of it and quite simply not being up front/realistic with you.

[LASTXR]

Originally Posted by maylandsman

Correct weight.
Dealers that tell you they are in the dark are full of it and quite simply not being up front/realistic with you.

If that's what you believe, so be it.
How's your car going.
Have you got it yet

Will let you know what happens with mine next week
& I think, so will a lot of others on here.

[BENT_8]

Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

The only 'road testing' at the plant is a 60m wobble road with a hairpin at the other end. Slow speed stuff.

I know our road network is in dire need of maintenance but I cant think for the life of me where there is a wobble road for everyday motorists.
That would leave me under the impression that testing a blokes new car on one would be going beyond normal driving conditions.

Mind you, its only repeated severe shock travel, spring compression, chassis twisting and bush strain at play so its not all bad.

[Dissgrace]

Originally Posted by DannyB

Hard to disagree. I'm not sure I would be comfortable driving a HSV though.

Only 2 choices for Aussie v8s so Clubsport is the only alternative, and more importantly is immediate delivery. As long as I get a delivery date in the next 14 days it will all be sweet and I'll have my XR.