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17-03-2015, 10:18 AM | #12571 | |||
Loving my '335' kW!
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17-03-2015, 08:51 PM | #12572 | ||
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18-03-2015, 09:14 AM | #12573 | ||
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Just put a deposit down on a Winter White XR8 manual due for delivery in October. Dealer printed off his allocation list and said you can pick from the 8 cars left out of the 10 he was allocated. Heartland Ford in Sydney still has 1 manual in Shadow and 6 autos with a Kinetic being one of the due in November if anyone is interested.
Sharda is the bloke I bought from, they're not budging on the RRP but they're able to give you the build number as you put your deposit down. Might be a tad excited.
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18-03-2015, 09:22 AM | #12574 | |||
Loving my '335' kW!
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18-03-2015, 03:05 PM | #12575 | ||
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My local Ford dealer has 2 XR6's and heaps of 2014 Plate Territories plus lotas Euro Fords. on the lot...
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19-03-2015, 11:19 AM | #12576 | ||
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Just seen a fully disguised FGX in the city, quad exhaust and bonnet bulge but covered in thick black camo front and back.
What could it be ? The final hipo Turbo edition perhaps ?
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19-03-2015, 12:01 PM | #12577 | ||
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19-03-2015, 12:27 PM | #12578 | ||
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Agree, although possible decoy ? Couldn't hear the engine note though !
Def caught my eye as the camo made it stand out more than no camo...
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19-03-2015, 12:30 PM | #12579 | ||
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19-03-2015, 12:38 PM | #12580 | ||
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quad pipes look the business.
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19-03-2015, 12:59 PM | #12581 | ||
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Probably an old mule still doing some reliability testing.
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19-03-2015, 01:26 PM | #12582 | ||
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Interesting. Why would they bother with the covers still? Can anyone run a rego check of that car?
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19-03-2015, 01:28 PM | #12583 | ||
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This! Nothing about it suggests it's anything else, if it was an HO engine option, there would be no need to cover it up.
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19-03-2015, 01:31 PM | #12584 | ||
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19-03-2015, 01:40 PM | #12585 | ||
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yep agree with others ford prob haven't got around to destroying it yet, I know saw old Mules of Pontiac LHd G8/Commodore's getting around my area months after they were released
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19-03-2015, 01:42 PM | #12586 | ||
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Yes I think Ford were running around with camo-ed SZ Territory mules for a while after it was released.
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19-03-2015, 01:46 PM | #12587 | ||
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Yes, I still see one near me occassionally, single exhaust each side but a V8, as per the USA export spec.
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19-03-2015, 02:25 PM | #12588 | ||
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Cause they have better things to do.
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19-03-2015, 02:27 PM | #12589 | ||
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Interesting that there is no VRE (Vehicle reg enquiry) available for this car.
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19-03-2015, 02:29 PM | #12590 | ||
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Probably had some changes that didn't make it to production.
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19-03-2015, 03:57 PM | #12591 | ||
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Or it's a 310Turbo with decoy XR8 bits, plenty of people got there hopes up this is true!..
Would be awesome for some but I'm more than happy with my XR8 on its way 😜 |
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19-03-2015, 04:14 PM | #12592 | ||
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This would be great
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19-03-2015, 06:52 PM | #12593 | |||
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19-03-2015, 07:03 PM | #12594 | ||
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Put a deposit on a smoke xr6 today. Was blown away how quiet the car was. the last falcon i drove until today was a BA I used to own. 10% of the road/engine noise of the that old thing!! So very very happy!!!!
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20-03-2015, 11:33 AM | #12595 | ||
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Ford to double XR8 production:
http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/f...20-1m3ihc.html To build an additional 2000 units before October 2016. |
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20-03-2015, 11:40 AM | #12596 | |||
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20-03-2015, 12:16 PM | #12597 | ||
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I don't read that as "an additional 2000" - rather the new total will be 2000.
Wonder where the additional engines are coming from...? |
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20-03-2015, 12:22 PM | #12598 | ||
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And perhaps cheaper.
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20-03-2015, 06:08 PM | #12599 | ||
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20-03-2015, 07:32 PM | #12600 | ||
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They built around 300 in the first couple of months, and have planned just over a thousand for the second allocation, this would leave the balance for 2016.
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