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

[brismike]

Originally Posted by Auslandau

By all reports, this is pretty close ...... and if it is .... DAMN~ I think they hit the mark.

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That is the ducks guts. MmmmmmM

Best looking Falcon ever.

[jmd64]

Originally Posted by dirtyclevo

ford need to let only un-bias people review their cars,

people go to the internet to read car reviews now, and if you let some corrupt ****** from carsales (Paul Pottinger) or one of the big auto sites in australia do a review and go out of his way to make a huge deal out of irrelevant ****. because what will happen is people take this seriously and avoid it like the plague.

get recognized people to do it, instead of these self proclaimed jeremy clarksons.

RACQ does fantastic reviews.

Left hand drive???

[THAXR5]

Is that front parking sensors on the territory?

[Smoke Pursuit]

Yes and 19 inch wheels

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by DJM83

Not only that, every car ive had ive always driven with my lights on. My old car had 5 sets of globes in 2.5yrs. With my current car having DRL's i have no need to have my lights on and thankfully aswell. I dont really wanna replace Xenons every 6mths

I've never seen a HID globe "blow", when they start getting old they shift up in the rating, so it starts out as 4300K (OEM spec HIDs) up past 5000-6000K getting that real blue light and it loses light output.

Usually its the ballast that carks it if they won't turn on, easy way to check is swap the globe over to the other light, if it works - ballast is screwed. I've seen it on a lot of cars.

I also drive with my lights always on.

[v8der]

Movement at the station

[ford man xf]

With that Black XR8 posted, what a massive shame the GT no longer lives on, the GT would have looked amazing with some striping.

[XtRmn8]

The black XR8 mock-up looks good. Headlights don't look right.

Shame it will never have that stance (height and wheels) from factory.

[GTP534]

Our Territory will be 5 years old by the time the update is released and some of this is making me think I should put a new Terri on the shortlist to replace the current one.

We're very happy with the Terri, fantastic vehicle for families!

I was thinking of a Grand Cherokee but it doesn't seat 7 and we need that flexibility if we take 1 or 2 of our girls friends with us or for my parents.

I'm real interested in the equipment specs; I know the diesel is very popular but I'd most likely go for the 4.0L as seeing this update will be the last of the line!

[janddbone]

Looking good in black!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[FalconXV]

Black pic needs mesh grille insert, not horizontal slats. Also, same outer headlight edge (indicator) as FG then its gotta be pretty accurate.

[Rastas]

Yep, mesh for XR's and slats for G series.

[sfr rob]

Ok, that's enough....... I'm ordering an xr8.

[Professor Farnsworth]

Originally Posted by sfr rob

Ok, that's enough....... I'm ordering an xr8.

says he after disappearing for 30 years

[Hawkeye84]

Wow Auslandau that is the Bees Knees.

Ive used the same photo and put in the honeycomb grill and FG-ified the lights

[stevefreestyle]

Originally Posted by ford man xf

With that Black XR8 posted, what a massive shame the GT no longer lives on, the GT would have looked amazing with some striping.

If the GT badge is so important, just spend $50 on a couple of GT badges then - Ford Spares.

[stevefreestyle]

Originally Posted by brett.r.johnstone

Looking good in black!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Mine will be the opposite thanks!

[Whitey-AMG]

Originally Posted by stevefreestyle

If the GT badge is so important, just spend $50 on a couple of GT badges then - Ford Spares.

Yeah - because that's been the difference between GT and XR8 in BA , BF and FG...... just a badge. Dont worry about upgraded engine spec , body kit , interior trim , brakes and suspension and wheels and aftermarket price retention.
What a ridiculous comment to make.

[FTE]

both of those pix (Auslandau and Hawkeye84) look angry. I love it.
Well done. Hope it looks this good

[stevefreestyle]

Originally Posted by ESP

Yeah - because that's been the difference between GT and XR8 in BA , BF and FG...... just a badge. Dont worry about upgraded engine spec , body kit , interior trim , brakes and suspension and wheels and aftermarket price retention.
What a ridiculous comment to make.

It may astonish you to know that I already know that there are differences between a GT & XR8 (and I have owned a BA XR8 since 2005) - ironically my point is that many ignorant people are obsessed about the badge - a perception which takes precedence over reason - ie the XR8 will be essentially (mechanically) a re-badged GT IN REALITY (vs perception !!!).

Secondly, I thought it VERY obvious that I was being facetious.

[Whitey-AMG]

Originally Posted by stevefreestyle

It may astonish you to know that I already know that there are differences between a GT & XR8 (and I have owned a BA XR8 since 2005) - ironically my point is that many ignorant people are obsessed about the badge - a perception which takes precedence over reason - ie the XR8 will be essentially (mechanically) a re-badged GT IN REALITY (vs perception !!!).

How do you know that the new XR8 ( FH ) is a rebadged GT ??
Have they made a FH GT and you know this. By all accounts history has proven you entirely wrong and the GT has always been a leap ahead of the XR8. So essentially an FH GT may well have been something much "more" than this iteration of the FH XR8.

If it makes you happy to whack a $50.00 GT badge on your XR8 and call it a GT - more power to you - but you're only fooling yourself - and no one else.

I see you've backtracked now and added the facetious comment...........

[EgoFG]

Originally Posted by madmelon

I suspect ZF China doesn't manufacture the higher torque boxes- there's nothing in their market that would need them.

So I am guesing that Audi and Merc do not use ZFs then.
I have had both v8 and 6cyl rides to the hotel in Beijing - always locally manufactured.

[dirtyclevo]

they will use the high torque zf currently in use for the upcoming xr8 and turbo's

but the rest of the range they use the low torque zf 6 speed that is built under license in china.

[dirtyclevo]

the only gearbox i can see that be a lower torque version would be the 6HP21

http://www.zf.com/corporate/en/produ...smission.shtml

they've been in so many good cars, great auto transmission (if your into that sort of thing)

[Auslandau]

Originally Posted by FTE

both of those pix (Auslandau and Hawkeye84) look angry. I love it.
Well done. Hope it looks this good

Just so I don't take the credit for something I could never create myself, the pic was sent to me via email from a mate who received it from someone else ...... I then sent it to someone who 'knows things' and with a nod was told that it was near spot on and said the XR will be very aggressive

[Tokyo Geoff]

Bugger the new tech arguments of the previous pages, if the FU or FH looks like this I will be getting one for sure:- as long as I can sell mine and get a good deal.
Bring it on FORD, love it!

[fgpsi]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Geoff

Bugger the new tech arguments of the previous pages, if the FU or FH looks like this I will be getting one for sure:- as long as I can sell mine and get a good deal.
Bring it on FORD, love it!
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Is that an XR with a G6E front or a G6E ? The XR colour has got me confused

[au2000]

Xr8 with a G6E front

[Raysie]

OMG if it looks anything that photoshopped black Falcon, I'm never going to buy a house. lol

[P6LTD351]

YES! I am soooo happy that the last Falcon will look so tough and make the Commodore look like a tarted up Epica attempting to be all grown up.