FG-X Falcon FPV designs & sketches

fgpsi · 21-05-2016, 01:57 PM

Any chance the general public will get to see these one day?

HO 3 · 21-05-2016, 08:43 PM

Probably, and someone may then build one..............Jim?

Cheers Mick

fgpsi · 22-05-2016, 09:52 PM

FFS anyone got any info on this? :/ would have thought it would provide a decent discussion at the very least...

Brian_H · 22-05-2016, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by fgpsi

FFS anyone got any info on this? :/ would have thought it would provide a decent discussion at the very least...

Love to chat on this one - I don't know of any sketches, can't recall seeing any for a long time on the interwebs. Hopefully our resident secret Ford posters that live in the design studios at Ford might pop a little pic of a tasty morsel or 3 onto this thread. Certainly the historic ones from FPV wouldn't be exposing any trade secrets.

fgpsi · 23-05-2016, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian_H

Love to chat on this one - I don't know of any sketches, can't recall seeing any for a long time on the interwebs. Hopefully our resident secret Ford posters that live in the design studios at Ford might pop a little pic of a tasty morsel or 3 onto this thread. Certainly the historic ones from FPV wouldn't be exposing any trade secrets.

Any way we can tag these posters?

AUS GRUNT · 23-05-2016, 03:18 PM

The only official sketch i've come across is the GT-HO proposal from back in 2014...

fgpsi · 23-05-2016, 04:23 PM

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The only official sketch i've come across is the GT-HO proposal from back in 2014...

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who did that? wouldn't have been ford/fpv

**Raptor** · 23-05-2016, 04:33 PM

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who did that? wouldn't have been ford/fpv

There's a hint along the bottom and in the signature

Steve Park for HO / Phase Autos (Steve is an ex Ford Designer)

More on Steve Park and HO / Phase Autos here; http://hofalcons.com/

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fgpsi · 24-05-2016, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Raptor

There's a hint along the bottom and in the signature

Steve Park for HO / Phase Autos (Steve is an ex Ford Designer)

More on Steve Park and HO / Phase Autos here; http://hofalcons.com/

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Sorry mate but that looks sheet. Similar to those retro ve things from 'hdt'

wanted to see some of the official ford fpv sketches and designs, spyman confirmed that they exist as the full fpv range was a goer at one stage

**Polyal** · 24-05-2016, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by fgpsi

Sorry mate but that looks sheet. Similar to those retro ve things from 'hdt'

wanted to see some of the official ford fpv sketches and designs, spyman confirmed that they exist as the full fpv range was a goer at one stage

WTF is with your attitude. Tune people up for providing more than you have then knock the designs...what can you knock up with MS paint?

malazn mafia · 24-05-2016, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Raptor

There's a hint along the bottom and in the signature

Steve Park for HO / Phase Autos (Steve is an ex Ford Designer)

More on Steve Park and HO / Phase Autos here; http://hofalcons.com/

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Anyone else thinks those HO vehicles look absolutely laughable, maybe except perhaps for the XD. And wasn't Mr Steve Park the one who penned the AU Falcon?

tranquilized · 24-05-2016, 06:22 PM

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Anyone else thinks those HO vehicles look absolutely laughable, maybe except perhaps for the XD. And wasn't Mr Steve Park the one who penned the AU Falcon?

I agree, every car on that page look absolutely awful, but then I've never been a fan of any kind of body add-ons (the spoiler is the most appropriately named item of all time) but that's just my opinion.

If Park was behind the AU it might have been his finest effort!

malazn mafia · 24-05-2016, 06:46 PM

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I agree, every car on that page look absolutely awful, but then I've never been a fan of any kind of body add-ons (the spoiler is the most appropriately named item of all time) but that's just my opinion.

If Park was behind the AU it might have been his finest effort!

Thankfully FPV stuck with the iron-fist-velvet-glove design, all the while HSV went star wars, storm trooper and fat man wearing undies with its design language. If Steve Park had his way, things would have been very wacky at FPV, with park benches mounted on the boot, gutter scraping bumper extensions, pedestrian slicing fins on the side and who else knows what..

Imo FG-X least lends itself to an FPV design theme. The corporate DNA is too strong , and Falcon is no longer an indigenous design that edges itself over the rest of the Ford range. At least nothing else in the Ford world highly resembled an EF, EA, BA, FG. The American styled equivalents that bore a passing resemblance looked like the ugly buck-teethed cousins of the handsomely styled Falcon.

GTP534 · 24-05-2016, 07:51 PM

I remember back in 2008 sketches of the FG FPV's were found in a garbage bin or something similar before official release. I'm sure there's a story in there somewhere!

Ford17 · 24-05-2016, 08:38 PM

Always thought the Motor FG-X GT concept looked excellent:

Not sure if it was just a talented artist's impression, or if there was an FPV connection linked to it somehow.

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Brian_H · 24-05-2016, 08:56 PM

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Any way we can tag these posters?

What do you mean "tag these posters"?

cycle myth · 24-05-2016, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ford17

Always thought the Motor FG-X GT concept looked excellent:

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Not sure if it was just a talented artist's impression, or if there was an FPV connection linked to it somehow.

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concept?

FPV GTHO · 24-05-2016, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ford17

Always thought the Motor FG-X GT concept looked excellent:

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Not sure if it was just a talented artist's impression, or if there was an FPV connection linked to it somehow.

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It's a 2015 Mustang lower bumper, not very imaginative

XD 351 Ute · 24-05-2016, 09:55 PM

Couple of cool pics, I think I prefer Steve's sketch over the Motor pic a little, but mostly dueto the lines of the centre of the front spoiler. Tends to lean toward bit of B series, though inverted. The extra hint of E series in the roofline looks good to me too, even though I know that would have not been the case in real life.

FGPSI, lighten up a little please, you come into the thread demanding content, yet shoot it straight down when something is offered..
I'd hazard a bet that Steve's sketch is probably the only thing available for the time being.
Give it a while and maybe we'll see some more, these things take time, and the blokes that usually share this stuff are bound by contracts etc.

Ed

Brian_H · 25-05-2016, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Anyone else thinks those HO vehicles look absolutely laughable, maybe except perhaps for the XD. And wasn't Mr Steve Park the one who penned the AU Falcon?

Yes, correct. Steve park did style the AU.

fgpsi · 11-07-2018, 04:00 PM

Still havent seen anything. When will ford show us the original designs they came up with for the fgx fpv’s

**Raptor** · 11-07-2018, 06:02 PM

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Still havent seen anything. When will ford show us the original designs they came up with for the fgx fpv’s

You’ve still got the attitude too I see.

If you’re expecting Ford to release anything you’ll be wiring a long, long time. Why would they want to show you what could of been, but never was.

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Blue Roo · 11-07-2018, 10:37 PM

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You’ve still got the attitude too I see.

If you’re expecting Ford to release anything you’ll be wiring a long, long time. Why would they want to show you what could of been, but never was.

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Just like the GTHO PHASE 4.

Bossxr8 · 12-07-2018, 02:00 PM

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You’ve still got the attitude too I see.

If you’re expecting Ford to release anything you’ll be wiring a long, long time. Why would they want to show you what could of been, but never was.

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Pretty much sums it up. They want people to forget they dropped Falcon, not remind people of what they are missing.

Vesper Martini · 12-07-2018, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by fgpsi

Still havent seen anything. When will ford show us the original designs they came up with for the fgx fpv’s

Why do you think Ford would release these designs? perhaps they might when they are certain they are of no value to anyone.

You have to understand the the value of intellectual property these days.
designers work for Hours to differentiate a product, you don't just leak that out these days.