Comments on: 2008 Ford BF Falcon Wagon MkIII

By: Dhru

Dhru — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:22:49 +0000

All this talk about ancient leaf springs is crap! People pay half a million bucks for a good GTHO Phase 3, and don’t complain about the leaf spring rear end! I have had six Falcon Wagons over the last 30 years (& six other utes/sedans) all of wich have had leaf springs… all of which gave me no trouble what so ever. Most people would not know the difference when driving them. My Falcon wagon is rated to carry 700kilo.. not a poxy 400kilo like Holden’s sportwagon (& Utes).. it’s long wheelbase and leaf springs make it an ideal tow car.. others are ok.. FW are better. The IRS bushes fail very quickly on dirt roads making the cars quite scary to drive and expensive to repair… leaf springs cost bugger all to rebush, IF you ever have to do them. Just because it is an old idea, doent mean it has to be replaced. Coil springs die a lot faster under constant weight.. don’t spread the load along the chasis.. and won’t support as much weight.
The only real advantage coils have over leafs is for car designers… for styling reasons they can reduce rear overhang as they don’t have to allow for the length of the spring. Yes.. IRS cars handle better.. but they are heavier and cost more to keep on the road. Tyres don’t scrub out on leaf spring rear ends. Bring back the Falcon Wagon… leaf springs and all! It was the only true wagon left!

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:50:26 +0000

The Falcon Wagon is dead!!! June 2010 the last wagon will be made.

By: BFONE

BFONE — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:58:39 +0000

I love my BF wagon leaf rear or not, it’s not that big a deal really and does not have the excess weight of the Terri which I refuse to drive. I only paid $12k for mine with 57k on the clock ex council, just chuck some nice wheels on and do the extractors.

By: Oz.

Oz. — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:19:17 +0000

Isn’t the Falcon to come out after 2010 going to be called “Huntsmen”? I know it will be the one with the V6 and the V8 should hopefully be the “Hurricane”. And Ford should also have a special 50th anniversary edition too.

By: AC COBRA

AC COBRA — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:46:35 +0000

Wombats are handy little critters…….

PURPOSE: digging out Toyotas out of the ground where sadly have been stuck since the stone age…

By: ajay

ajay — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:20:37 +0000

Keep a look out for FG wagon.Code name “wombat”..dont laugh..its real..

By: Pony 65 K

Pony 65 K — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:39:21 +0000

Philip. From Redbook, there was an EF XR6 Wagon back in 1995 only. There has been Futura wagons etc, but I’ve never seen a commercial released XR8. I have seen a BA that someone put an XR nose on, lowered it, exhaust etc. and it looked totally awesome.

It will be interesting to see how the VE Sportswagon sells when released. I know it’s SWB while the Falcon is LWB and not selling LWB cars anymore. Seems to be that the family that wants a practical “hot” car isn’t being catered for by Ford. I know they can’t cater for everyone, i’s just disappointing to me personally.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:48:04 +0000

I think this is disappointing. If Ford want a tool of trade vehicle, they should bring back the panel van and then reintroduce the (huge) Mondeo wagon. Otherwise, they should redesign the Falcon into a wagon body shape and utilise every resource possible to make it look smaller than it is.

PS: Pony 65k, unfortunately your market is very small. Ford tried more upmarket Falcon wagons but they didn’t sell.

By: Pony 65 K

Pony 65 K — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:56:40 +0000

I personally wouldn’t buy a Territory. For one my wife couldn’t drive it as she’s a tiny gal, secondly why should I have to buy a Territory if I want a Falcon Wagon? I have no idea how well the last SS Wagon sold, but why let the General have a free reign in a market? I have a family and need a wagon. I also want a V8, an FG XR8 Wagon would be perfect. The only vehicle that would be available to suit my needs at a reasonalble non-euro price will be the SS Sportwagon. I really have no other option, I thought Ford would have some forward thinking, I’m positive I’m not the only person in Australia that would buy one.

By: golfschwein

golfschwein — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:40:58 +0000

A fair enough summary, Andrew M.