Comments on: 2008 Ford FG Falcon XR8 Ute

By: brad

brad — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:02:43 +0000

I just bought one, LOL. That is, an XR8, 2008 model. They had 36,990 on it for the longest time. Then they dropped it by 2,000. I held out before going in to see them, and they finally dropped it to 30,500. I sprinted in and bought it, next day. I love it. it’s Nitro in colour and has the blue dots on the seats and trim. I would have thought it would have lost more of its price since new, but they must hold their value well.

Anyway, I saw your post, and thought I’d answer your question. Bit surreal actually, (time warping)

Cheers, mate.
Oh, NTW, I’m from Darwin.

By: don

don — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:55:29 +0000

Near the GM proving grounds in Milford Mi. I saw a vary similar version of this. It had vary High performance sound and looks,I couldn’t see if it had Manufactures plates but most real hot unique rides in that area do. I know it would be a seller around here. I
‘d like to see some super light models with high winding small displacement v-8′s and handling packages. itisaboutus.k o m visit thanks.

By: adrian

adrian — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:48:31 +0000

mate im buyn a xr8 wat a stress tryn not to get ripped off after a while u work out the game eg trade in price. anywy soon .any1 whos the best dealer in vic?

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:00:04 +0000

How much do you reckon one would be 2nd hand in 3 years time??

By: MWW62

MWW62 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:35:32 +0000

Hi there all
Iam sitting up here in Nth QLD Envious of you all waiting on my XR8 Ute Works burger with the Lot to be Built in
Lightning Strike
No add on items left unticked All optoins Taken
But at least i can say they built it for me Ha Ha
Can’t wait and it took some thinking about but once you
drive on the 19s you wouldnt entertain the 18s fellows

3 more weeks till she is here
Reflective Chrome Side Stripes sitting here waiting along with dayglow Orange Decals on both the Power bulges Right down to the Silver & Orange number plates

Should be exciting and probably the last model to have an Australian build V8 in it
Isnt that a shame.
Itl be sad to pension of the Ba but I think I can deal with it,
Cheers

By: Marko

Marko — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:21:32 +0000

After owning 3 XR8′s (EL,AUII and BA Ute) i had a weak moment and bought a Holden LX8 (5.4L) Adventra. WHAT WAS I THINKING DOH. I am also now looking at the FG XR8 ute with an alloy tray, i think Ford has launched an absolute gem at a competitive price. Just remember bogans all drive holden VL/VN commodores so why not show some class and drive something decent.

By: haz

haz — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:28:04 +0000

i got the FG XR8 ute about 6 weeks ago in ego with the technology pack and the luxury pack, the 19′s are heaps better than the 18′s, leather seats and door trims looks heaps better than cloth and the duel climate control, 8 speakers and 6 in dash 6 stacker. went and looked at them one day and test drove it and had to buy one, picked it up 2 days later, love it!

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:53:02 +0000

OZ,
personally i think the 19′s look too bland and dated.

that design was flogged to death by ford in the early 2000′s AND also holden who used a similar design around the same time.

i like a wheel with a bit more detail.

the standard wheels on the FG XR’s doo look good, but once you see the “Y” spokes beside them, the 17′s dont look so good.
the Y spokes look pretty smart in the flesh i reckon

i also preferred the standard BF XR wheels over the upgraded and bigger option. the stock BF XR wheels had that bit of extra detail in them over the upgrades.

By: Oz.

Oz. — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:54:09 +0000

I prefer the look of the 19″ alloys because they look more XR Falcon-ish.

The Y-Spoke 18″ alloys look to Focus-ish. Not that Focus’s are bad looking, but I just prefer a Falcon to look Falcon.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:30:20 +0000

agreed on the wheels,

i went for the “Y” spoke 18′s as well.

the 19′s look soooooo BA XR 2002

thats what kept me away from the luxury pac.
worse wheels and getting bent over for 4K.
the Lux pac had nowhere near the value of the other packs.