Comments on: Ford FG Falcon TV Ads

By: sed

sed — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:24:25 +0000

Had a look at the FG the other night and found that the finish is some what dissapointing, the paint on the bumperbars is different to the rest of the car.
Pretty poor ford.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:50:08 +0000

I got an FG as a company car last week. It is so much better than the BA I had before & a lot better than the VE.
It doesn’t really get noticed as a new car when sitting in a carpark of Falcons & Commodores at work but the people that don’t notice are really into cars anyway.
The whole package is a BIG step forword. Acceleration is great, handles good, stops good, fuel economy is improved, the interior is good & the engine/gearbox combination make the VE look like a VN.
The FG is a very hard car to fault.

By: Mad

Mad — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:12:30 +0000

My push bike can tow a jetski
game over ford

By: TP

TP — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:41:28 +0000

I like the Ford ads… but yeah towing a jet ski, a Corolla can do that!

By: Duck

Duck — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:01:25 +0000

^I agree, though ford’s new ford ute ad is not bad!

By: Mad

Mad — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:50:55 +0000

The ad shows the new falocn towing a ski boat WTF is that all about, you wouldv’e thought it copuld tow a lot more then should a tow rag……

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:01:14 +0000

I partially agree with you TP.

The average person will be hard-pressed. I can spot the difference from 100m.

To some it may seem a sleeker BA/BF but anyone in the know, knows it is much, much more underneath.

By: TP

TP — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:29:46 +0000

AndrewM Ive seen it in the flesh… I know its new and so do you, but I can undertand why your avg person cant, because it has alot of similarities. Wheels highlighted this, the FG didnt get much attention at all. Its just a sleeker looking BA.

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:00:50 +0000

I don’t know much about boats, just mentioned 30-foot as a number to say that I thought a jet ski DOESN’T get the point across like a much larger load (boat, caravan, whatever), would have.

By: Mmmmm

Mmmmm — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:31:26 +0000

A Jet-Ski prooving how much torque it had? A bloody Aurion can tow one of them without much fuss. A 30 footer can only be towed by a large 4×4 (The new Whittley is the biggest cruiser trailerable boat in Australia). Maybe a nice fibreglass bow rider or cuddy cabin would actually get the point across……

By: Duck

Duck — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:25:40 +0000

Deft?

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:38:04 +0000

They were advertising the effortless towing torque of the XR6T. Should’ve been a 30-footer to drive the point across apparently.

By: Mmmmm

Mmmmm — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:07:09 +0000

Oh, and in that first ad…are they advertising a car, some holiday or that awsome looking jet ski. If the jet ski or the holiday then sign me up!

By: Mmmmm

Mmmmm — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:04:36 +0000

Similar to the BA?? I THOUGHT IT WAS A BA!!
I saw an XR6 in that blue. I had to look atleast 3 times to make sure it wasn’t a BA. I said to my mate, sitting beside me “Look, the new Falcon!” and he said “Is that NEW??”.
Even he thought so, and he doesn’t know anything about cars.
It’s an improvement over the outgoing BF, but that isn’t hard.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:15:09 +0000

TP,
once you see the FG in the skin you will notice it isnt that similar to BA.

i first saw a FG XR6 last week in the flesh at the shopping center raffle,
and i must say it looks remarkebly different.

yes it is recognisable as a falcon, but it is certainly not the same car.

i saw my first FG on the road today parked outside a shop, and driving past in the dark even in the rain, i knew it instantly to be a new FG

park a BA next to a FG and you will realise how silly the “Too alike” claims are.

even NM was openingly saying they look too the same, but once he reported seeing one in the flesh, his tune greatly changed.

every single angle of the FG states it is a different beast

even the rear looks heaps classier over the out going BF

the tail lights have to be seen in the flesh to appreciate.

its not a frosted lense like on the SS etc but rather very clear and detailed assembly

By: TP

TP — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:51:07 +0000

The grille on G series is to much for me…XR6T looks best but still not much different to outgoing model

By: Duck

Duck — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:32:19 +0000

Deft, im a holden man (probaly like you are) but can you give us reasons its ugly?

By: deft

deft — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:12:46 +0000

wtf are you about g6e, the FG is an ugly car FULL STOP

By: Ford G6E Turbo

Ford G6E Turbo — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:52:28 +0000

Better looking than you Deft

By: deft

deft — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:39:48 +0000

The Fg is butt ugly