Comments on: Ford FG Falcon USDM CGI

By: Spartan Nation

Spartan Nation — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:58:16 +0000

Man you guys are brutal on the US market…is there a sense that we just get an inferior product…or that our tastes lack in comparison to the land down under and we are getting the cars we want?

By: Matty B

Matty B — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:42:35 +0000

Look Fact is Why would Ford Australia send Our Falcons Over to the yanks to put in anoth 10K worth of driver assist crap in it??? the reason for me to think this is that they have extended the Inline 6 for five more years for FPV to have a bit more fun with do you really think they’d send it over there to be toned down????….AND The reason Falcons have been spotted over there is because Ford Australia is trying to sell the platform to americans…Just like with the mazda 2 and th Ford Fiesta’s

By: matt

matt — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:54:12 +0000

lol… windsor….

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:27:08 +0000

Dave T Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

can somebody help!, i own a EF Fairmont 1995, it has a 5.0L Windsor engine, i checked its only 165kw and 388nm, how come my work car which is a new Falcon XT orion which has 195kw and 391nm is slower than my old 265000kms Fairmont?, somebody explain that to me, when my brother drove me Fairmont, i just couldnt overtake him or beat him at the lights? and i am 30kw short and 3nm short?

Hi Dave, probably a couple of reasons there, 1) the extra weight of a proper IRS and extra safety equipment etc in the FG.
2) Perhaps the FG hasn’t run in yet???- might need 10000 on the clock before it frees up?
PS: Is the V8 stock? (if it was bought secondhand, then perhaps the previous owner fiddled with it?).
Cheers.

By: Dave T

Dave T — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:29:55 +0000

By: BFII

BFII — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:52:59 +0000

Its still Australian designed and engineered with a badge that says Ford:)

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:32:43 +0000

Plain AUs, particularly series 1, are pretty poor in the styling department. XRs much better.

The TS50 and TE50 look fantastic, still look better than many cars today. So you can’t lump all AUs in the same boat.

That’s like saying a Calais-V (or all VEs) look crap because of the Omega.

By: Bret

Bret — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:14:01 +0000

Rob,
The guy that designed the AU also designed the FG, one was too adventurous the other a bit conservative, but both have and will date better than many other designs.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:22:29 +0000

AU here we go again !!!!! i hope they shot who ever designed the AU because they will proberly use this as the update of the FG !!

By: Duck

Duck — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:39:41 +0000

Ah ha ha ha! :) You crack me up No Name!

By: Darren W

Darren W — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:31:02 +0000

And remember to boost the power steering to stupid levels of assistance (can’t have anyone breaking their little finger whilst trying to steer the thing) and of course, they’ve left off the bridge girders that pass for bumper bars in the US these days. I quite like the “what if” cgi speculation *occasionally*. It gives the creative brain cells some exercise…

By: o

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:18 +0000

they would also probably column mount the gear change to squeeze in 6 more cupholders

By: No Name

No Name — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:48:54 +0000

Yep truly ugly, similar ugly look they shoved on the Focus.

Of course Ford will have to remove the shockers and replace them with jelly to remove any resemblance to decent handling, then install extra wiiiiiide seats to get the Big Mac arses in.

Come on lets have some real news.

By: KJ

KJ — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:28:24 +0000

It doesn’t look any worse than that Commodore that they’ve take over their and bastardised. Americans know how to turn nice cars ugly.

By: JP

JP — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:27:44 +0000

IMO a very pointless thread… anyway i think that the yanks would love the falcon due to a recent trend in large rwd cars(charger, g8) and i agree the 3 grill styling is used in a lot of US ford vehicles so would probally go down well with them

By: Duck

Duck — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:06:12 +0000

Like I told you guys! :) Now you believe me! :)

By: J

Wed, 14 May 2008 05:56:24 +0000

That’s ugly… the US market will love it! :-)

By: Oz.

Oz. — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:55:45 +0000

I thought the FG Falcon would need a 3-Bar grill if it went to the US market. However, I think it would need a better Headlight shape to fit in with the 3-Bar grill, this CGI looks a little ugly. Nice xenon bulbs though!

By: si1982

si1982 — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:43:04 +0000

This CGI not a pretty one! i saw the new FG Falcon on the road in Melbourne near a ford dealership – on nepean highway and must say it does look nice! it was silver.

from the front this CGI reminds me a little bit of renault laguna – those silver things on the bonnet really remind me of a renault….

By: o

Wed, 14 May 2008 05:30:57 +0000

yeah it is missing those ugly side markers and the amber bti in the headlight ..do any falcons have projector headlights