Comments on: 2008 Ford FG Falcon gets 5-star ANCAP rating

By: Tilly Thompson

Tilly Thompson — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:43:11 +0000

Congrats to Ford and the 5 star FG Falcon, hopefully it will be highly advertised, i would buy one myself, but iam waiting for the updated Territory, now if that got 5 stars too wouldnt that be great. Keep it up and hopefully we can save our great Aussie icon in motor manufacturing

By: Oz.

Oz. — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:50:22 +0000

Well done Ford! Next time I ever have to ride in a Taxi it better be an FG Falcon not a BF/BF or as Falcodore said, a Toyota.

By: Frugal One

Frugal One — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:16:25 +0000

Well done to Ford, we KNEW it was going to get a 5-star-rating, pretty much every new car these days does [China excl.!]

Like to see -

VE Commodore GLOVEBOX -v- FG Falcon GLOVEBOX

That would be a good test and we can finally see who is the God of GLOVEBOX’s

Cheers

F-0

By: falcodore

falcodore — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:52:30 +0000

Got a ride in an avalon taxi the other day, thought i was gunna fall off the seat! First time i felt unsafe in a taxi,even the bloke driving it said it was uncomfortable

By: Toyota are overated junk

Toyota are overated junk — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:35:43 +0000

Still waiting for your reliable source to prove your figures Turd Pool..

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:36:58 +0000

thats right wheelnut,
do you remember how jason bright nearly wrote off the pirtek falcon in practice in 1998, yet it got put back together and he went on to win the race with richards???

i cant remember how long the TAFE guys have been helping out for though…..

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:20:15 +0000

Cool thanks for the email address sent you a reply!

By: Glen

Glen — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:27:45 +0000

Ive already sent you one back BM

By: Glen

Glen — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:26:32 +0000

Wheelnut, yes those TAFE guys do miracles but remember those cars are built much stronger than road cars because of roll cages and other safety equipment. Plus are also built to be repaired quickly, not necessarily tidy work but good enough so the car goes. In those ANCAP tests the passenger cells do buckle, not much visually but enough to make them near on impossible to repair and straighten.

They may be safe enough to drive but for one noone would buy a car known to be in an ANCAP crash test, plus the costs to repair those cars would be more than to buy another one.

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:58:41 +0000

Thanks Glen – but given the miraculous work the TAFE boys have done with V8 Supercars at Bathurst over the years… I think that they wouls still be relatively safe and reliable cars.

Some of the cars the TAFE boys get on a Thursday or Friday Arvo look like they’ve been ripped open with a can opener yet they manage to get the car back in shape with all the sponsors logos etc on them etc in time to make it on to the grid on Sunday morning – and most of them still manage finish the race [if not complete at leat 75%]