Yep, I wonder who they got to be the Stig to drive the 793, lucky bloke gets bragging rights to being stig for a day And damn you all who’ll be able to sit down Monday night and watch the first episode!!

LOL ITS A JUMBUCK!

OMG!

I HAVE to see that. Its gonna be utterly hilarious ^_^

I bet Proton will be happy with the “publicity” LOL. You know its always been a childhood dream of mine to drive one of those giant dump-trucks.

Had a huge yellow Tonka tough dump truck which I loved greatly. Remember burying it in our house’s sand pit once.. cant actually remember why =/

Im locking myself in my room, NO KIDS AND NO WIFE…..
dont disturb me during Top Gear.

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^^^^
maybe so,
But the F6 is the better performer

B///M3 dont watch the Australian version then!!!!!
Why would SBS only use the Name and not the same style of format that is working in the UK and maybe Australia and soon the US.
Why LOL about the Jumbuck it has its part in the car market, being the Datsun 1200 and Brumby of this Decade.
I have one, cheap to run, cheap to buy, cheap to insure a great ute.

I haven’t read the wheels/motor magazine comparisons between the new F6 and the E-series HSVs and I’ve heard the new FGs are a little under-tyred so it’ll be interesting to see how the F6 will go against the ClubSport.

Brett, what are you talking about “Mine is bigger than yours”? The Ford aren’t bigger than Holden engine wise and they quicker. “bogan taxi wars”? What taxis, are they really going to have taxi wars are they?? ….Oh sorry, you mean the FPVs and HSVs are taxis. Well I wish so but not in reality mate.

If you can’t stand a little bit of Holden vs Ford rivalry then don’t watch the Australian series. I personally believe there should be a lot more to the Aussie Top Gear series than just Holden vs Ford all the time but you can’t have it without a little bit of it.

I saw an Aurion taxi, Statesman taxi,Commodore taxi, 380 taxi, Avalon taxi………is that amusing ?

Tom;

Why do I have to be impartial? I am not a judge, or journalist. I have an opinion and I expressed it. And you worked it out all by yourself; I don’t like Falcons and Commodores. And I reserve special derision for the cretins who go around claiming that Falcons and Commodores are world beating cars, which they are not.

All of the cars in our garage are German; so I guess I like German cars.

For it to ‘annoy’ me that some people are fooled into thinking that the Falcadore is world class, I would have to care; which I don’t. I do however find it amusing that people can be so ill-informed.

If you remove the price distortion of tariffs and other taxes in the Australian market and compare the Falcodore to similarly priced foreign offerings it loses on almost any objective measure. If BMW can produce and sell the 5 series for similar money, and make a profit, what does that say about the Falcon.

I’ve noticed there has been a lot of Eurasian import supremacy on Australian car blogs lately and they seem to hate the fact the new Falcon G Series has been compared with European cars. Brett seems to be another one of those European car supremacist, sorry.

I am looking forward to ‘Top Gear Oz’. It’ll have all of what the UK version does with an aussie flavour, sounds like a winning formula to me.
Had to go the long way round to get the latest news from this site, there’s a problem with the feed, hasn’t updated since the 23rd. Anyone else experienced this problem or know how to fix it?

Apparently I am ‘supremacist’ simply because I compared based on objective data and concluded that there are many foreign offerings that are superior to the Falcadore; particularly when you remove the price distortion. If that makes me a ‘supremacist’ then I am guilty as charged. Doesn’t trouble me in the slightest; I’ll still be driving to work tomorrow in a CL 500 and I won’t be looking enviously at the nearest Falcadore wishing I had bought one.

Falcodore, nope no problem with the feed here, I use Google Reader on an iGoogle page and it has been receiving the feed no problems.

There are benefits to all kinds of cars, I think the point the comparison is being made is probably a form of flattery in itself. That being said I’d love to drive a nice well built European car if I lived in the city and went on occasional outings to the beach, but for the real world sedan wise I’d probably grab a G6E with a Smart Bar, a pair of Lightforce spotties and a car kit. Each vehicle works in its own environment.

Very mature Watto-Cobra.

Yes, you are mature Brett, ignoring that killing off Holden and Ford means thousands of local jobs, then the component suppliers in Oz on top of that. Yep, you are mature mate.

zzzzzzzzz boring more bathurst comparos between crummerdores and falcoons .

Some of you seem to be saying that aussie cars bieng a taxi is a bad thing. They’re taxis for a reason, cause they are the best cars for the job. Wonder if the germans think the same way about Mercs, wonder if they think an S class is just a tarted up Nazi taxi? I doubt it very much.
No i do not drive a holden or ford, just letting ppl know what they use for taxis in europe, mercedes benz, the poor mans caprice or G6ET. lol

Yes, back on topic, i hope the show is good enough that it gets screened in the UK and maybe US.

Well Spam, you sure got your name right “nobbo” (great spelling by the way). You must be an automated bot script spreading gibberish on the internet. Read a review or two on the FG, if you really are human, to see just what Aus can acheive. Hmm, why bother replying to a retarded bot script???

Brett, I have nothing against Euro. I KNOW most Euro makes are a class above in most areas. Bang-for-buck tho, Aussie made is pretty decent. Man would I like a Carerra GT or R8 Audi. A long way out of my price range. An M3 would be very nice too. That F6 is sure going to fill the performance hole for me though.

Spam, by saying a falcon is crap cause its a taxi, you are also saying mercs are crap cause they’re used as taxis in germany. Try some objectivity mate! Its an aussie version of Top Gear, its gunna have aussie cars in it, if you dont like that dont watch , ITS THAT SIMPLE!

BTW your spelling, Mr Spam-script, actually got worse, so I’ll remove the “Semi-”intelligent part from my description of you.

Was reading a piece in the ‘Tele’ where they interviewed Warren Brown, he said he wished they had more Ford v Holden so it seems like its going to be very balanced in that regard. Also told of some of the challenges and they sound bloody awesome, hope the show does well. I for one will be watching.

yep coon boys it will be just like wheels , more jolly stories about the last of the dino’s , how wonderfull these big aussie crap cars are , full of stories about reliability ,ahhahaahah, great economy ,and of course locomotive power .

Brett ….. you are undoubtedly a snob! don’t forget the first few Commodores were based on the “German” Opel Rekord.

yep nice to go fast in a bucket taxi , just dont run off the road nobbo wacko .

yep i drive euro and jappo , nice to just drive and not spend days having all the glitches fixed in the crap taxi .

all my mates have ditched their full of faults falcodores .

whats a warranty , never used one in the last 10 years .

the big aussie dick car is dead man ,start the funeral now man

Well, you’ve missed out Mr Spam-script computer glitch, because Aussie cars have improved markedly in 10 years. If you are human and not some 2 bob AI you would’ve realised that. But I digress, a virus/worm doesn’t have mates or the ability to drive..

Keep your miserable little econobox, Mr. Spam-gutless to commit to what he/it actually drives/prefers.

wacko nobbo i drive subaru and vw does that satisfy your thirst for blood.
probably never sat in a real car ,what is it meat pie , beer and a falcoon or crummerdore , never set foot out of the back yard .

wonderfull you will be full of pride as the falcodore annual “lets drive around the mountain ” taxi race comes up soon,zzzzzzzzzzzz boring , oh shit we cant have any euro/jappo competition, bugger they might just win

So Mr. Spam-script (better turn your spell checker on) you didn’t elaborate too much.

VW, that could mean anything from a Veyron to a Kombi van. I’m partial to Golf’s despite being a so-called taxi lover. Somehow, I don’t think you own a Veyron.

Subaru could mean anything from a hot STi to a flogged out 10-year old Brumby. Not real specific there champ.

Oh, but because you have a penchant for imports you must be better than everyone else. As Falcodore says, in Europe/UK they use Mercs and Beemers for taxis. Well, geez, they mustn’t be good enough for you Mr. can-supposedly-afford-a-100k+-car-but-didn’t-pass-3rd-grade-spelling-Spam-script.

Redneck? We are American now? Tomas79 how on earth did you get “redneck” out of Quote=”Tomas79, you are joking right? We have a measly 21 million population, and you think we should be able to break into euro markets on our own merits?”

A redneck might have said “golly gee gosh Tomas, I don’ buy nuthink’ my cuz don’t build in the local car faktry.”

If anything Mr. Spam-script with its poor grammar, spelling, and ignorance of where captial letters should be used, comes across as bogan (or “redneck”) to me.

What is the tariff now on imports? I’m not too up on it but I believe 10% and the Labor government wants to reduce it to 5%? Is that correct? You’ll have to fill me in. Take 10% of a performance import and I think SS/XR6T would still come out on top performance-wise.

I’M LUCKY YOU HAVE A HARD SKIN??? Are you going to have me rubbed out? Tomas, speaking of population:-
France – 64,473,140
Germany – 82,220,000

I’m not going to bother searching for the pop. of Italy, Spain, UK, etc, etc, because they are all far more populated than Oz. You think because France is a small country compared to Oz. population makes no difference?? Surely you can’t think that. Whatever those Euro countries can produce can be sold anywhere in that part of the world to huge markets. No prob.

Holden(GM) used forward thinking to open up LHD markets for the Commodore (US, Emirates, China, Korea, etc) Well done Holden. Our population is becoming too small to rely on local sales only. That’s what sucks about Ford. FordOZ make a great car that outshines anything FordUS have to offer, but restricted to Aus and NZ, and it’s now hurting.

Dearborn is to blame for the lack of an export program for Aus Fords. Bob Lutz for GM knows we have a good product, and he has done something about it.

Hey Brett, Do you own a CL 500???
NICE!!!
Now thats a proper full size sports car!! None of this HSV/FPV rubbish!!

tomas79 you are so right , those with blinkers on will one day understand that its a changed game .

maybe ford and holden should share a platform and badge swap , after all there isnt much difference between the dino’s

Tomas79 – If you like German style beer and Wurst you should visit Hahndorf here in the Adelaide Hills… Its really nice – which you’d expect given that Adelaide has the the largest population of Germans and German decendants in Australia what with the barossa valley and all

Tomas – if you want it so that the Australian Automotive Industry disappears and therefore Australians are held to ransom by the Overseas car companies than fine

Because there are some narrow-minded ill informed illogival people who seem th thiink that if/when tharrifs are reduced to 5% and eventually 0% that the imported cars will become cheaper.. initially they will but this will see the end of the Australian car industry

When that happens the overseas car companies will realise hey we’ve got something the Australians want/need and so we are in control and will be able to charge whatever want for them so don’t be surprised if they double in price because afterall BMW Merc etc are in business to make/increase profits

The situation would be made worse with the fact that because the Holden Ford and your beloved Toyota has disappeared 100s of 1000s of workers wouldn’t have a job not only in the Car industry but other industries including finance retail hospitality/tourism construction etc.. So very few would actually be able to afford a BMW either way.

Whereas if we still had a local car industry we would still have the option of buying a locally built car and people would still have a job

Mind you as there would be so many people out of work if tarrifs were to fall there would be a greater reliance on centrelink and the govt would have to increase its budget so they would probably increase income taxes on those who still have ajob which mewans they too would have less money to spend on a new BMW which remember BMW would have doubled increased the price back up to what they are now

Ford and Holden are not Australian,
The cars are built here specifically for our market, but, our market is changing. Even government fleet buyers are changing direction from the traditional Falcodore. Face the music, Holden and Ford rely on the big aussie six to hold up their sales, now that has dropped off they have to compete in the small car market, so , whets on offer here? Not much that the Koreans haven’t already dominated (yes I am aware most Holden’s come out of Korea)
So for all you’re arguing over who is better? I say who really cares? The writing is on the wall, Holden and Ford must adapt quickly. Ford has lost their global sales ranking to VW, slipping to fifth, just in froth of Hyundai – Kia. Holden lost their number one spot to Toyota.
Signs of the times ahead and very sad indeed.

Wow, talk about ethnocentric aussies who think Falcodores are the be all and end all of cars. It seems you are forgetting that Australians have moved from buying the “Big Aussie 6 or 8″ for the BMW 3 series, C-class Mercs, A4 audi’s, VW’s, etc etc….must be something to that surely.
Dont get me wrong, i drive a commodore because it suits my current circumstances, but its not a great car. It’s had more probs in the last 3 yrs than my 1980 BMW 323i did before it….and that car was 20 yrs old when i bought it.
Yes aussie cars have come a long way in the past ten years, and about time too….BMW had 4 wheel disc brakes and IRS on their cars back in the early 70′s, yet holden only put it into the commodore in 97 with the VT…
Commodores and Falcons are nice cars, and in a cost comparison they will win everytime against the europeans. However they will never have that finesse and refinement of a BMW or Mercedes, but then again, most Aussies only want their Falcodore V8 to put 22′ chrome wheels on, a big loud exhaust and do burnouts in…..but hey, as long as they yell “POWER (clarkson style) while doing it, good on ‘em!