Comments on: Ford FG Falcon RTV a sure bet

By: Paddy

Paddy — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:02:03 +0000

Just bought me a 2006 BF RTV on Gas 90k. Clean as a whistle. Had a loud knocking noise. Took it to my mechanic who tightened up a few loose bolts around the rear end. All good, drives great.
Love the ride height and doesn’t handle as bad as I thought it would with the extra height.
Sat in an FG XR6 ute, very nice. Very very nice. I will be the first to put an order with Ford if they bring out an RTV in the FG body.
As mentioned they did sell a few RTV’s without too much effort and very little advertising. Maybe they invest a little in a few adds.
Great combination in the RTV’s
Ford, please realise that you are on a good thing and go the FG RTV.
Paddy

By: who

who — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:13:05 +0000

fg= fugly ve= awsome tough

it a ba rtv falcon

dickheads
lol

By: XemXoes

XemXoes — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:18:25 +0000

I love my BAII RTV, can’t bear to part with it and desperately want another one for my business.

It was perfect for my purposes except for the wheels. Traction in the wet was a problem. Sliding sideways when hitting a slick patch was too exciting.

It now wears BF ute rims and tyres and the handling is much better, as is traction on grass.

Ford…sign me up for another one!

By: Wagon Fan

Wagon Fan — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:13:05 +0000

I miss the XR6 Falcon wagons from the early to mid 90s. In the ED and EF Falcons.

ohhh Nostalgia!

By: open_road

open_road — Sun, 03 May 2009 10:54:35 +0000

Great to see the RTV make a comeback!

It was a fantastic niche in the market. As a surveyor I mostly had to work in the country, scramble up rock tracks, dirt roads and not much more. No dunes/sand work. And a heap of kilometres between sites.

My ‘Cruiser was great off road but so bl**dy uncomfortable and thirsty for a long stint. An RTV was the obvious successor – BENCH SEAT, 3 SEAT COLUMN SHIFT, A/C and LPG. Flexibilty, comfort and ability, and much lower RWD fuel and running costs. Plus, the extra height of the tray made it easy to write on a clip board on the back corner of the ute!

I wasn’t the only one, Water Corp and local councils loved the things. Good examples have held their value well.

I’d also welcome an AWD/RWD choice for customers, like the Territory.

Great news!

By: Falcon_Crazy

Falcon_Crazy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:58:51 +0000

Could it be? I will be down the dealer with my current RTV (Sitting in back of it right now camping through Tassie – 208,000Km and strong as) with my FG XR6 in tow (16,000km and only 4 months old).

But my oil is RTV is dead – let Ranger fill the gap (will never IMO as a Daily and long distance drive). Will do some diggin and some dreaming

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:39:43 +0000

It could even be one of their response/service units for the test track???
it appears to be being used for something rather than testing due to the half folded tonneau and something sticking out the back.

If it was for testing, it could only really be engine testing.
I really dont know why they would be testing anything at all on this out dated setup. Everything they find using this may be irrelevant anyway.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:35:21 +0000

Good to see the RTV make a return.
CA says it wasnt very popular, but i see plenty around.

it is really one hell of a work horse.

Im gonna say the alloys used on the earlier model RTV’s were replaced with “sunrayser” style rims for load reasons.
Since the RTV was/is a well flogged work horse, i can assume that they had problems with alloy rims buckling.

By: JEKYL & HYDE

JEKYL & HYDE — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:18:39 +0000

limited slip,

i have a new call sign for you.fongo.the ford dingo.fair dinkum,you don’t see frontman or andrew m slander everything not ford,simply because they are pro ford,just like richo or wheelnut is pro g.m.take the blinkers off…

By: HAL

HAL — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:51:36 +0000

Holstein Hore….hilarious, pure gold :-)

By: RD

RD — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:25:00 +0000

Ahh it didn’t take long for the less intelligent among us to emerge did it….these sort of stories ALWAYS turn into a religious Ford/Holden debate *sigh*.

I wonder why they had a pine tree hanging from the rear vision mirror? Don’t Ford employees like the smell of the VE?

I’d say the wagon is there for comparative purposes only.

By: Limited Slip

Limited Slip — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:51:10 +0000

Marcus…….Everyone knows an FG Falcon is a much much better car than a VE Commode. Thrashy trashy driveline in the VE is no better than an old XD Falcon and the Daewoo inspired interior cheap plastics is a disgrace. If you think its a better car than an FG then you really dont know anything about cars. You probably think a daewoo Barina is the best car in its class….lol lol lol lol lol lol

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:14:14 +0000

Even better…..how about you delete the Falcons engine and trans and interior and suspension and great(suspect) styling and you would have an even better car, a VE Commodore ;)

By: Limited Slip

Limited Slip — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:39:28 +0000

Wheelnut……..yeah if you put the Falcons engine and trans and interior and suspension and great styling……..well you would have a great car then…….its called an FG Falcon !!!

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:40:13 +0000

I’m a Holden man and even I admit that Holdens biggest Downfall is with the V6 engine.. If you could put the Falcons Engine and Inline 6 speed [ZF] gearbox under the VE Commodores body you would have one hell of an impressive [near perfect] Aussie built sports sedan/ute.

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:33:52 +0000

Realcars – My mates at the Holden Factory told me [a couple of months after the VE was released] that they had plans to build a VE Crewman which would have beena unitary design based on the the WM Statesman Platform unlike theprevious model which was essentially a VX wagon cut in half with a tray section bolted onto it. However; since the economic downturn and GMs worsening financial situation it like so many other projects has been put on ice

Frontman – I didn’t say the VE Sportwagon was the fist Sportwagon in Australia I said it has taken its design cues from similar Wagons from Europe – which is far more classy and refined than from Asia.

They called it the Sportwagon as its aimed at those with an active lifestyle and are interseted in Sports.. They could have called it the EuroWagon but howmany people are Interested in Female Kangaroos? [ A Female Kangaroo is called a Euro ]

By: holstein hore ).( ).(

holstein hore ).( ).( — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:21:02 +0000

Tyrannosaurus Rex just checking out Diplodocus in dino land , soon be both extinct.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:57:09 +0000

Is that a window at the rear end of the wagon, or a peep hole?

By: Frontman

Frontman — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:35:18 +0000

Ummm Wheelnut, the first “sportswagon” we saw in Aust was actually a (Ummmm giggle) Hyundai Elantra…… Now I don’t really think Holden are that Korean are they?? Otherwise they could have called it a Eurowagon. I mean they did have the stickers on their adopted parts list at least!

As for the VE realcars, yeah nice enough to look at, but you’d be crazy to say the ho Alloytech was a nicer drive than the povo I6! Seriously the I6 matches the HiPo’s Vaunted 340nm at a lowly 1900rpm & carries it through to 4900rpm instead of the asthmatic 2800>3200 range ov the alloytech. And fuel consumption? Ha! Sorry but the VE was a great Australian.

By: realcars

realcars — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:25:20 +0000

A VE crewman would be a good thing!

Versatility in a vehicle that looks drives and goes like a commodore.

For those that criticise the VE go and sit in one.They are really a nice piece of automotive design and I am a Falcon man! If they made the 195kw/5 speed auto standard the game would be over in IMO.