2008 Ford Falcon ‘Orion’ Spy Shots (Scoop)

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By Alborz Fallah | May 01st, 2007

UPDATE : Close up photos of the new ford falcon here

Photographers are everywhere, you just have to be in the right place at the right time – the following photos are of the new 2008 Ford Falcon taken during testing in dense bush land in Victoria.

The photos were taken from quite a long distance but it gives you some idea!

Larger images are available below:

Much higher quality images are also available on demand (use comments).

Johno

Does this make you the first car site in Australia to have these?

If so, well done!
Jeff Smith

Top shots those. Maybe a link to the high quality versions could be provided?
Daniel

Great pics!
Troy Fandor

Good on you for getting the pics! You could have sold them for thousands? Did you try? Good luck.
http://www.alborzfallah.com alborz

But that would mean they will end up in wheels magazine somewhere.. sometime next month.. the internet is a great tool besides we like our readers
Daniel

I WANT MORE PICS, Hahahaha!
http://www.alborzfallah.com alborz

Stay tuned,
if our photographer is still alive after this, we’ll get some more pics
Daz82

” Much higher quality images are also available on demand (use comments). ”

How do I get access to these pics?
http://fordforums.com.au Paxton

I don’t know.

It looks like a VE Commodore from the front, but not having seen Orion, I don’t know.

Oh, and Let’s see the Hi-Res images.
http://www.pedalcar.com.au Lisa

Hard to tell what it is ? Looks like it has vents in the front guard like the VE though. Oh hang on he has his arm out the roof hanging on to it. Must be a Commodore.
Brian

Yes, well done on the first Orion pics. PLEASE – how do we access the hi-res shots? It says use ‘comments’ (??) but there’s no links there either. Please explain Pauline! Cheers, Brian.
Beno

wow! these are the first pics! the rear looks hatchbackish, the ve commodore used a similar camoflauge (inserts at the rear to break up the lines)

could i please have acces to the high res shots?

oh and EXELLENT WORK!
withheld

Good to see the photographer spying on the proving ground facility. I’m sure you will be able to get better pictures with the car being currently tested on the open roads.
Photographer

There are high resolution pictures available, but they don’t show any greater detail. They’re simply high resolution shots from a distance.

These photos were taken around 200m away with a 200mm telephoto lens from the spot seen in the photos; it was hard – bordering on impossible – to get photos any closer without breaking the law.
Brian

Man! I must be losing my site as I age . . . hatchback? . . . VE Commodore? . . . front guard vents? . . . I can only see a car with camoflague which could be a current BF for all I can tell and I think I’m OK at spotting these things normally. I’m all for spyshot scoops too (especially Orion) but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was only a BF. God forbid it’s the Orion that wheels photoshoped last edition – that thing was horrid but so little changed from BF that anything could lurk under that camo. Keep the faith Fordies! Cheers, Brian.
andrew

at last some pics,you can tell this is falcon as the head lights slope down like the new mondeo,cant wait for more detailed photos should be soon.well done!
ottoau

Well done!!

Photos smell of You Yangs

You can get photos of the Orion on the Western Ring Road each morning

BUT They have all the black tape and car bra rubbish all over them

Wont be long and we shall see more and more of them undressed

Its Wheels COTY 08′ LOL

Cheers

O/A
Paul Maric

ottoau.

Despite all the car bras and things of the sort, we want to see any spy photos you can get your hands on. So feel free to send any decent shots through.

We are willing to pay money for any decent enough photos. Despite the common misconception, Wheels/MOTOR et al., don’t actually pay money for spy photos. They’ll simply throw you a 12-month subscription of sorts.
Rob

What about the dark car behind the trees in the higher res shots, could that be Orion?
http://www.pedalcar.com.au Lisa

Naa roof looks to high for a sedan. Mind you why are the guys next to it looking at that and not the Car Bra car thing? Could it be a VE under wraps being tested by Ford against the Orion under the tree ? Tricky ?
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culd hav zoomed in wuld hav helped distinguishing wether this is even an orion at all
Jason

It looks like the VE, and it does look like a hatchback too, but good work on getting pic’s but it’s too hard to tell what it is. : (
Lazybones

I don’t think the car we’re looking at is the New Falcon. This car (whatever it is) is definately a hatchback. Check out the top right pic in the group of 4. None of the locally made cars are Hatches. If Ford were going to shock us with a Hatchback version of the Falcon, then it would most likely be competing with the up coming Mondeo.

My Guess:-

A) Ford are disguising a Focus to keep us guessing, or to somehow test/compare something

B) Somekind of future concept car. Gorman has hinted the future of the Falcon may be in doubt.
http://www.alborzfallah.com alborz

this is def the new falcon
have a look at the last shot, you can see its a sedan not a wagon, its just got lots of bits on it to confuse you,
more shots should become available soon!
Cuey

Hmmmmmmmmmm, hard to tell in the end really. Although the sloping headlights to give the impression of Ford, but very hard to tell.

Until some more visually identifible pics come out, i don’t think these can be claimed as Orion. If we get some pics which look like the car in these, where we can see some detail, then these pictures can claim to be the 1st!
Luke

great shots. Must be Falcon
Luca

Great shots. Can we please see the Hi-res shots
The Mufti

Looks like uncovered meat !!!!
Osama

Good one Mufti
Frank

Dear photographer, it’s great that you did the work to get these pics, but did you say you were using only a 200mm lens?.

Say it wasn’t so. Otherwise speak to the editor and grab a 500 or something sim ilar, stake the place aout and bring us some more great shots.

The car looks great, I just hope the Orion is sufficiently good looking and has all the right upgrades to beat Commodore in the market place and restore some pride.

Ford also needs a better base for V8 Supercars.

The 50/50 weight distribution of the VE with the shorter nose and stiffer body and more aggressive looks is a goood place to start, and more power in the engines – specialy the Boss V8′s would also be handy – any Dual VCT in the V8′s yet ?

Come on Orion!!
Callum

Sorry guys, its just a VE Commodore, ford wouldnt make a falcon that looked so much like an old holden.
jeremy

Hopefully ford dont stuff the new model as sales have fallen badly in US, if it doesnt sell kiss the blue oval good bye locally.Any one know if the 6lt boss motor rumors are true? I read it wont make it here from the states in time for 08 if it gets produced at all?
meee!

as a wanna be car designer i have spend a little while doin up sketches of what i think the new falcon would/should look like. and after seeing these pics i must say that im just a tad disapointed i know its early days so far but i just cant help thinking that my sketches looked better . hopefully i wil be proven wrong by ford
Ford Lover

Hey everyone, i was so excited once i found this article and after reading all of the comments i decided to have a closer look. i found in the bunch of four photos below the bigger ones that when you englarge then you can see a bit more detail. But the photo that i noticed was the second one, and if you take a look at it you can see the car on its side a little bit….. IT’S A HATCH!!!!!! i think that the only chance of these pictures showing the orion is the black cr behind the tree.

sorry but i dont think that these photos can be regarded as clear shots of the new orion.

But if anyone finds and photos of the orion post them for everyone to enjoy

cheers
http://www.alborzfallah.com alborz

Hey ford lover
have a look under 2008 Ford Falcon at the top right side of the site,
you will see lots more photos
Bavarian Missile

Sorry Ford lover we all too have seen the photos,Beno said the same as well….but there are more photos of the car at the top right on this page you will see the HEADING 2008 FORD FALCON below that there are other shots to veiw also.Check them out.
Andrew.

i join the group of people who think this is not actually the new falcon. i reckon its a VE or even as someone else has suggested maybe a focus. i know the headings say new falcon spy shots but even that is only speculation. and if you compare the shots taken of the ones driving on roads they are not the same vehicle as these.
Aussie own

I really don’t think this is the next Falcon either. As Ford had a lot catching up to do after the AU, as they would no doub’t have some soul seaching this time.
Paulie

It a new falcon to me orion what ever foget about it.
Benjie

Haha, I have to have a bit of a laugh at all the people who thought this was a VE Commodore…or a Focus!?
Bavarian Missile /

Yes interesting to reflect on those posts,but I was right about the vents in the guards.
Andrew. M

benjie and missile,
yes it is interesting to reflect but i still believe that at least one of the cars we were getting shots of was a VE.
there is clearly 2 different ones getting around and it has been stated elsewhere that ford had been using their own and others as disguised mules
http://N/a Terrence

hey ppls guess what i saw the new VE clubsport today and i am not impressed because they have the same fog grill thing bob like the hole fo light design looks the same i don’t care cause i am a true blue ford fan
BK

Seen the new Falcon today driving along Horseshoebend Road, Torquay at about 1030am. There where two cars following it and one in front of it. Its a great way to get everybodys attention as it did for me. Great camoflauge they use on it but the FORD badges stood out. I bet they be takin it on the Great Ocean road to give it a good run.