Comments on: Ford Falcon XR8 vs Holden Commodore SS

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:04:01 +0000

I must say I spend a good part of my time seeing car reviews, and of course the old holden vs ford v8 comes up from time to time and I gotta say well-done Ford on this one. The XR8 largely is the underdog these days (with both SS and XR6 Turbo considered to be the superior products) and to see it have a great victory here is a nice sight.

By: brad

brad — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:56:56 +0000

fordsuck are these really your opinions or are you just deliberatley being a moron. We all get you dont like fords and commodores seem really seem to arouse you, but you say the xr6t doesnt go that well, are you dreaming!!. It would demolish an ss commodore and beats a hsv for 20 grand less. Its faster than a holden v8 and uses a lot less fuel, dont just take my word for it, read any review on the net. As for supercharging or turbocharging the sv6 holden would never bother because their 6cyl is a torqueless boat anchor. For the record im proud of the performance cars we build in this country and i would by either ford or holden, but yes i own a xr6t

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:55:51 +0000

The roll-on acceleration in the XR6T does bring a smile to one’s face :)
Overtaking on the highway in my VT Commodore & BF Falcon used to be “Is the gap in the oncoming cars big enough to get around the car in front?”, now in the FG XR6T its “I’ll get around all 4 cars in front of me”.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:31:42 +0000

But then we don’t understand things about Italy like the obsession with what they look like or what they are wearing *shrug*

With cost of fuel over there, they don’t much choice but to use smaller engines

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:25:21 +0000

Touche!! lol

OMFG, you’d do well in the banter in my office :)

By: fordsuck

fordsuck — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:58:10 +0000

i have driven a FGXR6T and there not that good and they look like crap
you cant compare a n/a car to a car with a turbo or supercharger
if holden want to put a turbo on there sv6 (which they should just to shut up the ford fags)it would slaughter the crappy xr6t
ill take a hsv or ss over a xr6t any day

By: fordsuck

fordsuck — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:15:26 +0000

the FG like all fords are just lazy designs and look boring they look like a old lady car
the ve is one of holden best looking cars there no need to shave the front fenders cause they give it a aggresive look
the ve range is the best looking car on australin roads

By: fordsuck

fordsuck — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:06:05 +0000

the ss looks nothing like the omega
the falcon doesnt look awkward it looks retarded

By: fordsuck

fordsuck — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:58:35 +0000

may you need to take off your beer goggles cause the ford never make a good looking car and the fg is one of their ugliest

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:20:50 +0000

are (and if, when) you going to test the commodore’s new SIDI engines?

By: OMFG

OMFG — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:08:51 +0000

… yeah his other car is a VE SV6, so obviously the XR6 is the best looking in his driveway!

By: John

John — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:28:42 +0000

I was, just like my dad a Ford man for as long as I can remember. That was until I bought a BA Ghia, my third new Ford and like the previous two I had no end of trouble with thing – it scrubbed out the first set of tyres by the time I had 3000km on the clock and to my complete disgust I could not get the manufacturer to fix anything. That was just one of many faults I was to endure with no assistance from the people who were happy to take my money. I now drive an SS-V Commodore and there is no way I would go back to the blue-oval product, I work too hard for my money to waste it on dodgy products.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:43:50 +0000

Was all set to buy a SS ute at $38000 drive away.Thought i should at least test drive the XR6 turbo even though the handling was shit(according to wheels)
The xr6T totally blew me away.Its so much faster its rediculous.
Have had it for 1 week now.Handling is pretty good.I was expecting much less.
Fuel economy is excellent.Sits around 10-12.Power incredible.I totally blew my mate away in his VE SS pre AFM.He couldnt beleive how much quicker the ford was.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:39:21 +0000

Great test guys.
As usual the differences are so tiny its all down to personal preference in the end so lets just agree to disagree. The Holden and the Ford are both great cars so the whole love/hate thing going on at times here is just childish posturing.
I have always driven Fords but recently went to an SSV (without the AFM rubbish) and love it but its was a very very hard choice between the two.
Every car is good in some areas and not so good in others. While I love my SSV, my wife also loves her Audi TT Quatro and neither of us would swap. She calls mine a brick on steroids and I call hers a matchbox toy. For shear muscle and straight line acceleration or the long runs and mountain climbs or for load capacity the SSV completely canes the Audi but on the ultra tight corners and in the dirt in particular the SSV gets left in the dust literally.
It comes down to how and where you drive.

By: Carfanatic

Carfanatic — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:16:57 +0000

Flex is right, I had the pleasure of taking home an Audi A8 V8 TDI, the 0-100 times were quite good, but it was the rolling acceleration that really put a smile on my face. By god 650 NM kicking in before 2000 RPM gets the adrenaline pumping and believe me, for a car that weighs nearly 2 tonnes is bloody well launched from 40 MPH to over 100 MPH very quickly. I backed off at 125MPH because it was still pulling hard and I didn’t want to smash a 58,000 Pound Sterling car.

I haven’t yet driven and XR6 Turbo and I’m not a big Ford fan, but the prospect of that much Torque down low makes me want to jump intro one just to satisfy my adrenal gland.

By: Boris

Boris — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:04:20 +0000

well looks like Flex is the only one speaking hte truth here !! 5.4 second SS’S??? dreaming!

By: Flex

Flex — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:24:37 +0000

XR6T easily outperforms both, is at least as fast as the HSV range 0-100, while beating them everywhere else. The magazines hate saying so but its true. F6 kills all the HSVs, XR6T as quick… SS/XR8 next step down. Turbo is king… torque is the most important measurement in real world driving conditions, FG XR6T has 533nm below 2000rpm… an experience to use, those who have driven it will know what I’m talking about.

By: Astro

Astro — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:26:51 +0000

How would you know what else I have parked in my driveway?

By: James

James — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:16:14 +0000

HI Guys, Nice one to test the two V8s that don’t really compare. I mean test the VE SS-V manual which gets to a 100KM in less than 5.4 secs against the Ford V8. And the Holden will win hands down. Secondly, The ford V8s are slow, their turbo siblings are way quicker.

Overall, its nice to know the fuel economy on the these cars considering you tested the auto AFM. I thought the AFM was supposed to have good fuel mileage? Anyways. I’ll just stick to a VE SS manual V8 with a supercharger and worry about my petrol bill after. Considering the AFM is not that much different. I get good mileage anyway its only when I planted all day every day that the petrol bill gets expensive.

Cheers

James

By: OMG

OMG — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:36:34 +0000

Best looking car in your driveway, you mean