2008 Ford Falcon Ute Video
21 Jun, 2007
35 Comments 
While our spy photographer is taking a break, rest assured that the general public are not!
The guys over at FordForums recently obtained video footage of two 2008 Ford Falcon Orion utes undergoing public testing in Melbourne. It’s clear that the evaluation utes are fitted with steel trays to disguise design elements of the final product.
If not for the content, the entertainment value alone of the video is worth the watch.
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June 21st, 2007 at 9:01 pm
ahahah, i really dont think Ford is enjoying this as much as we are
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June 21st, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Nice work boys!! The ute looks longer than BA/BF and sounds good too when he gives it a boot full. Love the “GO GO GO” too, boys! LOL
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June 21st, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Awesome effort, LOVE how you stop in the middle of the road and chase the bastards!!!
Great effort!!!!
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June 21st, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Thats great work, the utes sounds nice, when the
foot is put down. Come on Ford
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June 21st, 2007 at 10:14 pm
go ford! i hope they show holden what is the true australian car that doesent need help from former dog eating korean daewoo employees.
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June 21st, 2007 at 10:35 pm
Is it just me, or did it look like it had full on chrome/black wheels?
The video got a bit of a laugh out of me. Didn’t seem safe at all though, pull over in front of them in heavy traffic. Crazy stuff.
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June 22nd, 2007 at 10:48 am
Wish it had a PROPER extra cab with PROPER rear seats. no longer than say 5.2m and just make the tray smaller
I would have one, so would HEAPS of others, look how many extra cabs the Japs sell
O/A
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June 22nd, 2007 at 11:14 am
Yeah and look how holden tried and failed with that idea…
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June 22nd, 2007 at 12:34 pm
adam said
June 22 2007 @ 11:14 am
Yeah and look how holden tried and failed with that idea…
Holdens was a dual-cab and not a extra cab
Holden did do a p/rick of a job, no question there.
Ford Oz are now the design team for next generation Japper/Mazda ute, i think they can do a great job!
O/A
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June 22nd, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Agreed, but if Holden couldn’t do a dual cab with proper rear seats, how would Ford do an extra cab with real seats?
I really can’t wait to see orion naked…
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June 22nd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
I notice leaf suspension on the rear.
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June 22nd, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Hahaha greatwork by the boys at ford forums, I love the new wheel snaps I keep seeing.. Might see if I can buy a set for my AUII when it comes out hehehe coz i got no money for a new car lol
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June 22nd, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Thats gold.
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June 30th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
I know it isn’t much but atm i have 4 windows open about the orion project and i cann seem some “simalarties” between the covered front end and the new eros car ford are trying to get a contact to build here is the web site i’m looking at
http://ninemsn.carpoint.com.au.....cobr=optus
I STREES NO THE EXACT SAME BUT MIGHT HAVE SO SIMALARITIES.
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June 30th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
sorry my mistake euro car there trying to import not build
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July 17th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
i think the new ford falcon orion is the best car that has ever been made. i like the look of the orion ps: holden is a piece of shit found from the rubish dump. and the new ve holden looks like a new version from the bmw
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July 17th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
H Holes
O Oil
L Leaks
D Dinted
E Engine
N Noisys
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July 17th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
ford stands for first on racing day and fastest on record day
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July 17th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
i reckon that holden is the shittist car ever to be made beacuse i herd a person died in a ve commordore because the brakes lost contol
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July 17th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
y does hsv copy ford 4??
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July 18th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Did You Know That Holden Does Not Acaully Manufacture There Own Engine. They Pay Nissan For The Engine So They Make More Money By Saving and Making Profit. They Have Use The Nissan Engine For Decades and They Copied The BMW for the VE Commordore.
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July 18th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
yesterday when i was at the freeway with the GT-P i saw a ve commoredore and i got scared becuase it looks like a spaceship from the year 2080.
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July 21st, 2007 at 2:42 pm
The guys who took that video are legends. Now thats what I call a ford fanatik
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July 28th, 2007 at 12:30 am
nice job on getting tha video!! funny too!
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August 5th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
well just the fact of those guys being there at the right time seems to me that were tipped off
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September 1st, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Good one Ford, we need those type of utes
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September 20th, 2007 at 8:23 am
Hey Ford Australia, those trucks in the video should be for a RTV type. You need a ute that does not have a separate tray that gets used for the XR & FPV range and have IRS like the VE ute. But it looks like Holden dont have a separate tray ute to take on this falcon other than the Rodeo.
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December 29th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Uncle Eddy,
Where did you get all that information of that holden use nissan engines! I reckon you are making crap up!
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December 29th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Holden did use Nissan engines for the VK-VL models, but they don’t anymore.
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December 29th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Thany You OZ.,
For more specific information more than uncle Eddy!, because Uncle Eddy said Holden still use Nissan Engines!
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December 29th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
He said…”They(Holden)Have Use The Nissan Engine For Decades” that’s total BS, It was only the last I6 engine Holden used which was a nissan motor. After that the V6 was a Buick NOT A NISSAN.
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December 29th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Well he did not say it Oz, read what he said!
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December 29th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Uncle Eddy said “They Pay Nissan….” to indicate present tense - that is Holden still use Nissan Engines.
not “They PAID Nissan….” to indicate past tense.
Holden USED the Nissan Engine and Driveline [Diff etc] for the VK-VL only.. Before that it was the old red motor from the VB-VH the and for the VN-VZ they used the old Buick based V6
Where as the Alloytech V6 in the current VE is built at the new facility in Melbourne alongside the various 2.0; 2.2; 2.5; 3.0; 3.2 litre 4 and 6 cylinder engines the HEC export to other countries/car companies - mostly GM
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December 29th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Duck, I copy and pasted that from Uncle Eddy’s post. Look up and see it.
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January 3rd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Yep, your right!
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