Comments on: 2008 Ford Falcon Orion Spy Photos and Video – Fairmont Ghia Spied!

By: Oz.

Oz. — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:44:17 +0000

The BFII Fairmont Ghia looks really flash already. Just add xenon headlights, side flashers on the mirrors and L.E.D taillights on the Orion Ghia and it’ll look even better!

By: Cobra 302

Cobra 302 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:50:51 +0000

Im liken it. My fav current ford is the fairmont ghia. I cant wait to see the next one. GO THE BLUE OVAL!!!!!!

By: Me.

Me. — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:59:22 +0000

I like the first pic because it has an F-Truck in the background!

By: Andrew. M

Andrew. M — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:17:12 +0000

yeah i agree with “ford fan”
it is unfair to say the flushness of the falcon is worse than others.
it is definately no worse!!!!!
a great example on the camrys (previous gen) is the rear tail lights. one side sticks out further than the other by like 10mm (forget which side it is)
and the commy, well i always thought the falcon was finished better than those.
totally agree on crap seating on the others too.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:44:26 +0000

Great coverage of the new Falcon guys. As the owner of a BF XR6 Turbo and a recent hirer of a current Statesman, I can say one thing, the quality of the Statesman is only marginally better than the current Falcon and there are areas on the Statesman that the Ford is head and shoulders above. The Statesman I hired only had 20,000 k’s on the clock and it was really looking its age. The cover around the transmission selector was already bubbling, there was a loud rattling noise from the left hand rear, the buttons controlling the Traction/Parking control/Transmission felt incredible cheap and were sticking and the engine sounded thrashy. Now don’t get me wrong, I understand completely that hire cars are treated fairly badly during their life, but believe me, my car hasn’t exactly had the easiest life either and it seems to be holding together much better. However, it doesn’t matter if you’re a Ford or Holden lover, there’s one thing we would all have to agree on, we get some of the best priced performance vehicles in the world and that’s something we can all be happy with.

By: falcon

falcon — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:09:18 +0000

its funny, i had a quick look over on drive, they have a video there, that toby guy goes, here is an exlcusive first look at the new falcon ute, i pissed my self laughing, the reason for that it, this great website has photos of the falcon ute and its interior couple of months ago.

Keep up the great work car advice, your coverage of the new falcon is great.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:53:07 +0000

ford fan…

I know what they are all like, i work in the motor trade…;))
To me the VE made a significant leap for build quality over VZ and from what i see everyday the BF needs to make a leap like VE. In the end all local cars are very similar when it comes to build quality.

By: ford fan

ford fan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:14:04 +0000

Adam You should go visit Ford , Holden and the great immpeccable toyota and see what the tolerances are like on real cars built recently I think you will find the ford leaves both comm and camaurions for dead in this department. Unfortunatly most people belive what they hear and not what they can see. I was just looking at the drive site and it has link to “What car should I buy” aside from 85% of the photos depicting a Toyota in a Prominant position, the articals are stronly toyota biased, even reviews not about the toyotas mention them. most of there stories have toyota mentioned in the first and last paragraph. The conclusions for most suggest a toyota as the recommended choice. What sort of a lame tool would actually belive this crap? Don’t people drive cars before they buy them? Toyota is the greatest marketing company in the world and they make a good average car. If you have no ability to sustain an erection or build model railways buy one. BF2 is very sharp and the quality and durability is so far above toyota and holden it is proof that the media is bias, when this fact doesn’t get highlighted. maybe ford should spend more on advertising and put out more extented loan cars. so we dont read reviews based on ba facts. Fords rule Holdens are ok but toyota really sucks as a car to drive ( they creak when you go around corners for christ sakes, a falc might do that after 160000Km and a comm after 45000km (VZs did, VE? dunno myself) they pull under brakes, they have no torque, they have crap seating , crap visibility and rubbish tyres. I hope you can go and look at some cars Adam Bf2 will impress you and when orion comes i expect you will be pleased.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:57:36 +0000

I’m hoping when orion is launched that panel gap quality and overall build quality will take a big step forward, much like the VEs new body.
judging by these spy pics and what you ‘can’ see along the door body sides, the panel gaps and consitencey seem to be much better already;)
maybe my imagination, but i hope so.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:53:48 +0000

The Territory Ghia (not sure about Turbo only) has the chromatic mirror.

By: Sandeep Patel

Sandeep Patel — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:28:15 +0000

Pics dont show too much but long live the FAIRMONT GHIA NAME!!!

By: ford fan

ford fan — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:20:35 +0000

TYPHOON IS AWESOME but please dont overlook the Ghia, the BF2 Ghia is a top car that deserves more accolades given its quality and driving qualities. I Havn’t been in a V8, the 6 cyl with 6 speed auto is plenty. The current car is beautiful, so the styling should make it look even better. If anyone wants to see where Ford is at today look closley at one of these cars and see how precise the build quality is, lift the bonnet and look at where the parts come from, made in Australia, Germany or Japan. No South Korean low cost parts go onto the Fords. Why do people pay the same money to buy a 4 Cyl European Corolla like 3 series bmws? Fuel 10.2 L/ 100 Klm av for the 6 cyl, and they say large cars are finished.

By: rick Harris

rick Harris — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:07:17 +0000

Orion Typhoon is going to be awesome………..if I only had the money to buy one !!!!! Fuck the V8’s……….this is the best engine anywhere. Maybe I can save my money and buy the last I6 Typhoon in 3 years time. That would be a great investment !!!!!!!

By: Andrew. M

Andrew. M — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:41:54 +0000

yeah are people sure they havent already ditched the I6 phoon motor for a jet engine?
sounds like it screams

By: Benjie

Benjie — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:21:47 +0000

Listen to that FPV ‘phoon go! Totally grappling for grip – awesome.