Comments on: 2008 Ford Falcon ‘Orion’ Video

By: pjr0351

pjr0351 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:56:54 +0000

well i’ll say this much my younger brother own’s a focus & a falcon eb my older brother own’s a xr8 el 5 speed last of the 98 tickford model bloody cool car to drive my dad a laser & my mum the new fiesta & me 1 longreach ute & a hobbie car the last model of the 87 4wd tx3 which i’ve owned for ten year’s now and have only decided to put in the work shop now do go crazy on just the motor but if things go my way i’ll be trading the ute in for the orion we can’t do much about the patrol prices so i’ll buy the best as for you w&%$&^% go buy your girly car’s for me it’s ford all the way history for me is ford has been no trouble for my family

By: Old XY

Old XY — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:46:55 +0000

G’day All. Be interesting to see the response as this hits the market. Certainly has the potential in the looks dept. to score well. Mechanically, no contest against the other big ‘aussie’ producer. Never has been, and as an ex Holden dealer mechanic, I know.
Would I buy one? Probably not. I’ll stick to my ‘71 XY GS Fairmont (as much as the wife would like power steering!).

Good luck all.

PS.
For the doubters….

H ope
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D oesn’t
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By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:49:25 +0000

Whoa, it’s amazing how many friends you find when a scumbag has done that, huh?

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:13:43 +0000

Ill send you the link that B…….. started on his diff….you will get a laugh…….. xxx

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:10:30 +0000

Haha BM, yep he’s almost a dead ringer for my cuz. Nice bloke but don’t get him mad ;-)

By: Oz.

Oz. — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:52:10 +0000

As this is a Mondeo-based RWD sedan, the uppermarket models should make the VE Commodore look boring.

Lloyd & Des, forget about the sound – It’s a great Video!

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:25:23 +0000

Yep I know the guy your referring to Lloyd……..he must travel with them everywhere………looks like Wattos cousin ! hahaha

By: lloyd

lloyd — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:18:32 +0000

Hi guys,

The original footage i sent through did have sound. Unfortunatly the video was taken on my still camera, so the image is a bit shit.

To a previous comment, there was a rent-a-cop when i took the photos of the covers on the cars, i went to lift one to get a good shot of the wheel and he appeard. So i left… quickly, a very angery big man.

Looking forward to seeing it in the showroom.
Cheers Lloyd.

By: red baron

red baron — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:04:21 +0000

love my holdens,but as an inteligent aussie who loves built for australia cars i hope ford hits a home run.and as for fuel econemy,go strap a 14 foot caravan to a camry/aurion and head up the h/way.and by the way the biggest fuel sucker i ever owned was a toyota diesil tray.at 110 kmh with no load on you could see the fuel gauge drop.and it was bought new.ford and holdens issue selling large cars isnt fuel its purchase price.we cant compete with the asian nations on labour.simple fact

By: Oz.

Oz. — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:05:18 +0000

^
I had to say that incase “Football, meatpies, kangaroos and Holden cars” returns so he would have nothing to say and if he has a go, he will loose.

By: Oz.

Oz. — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:57:59 +0000

Yes it is a re-skin, but a great upgrade and Ford are getting the best out of an old platform.

No matter how old the platform is, it will still make Holden give their all new billion dollar car have an upgrade to take on a 20th Centry platform car.

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:40:42 +0000

While I haven’t had any trouble with after sales, I have heard stories. That is something that needs fixing, plus the advertising.

By: Daniel Dacey

Daniel Dacey — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:31:47 +0000

Sorry but what are a few warmed over and reskinned BA’s floating around isn’t that exciting to me. As a former Ford buyer, I would be more impressed if they said the dealer network was going to be fixed and they realise they have to get their house in order re build quality and customer service.

You buy the car once. Living with Ford after that is the hard part.

Dan

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:17:31 +0000

Oh yeah, bought it like that 7 years ago, so I didn’t recently rip off the BF ;-) When I get my Orion I’ll likely retire the old EB and keep the AU as a 2nd car because it has been so very good.

With local Focus production coming here, I wonder if we’ll get the RS??

By: Oz.

Oz. — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:04:28 +0000

Yeah, all the gov funding and the focus, so small cars are the go with all the high fuel prices, but the great Falcon still has a while to go yet.

Watto you said you have an AU with blue stripes in the FPV CGI post.

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:50:44 +0000

If Ford Oz was doomed, why are they spending $1.8billion over the next 10 years for their new R&D facilities?

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:48:42 +0000

Did you see a pic of it Oz.?

From the low perspective, I’d say the camera person was trying to hide the fact they were filming so as not to spook them.

By: Oz.

Oz. — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:36:20 +0000

Yeah Watto : your AU has blue cobra stripes. The AU ad said it was the best at it’s time, so Ford are correct there.

Frugal One, I still don’t know what you like. If the VE Holden does ok, so will the Falcon. if the Fuel is always more than $1.50 a litre we should buy the E-Gas range then. If you want Ford to die, Haven’t you herd about the Focus been made in Aust from 2011? They should keep FoA alive.

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:11:27 +0000

Thanks again for your seemingly uninformed comments and your unpatriotic wishes for Ford Australia to die F/O.

My petrol Falcon gets same or better mileage as an Aurion. I will be buying a new Orion, as will plenty of others.

If the E-gas model has DI it will flog most small cars for fuel costs.

By: Frugal One

Frugal One — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:40:13 +0000

They would be shitting there pants ar Broady Ford HQ, with petrol @ $1.50 who the hell is going to buy one of these.

Sales for large cars has been falling every single year, its doomed.

Hope they are happy with small volume sales, not as bad as the 380, but nothing flash.

The ONLY solution is export, but who wants it?

Cheers

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