I had a fg which I flipped after the lease expired, then took out the SS-V and settled back on a new FG. V8's have always got the nice note which was appealing but otherwise I thought it was tacky, plastic fantastic with crap seats. Performance was pretty unappealling. The FG (although bias with the lux pack) is a much nicer/refined car, they have got the design right finally (always was a Expensive Daewoo man before I bought my first FG, never liked the older fords). The VE SS looks like a four wheel drive being jacked up so high. Eitherway, its all personal preference and there is some good content in this thread to chew on. go drive them both and figure out which you like the best.