Is the BA II series change enough?

[Phido]

XR gets a good range of changes to make MkII a worthwhile upgrade, for XR. XT gets a reasonable upgrade as well (although I would much perfer a runout SR falcon)

The rest of the range effectively does not get a upgrade at all.

LWB cars look like losing the $6k of free extras/cash give away and will not get anything except a mkII badge. SR and classic go back to XT, all XR runout deals will cease.

While minor changes may not hurt resale in the long term, if they start to discount Mkii to move them (IMHO I think they will) then resale will drop like a stone.

[Cobra]

changes for a series II ........ any more and they would have fixed the problems with the series I :ladysman: can't do that now !!

update tranny on the high performance end .... smart but more to keep up with the holedn

re-arrange the deck chairs and options through the range .... easy

a couple of new colours .... whatever

create run out sales ...d'oh

and a badge on the bootlid .... 27.5cents including GST

[JB]

It would have been nice to have a 'slight' cosmetic change, maybe a vent to seperate the T from the N/A and then again from the 8. But then again good points are made about devaluing the series 1.

If anyone would know with the T5 being replaced with the T56 does that mean that the T56 would bolt straight onto the series 1? Or does the that mean there has been some re-engineering to adapt the T56 to the T's housing?

Would be interested to know particularly if you have probs with your current T5 and they replace it under warranty, could you request them to install the T56 instead?

[ubyte]

From what I understand theres some slight re-engineering work that needs to be done for the t56.

IMHO - The blue oval doesnt really want to piss off customers that have come back to the BA falcon series after the not so successfull AU series. Where-as gmh traditionally just discount all over the place reducing resale faster then a virgin in brothel. Ford simply just throws more into the package itself.

Just wish they'd make a XrT style Territory.... with a touch more boost pressure for the extra weight gain....

[TURBOXR]

If it aint broke, dont fix it!

[XRBloke]

No that's why I went and bought a runout Series I.

Its auto plus I got about $5500 discount! So I didnt really see any point in buying a Mark II badge, plus I got the 18 inch rims which stayed the same on Mark II neways.

I think its good to a certain extent, helps resale in the long run.