bloan Member 379 Member For: 21y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne. Posted 05/11/04 07:53 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 07:53 AM Just read & also had it confirmed at work the Territory is going to get the Turbo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown BA In Your Face Member 6,195 Member For: 21y 11m 15d Gender: Male Location: Peninsula Posted 05/11/04 07:55 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 07:55 AM I can hear the wife saying ........YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 24d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 05/11/04 07:58 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 07:58 AM That'd be friggin right! If only I waited a few more weeks....... :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlee Member 29 Member For: 20y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 05/11/04 08:49 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 08:49 AM story about the turbo territory and the typhoon in todays motoring section in daily telegragh paper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 4m 14d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 05/11/04 08:57 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 08:57 AM That'd be friggin right! If only I waited a few more weeks....... :lol: :lol:<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Mick, Mick, you don't listen mate. I DID tell you that a few weeks ago. My information was that it was going to be THE big surprise at the Sydney Motor Show but something went amiss and they didn't end up doing the release.Here is the article>>>In turbo TerritoryJames Stanford05nov04A TURBO Territory has been approved by Ford Australia.The force-fed all-wheel-drive is being developed and is likely to arrive in 2006. Ford is unable to fit a V8 into the engine bay of the Territory, but desperately wants a performance model to sit above the regular 4.0-litre six-cylinder-powered model. The turbo version of the in-line six fits into the Territory engine bay, with some changes, and the AWD system is also able to handle the extra torque generated by the force-fed engine. It is not yet clear if the turbo Territory will sell as part of the regular Ford range as an XR model or if it will be part of the Ford Performance Vehicle line-up. Ford Australia will not confirm it has approved the Territory project, but senior sources say it has been given the green light and development of the vehicle is well advanced. A working prototype is being put through its paces and has shown that the turbo model will have far better acceleration than the standard Territory. Edited at 8:11pm:- THIS IS THE CAR I WAS LED TO BELIEVE WAS GOING TO BE AT THE SHOW FPV managing director David Flint will not say whether or not the turbo Territory has been approved, but does leave the door open for the model to join the FPV line-up. Asked if there was room for a turbo Territory in the FPV garage in the future, Flint replied: "I think there is. The Territory was a bit of a shock to everyone. It's an astonishingly good car. It looks like an SUV (all-terrain wagon), it drives like a regular sedan." Flint says there is no reason to suggest a turbo six-cylinder Territory would not be a success, especially given the popularity of the regular model. "If I'm right about six-cylinder and its attractiveness and if I'm also right that the best target for a niche (FPV) car is a volume (Ford) donor car, then you can work it out for yourself," Flint says. He says FPV does not have to produce performance cars based only on Falcon sedans and utes. "I have always been about building cars people like to drive," Flint says. "They don't have to be any particular type of cars, just cars people like." Ford is not the first to develop performance versions of an all-terrain wagon. Mercedes-Benz sells a powerful AMG version of its ML off-roader and BMW has the 4.8iS X5. Edit at 8:13pm:- FPV HAVE HAD ONE OF THESE BMW X5S FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOWExpensive Daewoo Special Vehicles has released the Avalanche, which is a more powerful version of the Expensive Daewoo Adventra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Forum Superhero Donating Members 3,109 Member For: 21y 2m 28d Location: Eastern Suburbs of Mexico Posted 05/11/04 09:00 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 09:00 AM I posted a couple of months ago about this, as when I was at my dealers, the service manager took me out the back to look at a new T and there was a development Territory turbo in the carpark, very rough but it was used for some form of meeting with the ford dealers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 24d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 05/11/04 09:01 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 09:01 AM Yeah its all good! Don't think we could afford the insurance on two Turbo's anyhow, I am donating enough to NRMA's end-of-year BBQ as it is! :lol: Might just make one meself..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citric acid xr6t Donating Members 449 Member For: 21y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 05/11/04 09:19 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 09:19 AM "The force-fed all-wheel-drive is being developed and is likely to arrive in 2006. " Perfect!!! just before the lease expires on my T Guess what I am getting as my next car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citric acid xr6t Donating Members 449 Member For: 21y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 05/11/04 09:20 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 09:20 AM Hopefully they will have one in citric acid by then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saleen Big Gun Donating Members 4,170 Member For: 22y 4m 14d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 05/11/04 09:45 AM Share Posted 05/11/04 09:45 AM Yeah its all good! Don't think we could afford the insurance on two Turbo's anyhow, I am donating enough to NRMA's end-of-year BBQ as it is! :lol: Might just make one meself..... I think Cro hosts that bbq doesn't he!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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