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[seventytwo]

Reading their star system it sounds fair to me,

What we liked

>> XR6 Turbo's powerplant

>> Value for money, especially base XR6

>> Turn-in and cornering prowess of six-cylinder models

Not so much

>> Base interior is 'loud'

>> V8 while good, is behind sixes in all aspects

>> See other FG range lists

XR6

Overall rating: 3.0/5.0

Engine/Drivetrain/Chassis: 3.5/5.0

Price, Packaging and Practicality: 4.0/5.0

Safety: 3.0/5.0

Behind the wheel: 3.0/5.0

X-factor: 3.0/5.0

XR6T

Overall rating: 3.5/5.0

Engine/Drivetrain/Chassis: 4.0/5.0

Price, Packaging and Practicality: 4.0/5.0

Safety: 3.0/5.0

Behind the wheel: 4.0/5.0

X-factor: 4.0/5.0

XR8

Overall rating: 3.0/5.0

Engine/Drivetrain/Chassis: 3.0/5.0

Price, Packaging and Practicality: 3.0/5.0

Safety: 3.0/5.0

Behind the wheel: 3.0/5.0

X-factor: 4.0/5.0

What the stars mean (Issue)

The Carsales Network's star rating system is a guide by which you can gain a snapshot of our review on the car tested

The review ratings are awarded by the tester of the vehicle in conjunction with our full editorial team and therefore do not necessarily coincide with any other external rating system or agency. For example, four stars for safety does NOT correspond to a four-star EuroNCAP or ANCAP rating. Wherever possible we provide results from Australia's crash assessment program (ANCAP).

The Carsales Network ratings are a moving feast, and categorise the various aspects of a car's performance against the other vehicles in the market segment in which the car competes. What defined a car as a four-star car two years ago, won't necessarily guarantee that rating today.

Referring to the below ratings range, in any category 2.5 stars is considered average, 3.0 above average, 3.5 well above average and 4.0 and beyond, by definition, best of breed. It corresponds that a 2.0 star rating is considered below average.

5.0/5.0 Exceptional

4.0/5.0 Excellent

3.0/5.0 Above average

2.5/5.0 Class average

2.0/5.0 Below class average

1.0/5.0 Sub-standard

0.0/5.0 Unsuitable

It is highly unlikely any car will receive five stars for any category with the exception of X Factor -- that's a measure of personal appeal a car has for our testers...

The one area where our star rating does have a parallel with external star systems is in our awarding of an overall rating. Rather than apply a numerical average and round up or down according to mathematical conventions (ie: 3.7 is rounded down to 3.5, while 3.8 is rounded up to 4.0), we choose to round down. The logic of this is we believe a 4.0 star car must be significantly better than a 3.5 star car.

Some of the things we consider when determining a Carsales Network rating

Engine/Drivetrain/Chassis

• Engine: Efficiency and outputs; NVH; responsiveness

• Drivetrain: Transmission operation; gearing; NVH

• Chassis: Suspension performance, brakes, steering

Price, packaging and practicality

• Price: value for money in context - ie in segment/vs rivals

• Equipment: level and quality; fit and finish

• Packaging: space efficiency; ergonomics; vision

• Practicality

Safety

• Active: chassis/body rigidity; brakes; electronics (ABS/ESP/traction control)

• Passive: crash structure airbags; seatbelts, head restraints, child seats, NCAP or manufacturers' rating including pedestrian and child

See ANCAP

Behind the wheel

• Performance, acceleration, driveability and in-gear performance

• Driveline refinement; Ease of use

• Fuel consumption

• Comfort: ride quality, NVH

• Handling

X-factor

• Emotional appeal

• Design

• Point of difference

[Ford_Power]

OK, fair point - but the XR6T gets an average of 3.5... if you average out the scores it's 3.8?

[Buf-Phoon]

weighted average perhaps ??

[seventytwo]

Its on a bell curve, has to be god like to get a five

"The one area where our star rating does have a parallel with external star systems is in our awarding of an overall rating. Rather than apply a numerical average and round up or down according to mathematical conventions (ie: 3.7 is rounded down to 3.5, while 3.8 is rounded up to 4.0), we choose to round down. The logic of this is we believe a 4.0 star car must be significantly better than a 3.5 star car."

[SCRIBR]

Maths > carsales

[Elias]

how many people actually bother read up on the scoring system to realise that 3/5 is actually above average, I think they need to revisit their scoring system, and how do they give a 3/5 for safety when there haven't been any crash test results?

On the other hand, the actual write up was all good. Wish they gave some more info on the manual though. Would have been good to get a comparison on performance between the manual and auto.

[HUSTLER]

Have a look at the interior of the normal turbo and lux pack interior!!! Different colour everthing!! even dash, carpet the lot. I prefer the black then the grey!!

[dule]

Nice to see they kept the cup holders in the same place. I always loved the fact that I have to choose between using the cup holders and changing gears. I normally opt to use the ones on the rear bench, hope they are still there in FG.

[Dillz]

that's the dumbest review I've read for a while, wish I could get paid to regurgitate the ford handbook.

[berzerker]

Have a look at the interior of the normal turbo and lux pack interior!!! Different colour everthing!! even dash, carpet the lot. I prefer the black then the grey!!

I agree... very GREY. if that lux pack can be had in black/red or just black thatd be better