Fg - Last Aussie Build Falcon?

[kane_tools]

None of the options in the poll fit, somehow I think my BA will be a keeper along with a FG.

[IBOO57]

Would be time to build that E30 325i with a Gas 2JZ I always wanted.....

[stang]

I have read the top gear magazine and it`s a farce they have no idea whats going on .It`s just another part of APC magazines no different from drive or any of the other wankers, but thought they could get street cred buy calling it Top gear and commenting on Australian indusry lol.

[bunna]

  On 19/07/2010 at 9:22 PM, aiboart said:

It is not that the AWD Taurus SHO it is not a good thing, rather, it is about ensuring that Ford gets the $$$ and that Ford clients get value,

1- In the era where (fleet) fuel consumption is a stay in business case for the vehicle manufacturer one questions the wisdom associated with installing a high mass high drag AWD driveline configuration into the mass market fleet.

You're assuming (and I'd suggest rather incorrectly) that the only model for sale would be the SHO? The rest of the taurus line-up is offered in FWD or AWD.

And this is all make believe anyway.

[tpinto]

Ive got some question here, if all this hearsay about the Taurus is correct then what are they going to do for an eight? import the Mustang also at 120k plus? I dont think so. And what are they going to do with all the coyotes coming our way and all the wasted money fixing the drive line to accommodate them. How about Prodrive and the money they paid Ford Australia to set up shop? Prodrive wont be able to survive on just a FPV twin turbo Taurus. Yes it will happen one day but not in the near future and when it happens you can bet that they are going to use a universal floor plan that will accommodate not only front but rear and AWD and an engine bay that will fit 4, 6 and 8s and also left or right hand drive positioning. As far as Im concerned a magazine will make up any bullsh*t to sell copies on the day and if all there write ups were correct then Im sure by now we would also have cars that fly. The day Ford Australia goes front drive in the near future is the day that alot of current Ford owners will have a rear drive Expensive Daewoo in their garages instead and the rest a superior built Jap front wheel drive car at half the price and the boys at Ford know this.

[NB4C]

I'd be quite happy if they used the same platform for the next gen Mustang and Falcon (with different wheel bases). I want the best of both worlds: the Mustang's superior handling and Falcon's IRS.

I just want an affordable, fast and comfortable 4 door sedan. It would be cool if the next gen Falcon was a mid-sizer - less weight, better fuel economy, sharper handling. Ford's version of the BMW 3/5 series.

Edited 25/07/10 06:18 PM by NB4C

[tab]

tpinto - The Topgear article wasn't really predicting anything new, just that it will most likely happen in the future and if the current model taurus is any indication of what we could be in for then there's nothing to worry about.

Yes I agree that magazines will makeup anything to sell another copy, and for that reason haven't bought any of the others for a couple of years unless it was a special edition, but in this case it was more of a test-drive article than anything.

Realistically it probably won't happen for at least another five or so years...but who knows.