RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 21y 2m 21d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 18/08/11 10:04 AM Share Posted 18/08/11 10:04 AM MERGED AGAIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6FG Silver Donating Members 497 Member For: 14y 8m 24d Gender: Male Posted 18/08/11 11:41 AM Share Posted 18/08/11 11:41 AM No worries HSV, so many people forget it will affect the whole range (6, 6T, 8 and SC8) if they do pull the trigger.....Maybe bring the new Boss Mustang here instead at a good price - call that the XR and we might be pleasantly surprised!! (0% chance of that happening unfortunately...)Funny you should say that...wonder if there's any truth in this???http://www.motortrend.com/future/future_vehicles/1110_2015_ford_mustang_what_to_expect/A Ford muscle car that can beat BMW M3s round a track (the Boss 302) that I'd like to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aiboart Member 665 Member For: 19y 10m 11d Posted 18/08/11 11:45 AM Share Posted 18/08/11 11:45 AM It's bizarre, everyone from Toyota to Subaru to Audi and Mercedes and even Alfa is developing brand new global RWD platforms in order to provide a great driving experience. Fun and driving desirability is where the unit margin is... Ford is intent on bringing out the Lardonator AWD Taurus platform. Sure its' fast, but did anyone, ever, anywhere, dream of owning this car? No.4WD/AWD once imparted a certain degree of stability to a chassis. This was an invaluable safety aid in marginal road conditions in its day. Today times have changed and much higher degrees of stability and safety are imparted to RWD and FWD platforms via stability and agility controls. In addition, modern road tyres now impart levels of grip and linearity that were previously only available from specialist track tyres. What is more impressive is that the modern road tyres can also pull these levels of grip and predictability in wet conditions! 4WD/AWD are no longer required to provide traction.4WD/AWD in most road conditions does nothing more than add mass, rotational inertia and friction. That is the opposite of what is required today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPH612 Member 42 Member For: 13y 8m 7d Posted 18/08/11 01:01 PM Share Posted 18/08/11 01:01 PM Very interesting... some good points.Id like to see 4wd/AWD as an option. On the GTR skylines (4WD) you can add a switch which changes it to the same as the standard GT (RWD). People want choice. Personally the car looks awesome but as CBXRT said ... at what cost? how many models will we loose in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 10m 8d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 18/08/11 01:31 PM Share Posted 18/08/11 01:31 PM The only reason you can do that on the GTR is its got an electronic diff so the switch just turns the bugger off. Certain subarus are the same but will make themselves front wheel drive instead of rear, and the stis with dccd can be rear only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 6m Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 18/08/11 01:42 PM Share Posted 18/08/11 01:42 PM Two diffs and two turbos just means there's more sh*t that can break. It's still a Ford after all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 15y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 18/08/11 02:15 PM Share Posted 18/08/11 02:15 PM wheels mag....how often do concept cars look like production cars... always cost cutting and changes to meet regulations.fg series 1 will be 3 years old before the update comes. 3 years before fg2 requires a replacement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBXRT Banned 643 Member For: 14y 3d Gender: Male Posted 18/08/11 11:50 PM Share Posted 18/08/11 11:50 PM (edited) Aiboart, surely you can't be serious! Do you think the engineers of Lambos, Porsches, GTRs, R8s, EVO/STIs etc etc use AWD purely to increase the weight of their cars and disadvantage them as you suggest? If the next XR was AWD it would be a very positive move in my opinion..... Edited 18/08/11 11:51 PM by CBXRT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barra Donating Members 467 Member For: 16y 12d Gender: Male Location: Toowoomba Posted 19/08/11 12:54 AM Share Posted 19/08/11 12:54 AM Two diffs and two turbos just means there's more sh*t that can break. It's still a Ford after all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6FG Silver Donating Members 497 Member For: 14y 8m 24d Gender: Male Posted 19/08/11 03:47 AM Share Posted 19/08/11 03:47 AM What's the fun of AWD if you can't be a bogan and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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