YOZ-F6 Member 96 Member For: 14y 7m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 02/04/11 11:08 AM Share Posted 02/04/11 11:08 AM Hello all!Lately, I have found myself with a LOT of spare time on a recent trip away from home, with a LOT of Top Gear, in fact, all 16 seasons to be more precise. The thing that sparked the topic for this topic was that over the past few weeks of watching every episode of Top Gear (british version, not AUS version) up till season 10, they never ONCE featured an FPV. Not even close. from about season 3, they started with the Monaros, and every season after that they have featured an "Aussie Car" on their show. this got me a bit upset after a while, cause you see the evolution of the monaro, transition to the Clubsport, then to the R8 and NOWHERE is there a mention of the FPV after all those years?Why is that?I wrote to Top Gear britain and asked them of this, and gave them a brief undown of the latest FPV's the GT the F6 and so on, but they are yet to reply, if they ever will? I kow that Top Gear Aus did a comparision between the R8 and the F6 a while back, but why haven't they done it in britain? its not like they can't export one from here to a british ford dealership, like they did with the holdens and then badge those as Vauxhauls? then they have the audacity of saying that the rest of the world doesn't produce fast 4 door saloons, like the europeans Audis, Beemers and Mercedes? are you freakin kidding me?! as you can probably can tell that this has got me pretty upset, so I'm waiting to hear the response from them to see what their deal is!I know they might be a bunch of stupid old farts and are oblivious to what you can call a good value for money saloon car, I mean, they think a good saloon car is a mercedes, or aston martin, or maserati, and look at the price you are paying for those? if anyone has any thoughts, ideas or comments please lemme know, I'm keen to see how many of our members would like to see an FPV in their studio?Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to see an Aussie car make it all the way there, even if it is a Holden. But I'm still left asking myself...What the Fudge?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Resident idiot. Donating Members 2,068 Member For: 14y 6m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/04/11 11:13 AM Share Posted 02/04/11 11:13 AM I'd like to see one on there but I'm guessing they feature the HSV stuff because you can buy it there. Time for FPV to try and export!! ** side note to FPV to avoid embarrassment get rid of the dunlops and put something wider on there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 17y 12d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 02/04/11 11:21 AM Share Posted 02/04/11 11:21 AM Pretty sure nizpro exported some there years ago?? There's definitely a few b series over there already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Resident idiot. Donating Members 2,068 Member For: 14y 6m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/04/11 11:28 AM Share Posted 02/04/11 11:28 AM (edited) Forgot about those! Edited 02/04/11 11:29 AM by dre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 4m 18d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 02/04/11 11:45 AM Share Posted 02/04/11 11:45 AM And that's the last that was heard of them....Where as the Holden has been a steady import as a Vauxhall for years, they just aren't interested and neither would the international euro market they're selling the programme to either as they cant get them over there in a steady supply.This topic has been covered so many times and the answers blindingly obvious.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 7m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 02/04/11 12:03 PM Share Posted 02/04/11 12:03 PM I went to Top Gear live a few weeks back.. Right at the start James May drives out in a FG F6 ute, and Clarkson in a HSV Maloo ute.. They were chattin a bit about each car and the love us 'aussies' have or them.. Later on 'Kenny' came out and they were all talking generally about aussie cars, and Clarkson talked about his drive in the FG GT.. He was saying how awsome it was and how it left 'black lines' up the street just taking off..He seemed very impressed with the GT, but since we you cant buy one in the UK there isnt really a point for them to test it, cause it would be too difficuilt for your average joe to get one there anyway.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 10m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/04/11 01:36 PM Share Posted 02/04/11 01:36 PM I'm pretty sure they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/04/11 01:58 PM Share Posted 02/04/11 01:58 PM Forgot about those!My son owns this exact car. Top Gear is welcome to test drive it anytime. I think it would pleasantly surprise them. Its an awesome package. No cars went to the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Resident idiot. Donating Members 2,068 Member For: 14y 6m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/04/11 03:11 PM Share Posted 02/04/11 03:11 PM None? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 17y 12d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 02/04/11 09:46 PM Share Posted 02/04/11 09:46 PM There's a user on here from Europe, Scotland maybe? B series turbo ute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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