_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 6m 28d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 17/07/13 05:58 AM Share Posted 17/07/13 05:58 AM (edited) Well while the GS was being built there was no reason for Ford to bother building an XR8 with the 5.0 SC. Robbing Peter to pay Paul in a sense. What I'm interested in is have they said whether or not the XR8 will come out with the updated FH falcon skin? Or will it be basically the same car they killed off a few years ago with an updated power plant, brakes and suspension. Edited 17/07/13 05:59 AM by _Velocity_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFSIX I Lead Not Follow... Member 1,026 Member For: 12y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Westside,Melbourne Posted 17/07/13 06:33 AM Share Posted 17/07/13 06:33 AM not much can be said about the 5.4 then hey..lol now they were a bucket of s@#t......do some fg's still run a 5.4,like in the b series?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_4.0 Member 1,096 Member For: 13y 10m 3d Posted 17/07/13 06:35 AM Share Posted 17/07/13 06:35 AM Ford nearly did an NA 5.0 xr8 though that was going to be sold alongside the s/c GS. For various reasons, it never happened. My belief is any falcon beyond 2014 will wear the new update skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 6m 28d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 17/07/13 06:55 AM Share Posted 17/07/13 06:55 AM (edited) not much can be said about the 5.4 then hey..lol now they were a bucket of s@#t......do some fg's still run a 5.4,like in the b series??Only the early model 302 GS and the 5th Anniversary GT did. After that everything was force fed in the FPV stable.You could argue that the last XR8 is getting back to the roots of what a muscle car is. Lots of power in a cheapish trim. Edited 17/07/13 06:57 AM by _Velocity_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFSIX I Lead Not Follow... Member 1,026 Member For: 12y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Westside,Melbourne Posted 17/07/13 07:00 AM Share Posted 17/07/13 07:00 AM man those fg gs and gt would have gone nowhere....hopefully they actually get back to there roots and finally start producing good power before they go out..at least then it wont be overshadowed by the xr6t's..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_4.0 Member 1,096 Member For: 13y 10m 3d Posted 17/07/13 07:18 AM Share Posted 17/07/13 07:18 AM not much can be said about the 5.4 then hey..lol now they were a bucket of s@#t......do some fg's still run a 5.4,like in the b series??My old man has an FG GT with 5.4. No special edition or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 1m Gender: Male Posted 17/07/13 08:11 PM Share Posted 17/07/13 08:11 PM Ratter ran a 11.7 or 11.8 qtr with only 280rwks with a 5.4... Cannot be that bad...No matter what ford bring out it won't sell, why buy a car where the workers ate getting the arse from... I'm sure quality control won't be high on there list.. It was not high on Fords list even in there peak times..Once a company announces its leaving people jump off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 6m 28d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 17/07/13 10:20 PM Share Posted 17/07/13 10:20 PM Same could be said for Expensive Daewoo too...they are still sacking blokes by the hundreds. Has this topic been confirmed yet or is it still just based on rumour? I can't understand why it would be a drama to keep FPV going given it's no longer a separate entity in any case...but then most things Ford have done over the last decade don't make much farkin sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_4.0 Member 1,096 Member For: 13y 10m 3d Posted 17/07/13 10:44 PM Share Posted 17/07/13 10:44 PM Ratter ran a 11.7 or 11.8 qtr with only 280rwks with a 5.4... Cannot be that bad...No matter what ford bring out it won't sell, why buy a car where the workers ate getting the arse from... I'm sure quality control won't be high on there list.. It was not high on Fords list even in there peak times..Once a company announces its leaving people jump off.I can promise you the quality has not got worse. Infact, quality control has been stepped up now. Fact !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuckSqueezeBangBlow ʎǝʞuoɯ ɹoıuǝs Donating Members 1,808 Member For: 15y 11m 6d Gender: Male Posted 18/07/13 02:07 AM Share Posted 18/07/13 02:07 AM Ill be keen to buy one of the last ford xr6t or scv8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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