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Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: 84 Fila on September 13, 2006, 07:52:21 PM
(http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/images/large/1495-8.jpg)
(http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/images/large/1495-7.jpg)
(http://www.falcongtclub.org/i/BAGT_UU.jpg)
(http://www.falcongtclub.org/i/AmandaBA_20_big.jpg)
(http://www.falcongtclub.org/i/AmandaBA_21_big.jpg)

My question is why? 5.4 lt. Boss 290, 4 door kick ass family car? Besides the fact that I feel it would out sell the mustang no less then 2:1.

I felt bad about jacking the thread about the emblems so I started on so we can all bitch about why we should have this. Enjoy
Title: Jetta remix
Post by: DVP on September 13, 2006, 09:06:07 PM
I DONT LIKE IT! it might grow on me but i doubt it. it looks like a new VW and a Hundyia (cant spell). the boss is a good idea for the new cougar:cool:
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: Bird351 on September 13, 2006, 09:33:59 PM
I'd take that car with a twin-turbo I6 any day of the week.. I'd take two of 'em, even.. (maybe one could be that Ranchero-type thing) you can keep your Boss 290 and your koogr fantasies. :p
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: Clayton on September 13, 2006, 09:35:58 PM
:idhitit:
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: HAVI on September 13, 2006, 10:06:18 PM
looks alot like a chebby malibu...ick.  Atleast it's rear wheel drive.
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: Chuck W on September 13, 2006, 10:19:28 PM
Gimmie an F6 Typhoon.....you can keep your GT-P.
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: Bird351 on September 13, 2006, 10:26:53 PM
This would freak out more than a few rednecks around town here: (pic is old version, I think)

http://www.ford.com.au/range/falconute/models/xlsute.asp
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: Chuck W on September 13, 2006, 10:47:55 PM
Quote from: Bird351;103856
This would freak out more than a few rednecks around town here: (pic is old version, I think)

http://www.ford.com.au/range/falconute/models/xlsute.asp


The F6 Tornado would have them g themselves....
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: turbo88 on September 14, 2006, 12:28:04 AM
I love THAT THING!!! it would be a BMW eater thats a given. I wish Ford would market stuff like that over here, i doubt they would be able to keep those things on the LOT!!!
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: 87badbird2613 on September 14, 2006, 12:54:30 AM
did you guys look at the pursuit and super pursuit i thinks thats a hot little number
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: cougrrr302 on September 14, 2006, 01:06:46 AM
I think its pretty cool. Id get one. Id like a Goat too, but we cant all have what we want.
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: 84 Fila on September 15, 2006, 02:05:58 PM
Who would win, Goat or Boss?
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: Bird351 on September 15, 2006, 02:17:39 PM
Quote from: 84 Fila;104071
Who would win, Goat or Boss?


Max Wedge. :p
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: 84 Fila on September 15, 2006, 02:19:51 PM
It's a Hemi.... HEmi Cuda!!! No really, in the 4 door market today, what would win. A Boss, A Goat..... We really need more of these
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: Bird351 on September 15, 2006, 02:29:28 PM
I could be mistaken, but I think Max Wedges are not Hemis.

Doesn't really matter who'd "win".. just get me one of the Falcon Utes with a twin-turbo I6 and one of those funky Aussie paint colors like "Fantasy" (the color of the first car you posted, I think) or "Menace" or "DeJa Vu".. :p NOW, it! :D
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: gumby on September 15, 2006, 02:56:34 PM
i like the concept, but it wouldnt sell here. jus look at how much of a flop the GTO was, for whatever reason.
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: 84 Fila on September 15, 2006, 04:18:34 PM
I still think it would sell if there were more options in the feild of 4 door, RWD's with V8's. And I know there a max wedge isn't a hemi, I was screwing around.
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: Bird351 on September 15, 2006, 04:34:02 PM
Quote from: gumby;104079
i like the concept, but it wouldnt sell here. jus look at how much of a flop the GTO was, for whatever reason.

Maybe because the Holden Monaro is a generic-looking (albeit fast) car pretending to be some late-60s icon?


Sorry, but I just don't get the GTO (or Charger) vs. Falcon comparisons. The Falcon's not pretending to be some legendary car. Sure, there may have been a few reasonably hot Falcons in the 60s like the Falcon Futura/Comet Cyclone, but the originals are pretty generic-looking:

(http://www.napaliprop.com/front-anglex.jpg)
(http://www.jumpthegun.com/cyclone/pictures/65blcalijweinzierl.jpg)

They don't even have to call it a Falcon if/when they bring it over here. They can use some other generic F-name from the past, like Fairmont. Hardly the same as using a name with a lot of nostalgia built up behind it:

(http://ultimategto.com/1969jud/69j_00004_1.jpg)

I think you have to be a pretty serious Ford-geek (we're talking major obsessive) to put the Falcon name up there with the GTO name.
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: Beau on September 15, 2006, 04:47:17 PM
How about this idea fellas?
Make that Aussie Falon/Boss whatcamacallit in a 2 door version,
subtly modify the nose, and taillight panel into 2 different versions, and voila, new Tbird/Cougar....birng back the Turbocoupe, and Eliminator nameplates as well, with a bit more power, and forced induction...and have an a new-age luxo car that hauls ass...then, they can take the  Mustang, give it 17,000 horsepower, and let the rich folks have em all...:beatyoass:

Seriously though, they oughtta import the Falcon here, in a somewhat revised form, while meeting US emissions and safety standards...and call it the Cougar, or Thunderbird...or Taurus, or wtf ever they vote on...hell, they could call it Yugo II and i'd still want it...
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: 84 Fila on September 15, 2006, 05:00:45 PM
They could even make a , god help us, a 4 door cougar / t bird like the charger. The turbo I6 for the Tc/ XR 7 and then the v6/v8 for base and say the boss for a middle of the road model?
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: gumby on September 15, 2006, 07:03:54 PM
i didnt start the comparison, check out the second pic. i do agree with it however, a car like that would never out sell the mustang here.

i guess i must be a ford geek
(http://homepage.mac.com/ssven5/Sites/Svensworldofwheels/images/65falcon/fal7.jpg)
(http://gassermadness.com/chrr2k3/bs/sun/falcon2.jpg)
Title: FPV Falcon GT ( Beware of Pictures!!! )
Post by: 84 Fila on September 17, 2006, 11:19:19 PM
http://www.fpv.com.au/configureprice.aspx (http://"http://www.fpv.com.au/configureprice.aspx")
Now you can make your own car you may never have.