Focus XR5, makes you think twice when buying an astra VXR

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Originally Posted by mohawk

no but ur boyfriend is a GIMP GIMP ;)

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nah im not that lucky

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Originally Posted by xplosv57

Nope the 135i hasn't been announced, and i highly doubt it will make it over here, too hard to price it within the line up, although BMW have suprised us before!!! Hope it does come here, will be an absolute weapon!!!

P.S. off topic but on BMW's, we got a Z8 at work, one of only 2 in the country, what a sexy beast!!!!

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Aren't Z8s LHD only?

Just as a side on this one...Was driving today and saw a Black XR5 for sale at Grawill Ford West Gosford and 2 orange XR5's for sale at the Ford/BMW dealer at Artarmon....

So if ya lookin' there they be.. ;)

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Originally Posted by gman

Just as a side on this one...Was driving today and saw a Black XR5 for sale at Grawill Ford West Gosford and 2 orange XR5's for sale at the Ford/BMW dealer at Artarmon....

So if ya lookin' there they be.. ;)

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Do you know how much they were going for????

Would should nice to see how much they have decreased in price...

I think they will be snapped up rather quickly as there is still a wait on new XR5...and EO XR5 attract that extra $1800.

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DUG74

its the same for all the hot matches. 'supposedly' there is a wait on the XR5, the VXR, The MPS etc.

Sorry, but i have seen all 3 in dealerships (not on demo) and more than a handful of each. Which did suprise me, saw a VXR in Brain gardner for a few months, and the mazda in cannington has had a red mps for a while too.

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Originally Posted by blueraven

its the same for all the hot matches. 'supposedly' there is a wait on the XR5, the VXR, The MPS etc.

Sorry, but i have seen all 3 in dealerships (not on demo) and more than a handful of each. Which did suprise me, saw a VXR in Brain gardner for a few months, and the mazda in cannington has had a red mps for a while too.

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Agreed. It's a bullshit marketing technique which supposedly hots up the car even more....it's lame psychology gone wrong.

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Originally Posted by blueraven

its the same for all the hot matches. 'supposedly' there is a wait on the XR5, the VXR, The MPS etc.

Sorry, but i have seen all 3 in dealerships (not on demo) and more than a handful of each. Which did suprise me, saw a VXR in Brain gardner for a few months, and the mazda in cannington has had a red mps for a while too.

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This is true, I'm a regular at Kevin Dennis in Braebrook - that's where I've purchased my past new cars - and there are always at least 3 to 5 VXR's there at any one time and that's only one dealership, in fact 2 or 3 of them have been sitting there for ages...

Ralph D'Silva Holden in Preston always has VXR's in the showroom whenever I pass by there as does Booran Holden in Dandenong as well...

Mazda Essendon always has MPS 3's in the showroom...

And the Ford dealer on Manningham Rd. always has 1 or 2 XR5's in there, one of them looks untouched, so definitely not a demo and it's an orange one :)

I think waiting lists are for people who want certain options though, dealers have stock of cars, but there are waiting lists for options!!!

Although of course there are waiting lists of the car when they are first released or are a limited release!!!

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Originally Posted by rjastra

Aren't Z8s LHD only?

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Yep only LHD, the two here in OZ are LHD and are really only used for display, theyre not driven much!!!

The black one's been there for a while i was told this evening.. The 2 orange ones not to sure about...None had prices on them though....

Might ring and ask about them..... ;)