at least one car company in this country has some common sense to bring in the right cars
Taken from the XR5 forum where a few people have put a deposit down...
Ok. So seems the cat is out of the bag now. Last Thursday the deal for 250 units was given the go ahead to be delivered to aus for august 2010. I was in the room as the deal was signed off on.
The cars will be coming in standard RS spec with the addition of the luxury pack that includes the rain sensing wipers, auto headlights, etc. 224kw and 440nm torque. The original numbers showed 100 green, 75 white and 75 blue. This number has been lowered to 220 over the weekend, but I haven't heard from ford if that number has changed. I don't even think every dealer knows about it yet.
At this stage every dealer will get the opportunity to have 1 each and with the original numbers the top x number of xr5 dealers would get a 2nd. There is no confirmation of what colour will go where, and as Barnesy has said, good
luck getting a transfer to another dealer once someone has their mitts on it.
The car will be $59990 plus onroads, but that price can probably change. It will be the 5 pot motor.
Other than that all I know is that dealers will be taking deposits of no less than $5k as has been said and require a d/l copy to secure it for you, but even then, as only one per dealer at this stage you'd be hard pressed to fine one that won't have a queue to get these things. There will be no test drives as they will probably be sold by the time they get here.
The positive thing for those not buying one is rs parts will become available in aus shortly afterwards but probably more than buying from overseas as we currently do anyway.
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at least one car company in this country has some common sense to bring in the right cars
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+1Originally Posted by poita
Only problem is they are probably going to get brought by collectors so wont get to see many on the roads
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Track Times: Phillip Island - 1:59.4027, Calder Park - 1:08.8142, Winton 3km - 1:40.7810, Sandown - 1:29.6000, Haunted Hills - 62.55, 1/4 Mile - 13.736
$60K+ on roads... getting pretty pricey!
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Yeah, especially for a FWD and considering how cheap the XR5's are these days. However, they can charge what they want, they know someone will buy them!
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Yeah, but what a car!
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hell i want one but me no affordy
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Its ok matty. You can buy a geely, they'll be out in perth around the same time
What a beauty.
+1 what Rory said.
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y wud i down grade mate?
Opinions are like assholes.....everyone has one and they're all full of shit...
Oh well, I'm happy that we'll see some RSs around. Too late for me though, just took home my Clio RS 200 Cup Trophee today. By the time Focus RS arrives down under I might have learned how to drive the Clio fast enough to give the hot Ford a good run on Adelaide Hills roads
Awesome car the RS, but I wouldn't have paid more than $50k+on roads to be honest...
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