FWD Falcon???

[rjastra]

Ford make an AWD Falcon sized car in the USA (TT 3.5L V6). I think any future Falcons would share the Taurus platform.

AWD... about 270Kw

[Wraith]

word was they were scraping v8s soon anyway.. and the 6s are becoming 4s

That's exactly what BMW are planning on doing in the future beginning this year with the new 1 series, not Ford, as said the new Aust. developed Ford Coyote S/C V8's are here to stay and word is they're going to be used by the yanks on some of their range too

GMH apparently will bring in the S/C LS9 to compete against them or introduce a normal run of the mill S/C LS3 rather than custom S/C V8 Walkie jobs, either way it seems V8's are alive and well for the immediate term anyway

BTW BMW will also scrap the once heavily lauded atmo V10...

[gmonkey]

ford were too.. if u recall the idea of a 4cyl falcon discussion just over a year back :P

[gmonkey]

That's exactly what BMW are planning on doing in the future beginning this year with the new 1 series, not Ford, as said the new Aust. developed Ford Coyote S/C V8's are here to stay and word is they're going to be used by the yanks on some of their range too

GMH apparently will bring in the S/C LS9 to compete against them or introduce a normal run of the mill S/C LS3 rather than custom S/C V8 Walkie jobs, either way it seems V8's are alive and well for the immediate term anyway

BTW BMW will also scrap the once heavily lauded atmo V10...

oh and BMW arent scraping the v10 they are keeping that for the M5/M6 fairly certain, but no more v8

[PaulyJ]

Go drive a current Commodore or Falcon, then drive a Toyota Aurion and report back on which you prefer for driving pleasure.

The Aurion without a doubt. My wife and I are about to buy an Aurion, and having driven all 3, the Aurion ticks a lot more boxes.
The gearbox is great and the power delivery from the 3.5 6 is beautiful. Handles pretty well for a large car too.
For daily 'normal' driving pleasures, which would be 95% of the time, definately Aurion.
For sick drifts and hectic sidewayz actionz, commo and falcon over the aurion.

[ChrisMaz]

Go drive a current Commodore or Falcon, then drive a Toyota Aurion and report back on which you prefer for driving pleasure.

As above. The aurion has excellent power AND handling for a large car.


But you can't do gnarly skids in a FWD bro.

Oh and please don't buy the AT-X. Disgusting interior and even tackier than the 2010 XR6 falcon.

[Vectracious]

My wife and I are about to buy an Aurion,

Please tell me you are joking.

[hazrd]

cant even do hand brakies in the aurion...... because there is no hand brake lol (foot brake)

[GreyRex]

The Aurion without a doubt. My wife and I are about to buy an Aurion, and having driven all 3, the Aurion ticks a lot more boxes.
The gearbox is great and the power delivery from the 3.5 6 is beautiful. Handles pretty well for a large car too.
For daily 'normal' driving pleasures, which would be 95% of the time, definately Aurion.
For sick drifts and hectic sidewayz actionz, commo and falcon over the aurion.

Please tell me you are joking.

It's funny... I had a mate who chopped and changed between dealers as a salesman a few years ago (2007), and would always be bringing a different car over when he saw me

He never ended up with an XR6, but he did get the SV6 and different versions of the aurion. Weird thing was (with both of being into cars)... we both preferred the Aurion!!

Never forgot the time we had some fun with a VL Turbo in a base model Aurion. Let's just say he got the shock of his life haha

[Vectracious]

Never forgot the time we had some fun with a VL Turbo in a base model Aurion. Let's just say he got the shock of his life haha

They are quick cars, but people who drive them I think have a complex about having one - so you constantly have these middle aged men in their Aurion dragging everyone off at the lights and just acting like complete f*ckwits..... Then you get the owners who just can't drive for sh*t (hence why they ended up in something as dreary as a Toyota Aurion in the first place - because they just don't give a crap about cars)