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July 13th, 2007, 06:19 AM
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 Joined: Mar 19th, 2005 Last Online: 10:41 AM Location: Australia Age: 19 Posts: 721
Car: 01' Mitsubishi Lancer Rep Power: 21   |  Ford Australia competes the Holden VE with .... Rubbish Utter rubbish if you ask me, it looks like the AU series which is now about 10 years old. And the fact is that they've kept a lot of aspects of the current series. They haven't remodeled a new line, it just looks like they've done a copy/paste job. That - or some bad photoshopping Apparently this is the performance version (FPV) made to compete with Holden's HSV series (Vauxhall VXR, Monaro etc). I don't think it cuts the slack   
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July 13th, 2007, 06:29 AM
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Rep Power: 19 | Can't you tell it is a photoshop job? You can see that they used the BF II as the photo base.
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July 13th, 2007, 06:33 AM
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| D:  Joined: Oct 7th, 2006 Last Online: 09:21 PM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 4,503
Car: '08 Honda Accord Euro Rep Power: 49  | lol, god I hope not I don't want a total walkover for holden
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July 13th, 2007, 06:36 AM
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Rep Power: 35 | Still, it is *so* much nicer looking than American Fords. Oh boy! The all new Ford Taurus! |
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July 13th, 2007, 06:41 AM
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| Previously Known As Jamesd  Joined: May 3rd, 2006 Last Online: 02:45 PM Location: Adelaide, Australia. Posts: 2,173
Car: '95 BMW 530i, '85 Nissan Bluebird S3 GXE Rep Power: 27  | I don't think it's a photoshop job on a BF, if it all. Look at the doors. How come you guys get the carsguide on friday? Maybe it's in my newspaper too! D: Some better scans I found    Get rid of the crap matte black plastic. Didn't work on the HSV Senator, doesn't work here.
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July 13th, 2007, 06:54 AM
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| Unloved and lacking a title  Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,412
Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58 | Considering it's a p/shop, I don't think it looks that bad... |
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July 13th, 2007, 07:18 AM
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 Joined: Oct 19th, 2005 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: AU Posts: 31
Rep Power: 0  | I know someone who works on the design team at Ford and he confirmed these were real, he also confirmed that there were alot of questions as to how these pictures got out. |
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July 13th, 2007, 07:18 AM
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| Previously Known As CSL  Joined: Dec 20th, 2006 Last Online: 04:13 PM Location: Australia Posts: 1,921
Car: Aston Martin DB9 (In GT4!) Rep Power: 18 | Same here.
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July 13th, 2007, 07:19 AM
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Car: Holden Commodore VS Rep Power: 42 | Looks like it had a bit of a disaster in applying the mascara this morning... The doors look like they were lifted straight off the VE. |
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July 13th, 2007, 07:29 AM
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| Ambitious but rubbish!  Joined: Jul 12th, 2004 Last Online: 08:31 AM Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 18 Posts: 9,196
Car: 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5L Rep Power: 41 | Am I the only one who likes it  |
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July 13th, 2007, 07:38 AM
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| Joined: Jan 11th, 2007 Last Online: 03:43 PM Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 2,744
Car: Holden Commodore VS Rep Power: 42 | Well apart from looking like a panda bear, it looks ok I guess. The back also reminds me of an Aston Martin DB9, which isn't a bad thing, although the front is a bit Camry-esque. I guess they've just pinched parts from other cars to build this. |
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July 13th, 2007, 07:53 AM
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Rep Power: 17 | Coincidence?   |
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July 13th, 2007, 08:35 AM
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Car: Ford Focus XR5T Rep Power: 15 | Quote:
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July 13th, 2007, 08:53 AM
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| Mantastic!  Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 09:14 PM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,641
Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 82 | The story printed was that the photos were discovered in a tip having been discarded at Ford. As for the car - disappointing. It's not a bad looking car - certainly very clean, but it just seems like a rehash of the BA / BF, it's not different enough, it's not new enough, it doesn't have the wow factor the VE brought. The FPV versions still look underdone, the black treatment under the headlamps is, um, strange. I want these cars to be great, but they just don't jump out and excite me.
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July 13th, 2007, 09:50 AM
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Car: R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec, Falcon XR6 Ute Rep Power: 20 | I really like them. At least the Typhoon looks good this time around. It's easy the best drive of the FPV range at the moment but I couldn't buy one because I'd have to look at it every day. Shit I look at one every day now without owning it and its bad enough. If they want to compete with HSV, they have to go to 20's on the GT-P and option them on both the GT and F6 and sticking with the current rim designs is a bad move too.
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July 13th, 2007, 09:55 AM
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| Aussie Bastard  Joined: Dec 8th, 2006 Last Online: May 12th, 2008 Location: SCOTLAND Age: 27 Posts: 4,205
Car: First Aberdeen Bus Network Rep Power: 18 | Quote:
I like that car, but it needs more cowbell... sorry, flared arches.
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July 13th, 2007, 10:28 AM
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| Previously Known As SLR 722  Joined: Feb 3rd, 2006 Last Online: 09:21 PM Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 729
Car: '85 ZL Ford Fairlane Rep Power: 13 | Quote:
 I think the white GT-P is absolutely stunning in white, i actually like the plastic around the headlights.. Cannot wait until it is officially released. Id also like to see the GT-P with 20's.
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July 13th, 2007, 10:59 AM
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| Joined: Jan 29th, 2007 Last Online: July 7th, 2008 Location: Sydney, AUS Posts: 53
Rep Power: 0 | Word is that they had a very small budget (compared with last time and Holden's) to play with. Ford Australia is in dire straits. The Falcon isn't selling well (more AUs were sold) - the large-six segment has declined in market share. Unlike Holden and Toyota they don't really have an export market (excl. NZ). The same situation exists for Mitsubishi. Hopefully something good comes from those Falcon appearances in the US. http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/Ar...rticleID=41502 |
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July 13th, 2007, 11:12 AM
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 Joined: Jun 29th, 2006 Last Online: January 3rd, 2009 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 618
Rep Power: 13    | I have to say I kinda like it.......uh......actually...... I really do like the front end tho. Still this design language they have going on at Ford seems to either produce stunners or rubbish. I'm thinking its the other way round..... You know they have tried hard when they reshape the doors. Doors are the most expensive part of a car to make. For example, up untill the VE Commodore, Holden had only used 3 diffrent door designs since 1979...... They looks very much like normal Falcon doors, with a altered skin..... |
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July 13th, 2007, 11:48 AM
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