watto
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- Melbourne, Australia
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- 2013 Holden Cruze SRi Series 2
Unless it's a pick-up truck
You never know, GM might want the SS Ute to be a new El Camino...
Unless it's a pick-up truck
You never know, GM might want the SS Ute to be a new El Camino...
Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo... oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please
Unless it's a pick-up truck
Or the fact that the engine has never been produced or sold here. The v8's are at least using standard parts bin stuff, or at have the ability to bolt in the American equivalent.
It's not about being original, but being cost effective. The Xr6 turbo would be cool to see and might even get them the "No turbo No care" market.
You never know, GM might want the SS Ute to be a new El Camino...
The engine seems to have been fairly reliable here, though I thought it had basis on one of the american engines
How times have changed. It appears at the moment the Australian devisions of GM and Ford are currently designing ALL the cars that Americans will buy in 2 years. In 2009 when a American walks into a GM or Ford dealer and comes out with a RWD V8 then you can pretty much guarantee that the Australians designed the thing.
It may, but Ford hasn't made an I-6 for the US market in nearly 20 years. And ours was never updated with the twin cam cylinder heads. The engine may be reliable but things break and people need parts, and those parts have to be kept in stock.
Since Ford already has their various displacement v6's and some smaller displacement v8's, the Aussie I-6 is just added cost that isn't needed.
You could get the old 4.9 Liter push rod Straight 6 as late as 1995/1996 in a F-150.
Ah, the 300ci. Not a bad engine.
You could get the old 4.9 Liter push rod Straight 6 as late as 1995/1996 in a F-150.
And saying Ford won't bring the XR6 Turbo over here 'just because' is frankly a weak and stupid argument.
Ford is the one that listened to its buyers and kept the live axle in the new Mustang (after it's already designed for the IRS in back.) So I think the chances of the Turbo I6 coming over are fairly good.