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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Falcon / October 2003Finally Ford Falcon is Australia's best selling car!
At least for September anyway... Ford Falcon 7409 Holden Commodore 7361 Ford Falcon Ute 1943 Holden Commodore Ute 1525 Ford Fairlane 367 Holden Statesman 344 Total Sales Falcon 9737 Total Sales Commodore 9359 According to those figures that means there are 18 Falcons and 129 Commodores which do not fit into those categories... Does that mean LTD and Caprice??? Do you think the Monaro's are included in those figures too? Well, while we are here arguing about pulsating discs and leaking 290Boss's the rest of Australia just "Can't get enough of this!" Sorry had to say it. SL Whoo Hoo! Its been a f.cking long time coming! Go Geoff Polities! FF > At least for September anyway... > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > SL > At least for September anyway... > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > SL Yay! (where do you get the stats from?) Cheers, Daniel > At least for September anyway... > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > SL Do those stats include FPV and HSV? Daniel I think FPV and HSV get separate billing - it would be interesting to see their figures too, but when FPV have just three products its hardly a competition there... Bring on the FPV turbo. > > At least for September anyway... > > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Daniel What a turbo-V8? That would be extremely cool. There were rumours about a GTHO when FPV was started, would be cool to see that. A definite GTS killer (if the GT isn't already -- you could buy a GT and get a Focus Zetec with the spare cash instead of getting a GTS :) Cheers > I think FPV and HSV get separate billing - it would be interesting to see > their figures too, but [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > > > Daniel > What a turbo-V8? That would be extremely cool. > > There were rumours about a GTHO when FPV was started, would be cool to see > that. A definite GTS killer (if the GT isn't already -- you could buy a GT > and get a Focus Zetec with the spare cash instead of getting a GTS :) GTS killer? According to Motor magazine times the GT isn't even a T3 killer. We haven't got faster yet we've just got a weight increase to match the power increase. True. But the GT has plenty of torque. According to a liftout in the West Australian Newspaper the GT is only 10kg less than the GTS and has more torque. (of course it has 10kw less power). The Tickford TE50 is doing waaaay better than the GT in the Australian Production Car championship. The TE50 can (and does) beats the GTSs, but the GT is only around the bottom of the top ten. (Though I think that may have something to do with the GT's driver :) I reckon Ford should put some effort into making the entire Falcon range lighter. Especially XRs and GTs. Aluminium, anyone? Cheers, Daniel. > > What a turbo-V8? That would be extremely cool. > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > killer. We haven't got faster yet we've just got a weight increase to match > the power increase. >True. But the GT has plenty of torque. According to a liftout in the West >Australian Newspaper the GT is only 10kg less than the GTS and has more [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >GT is only around the bottom of the top ten. (Though I think that may have >something to do with the GT's driver :) The TE50 in this class has been racing much longer than the GT so has had the benefit of more development. It also has some concessions, mainly aluminium heads and is in fact developing around 300KW from its stroked Windsor, the Boss motor I believe isn't developing much more than this atm. PS - the TE50 driver last year was Trevor Haine and he went well in it too, so I don't think you can blame it on him :) > The TE50 in this class has been racing much longer than the GT so has > had the benefit of more development. It also has some concessions, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > PS - the TE50 driver last year was Trevor Haine and he went well in it > too, so I don't think you can blame it on him :) OK. I have only been following it for one season. Oh, and, I meant GT Performance (as you correctly assumed :) not Production Car champtionship. (btw the XR6T is doing OK in the production category) Daniel Replying to myself -- first sign of madness. :) Now returning to the GT v GTS idea. A GT is $30 000 less than a GTS, so for 30-grand could you * Sell the Boss 290 * Get the supercharged V8 from American 2004 Ford GT (500hp) * Put that in the Falcon GT * add All-wheel-drive (perhaps from the new Ford Territory) * and give it a fancy paint job with the spare change? I think that would run circles around any GTS. :) Dunno if its feasible though. Cheers,  SignatureDaniel Okely dbokely at yahoo.com.au > > The TE50 in this class has been racing much longer than the GT so has > > had the benefit of more development. It also has some concessions, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Daniel >At least for September anyway... > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >and 129 Commodores which do not fit into those categories... >Does that mean LTD and Caprice??? Yep, I belive thats correct. >Do you think the Monaro's are >included in those figures too? They are listed seperatly as Monaros I don't know the FPV sales, but I have heard that they are doing extremely well too. |
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