|
|
|
|
|
|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
|||||||
| The Pub For General Automotive Related Talk |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
|
29-01-2015, 12:29 AM
|
#1 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Richmond, VIC
Posts: 1,666
|
|
||
|
|
| This user likes this post: |
|
29-01-2015, 12:17 PM
|
#4 | |||
|
Pity the fool
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wait Awhile
Posts: 8,997
|
Quote:
__________________
Fords I own or have owned: 1970 XW Falcon GT replica  | 1970 XW Falcon | 1971 XY Fairmont | 1973 ZG Fairlane | 1986 XF Falcon panel van | 1987 XFII Falcon S-Pack | 1988 XF Falcon GLS ute | 1993 EBII Fairmont V8 | 1996 XG Falcon ute | 2000 AU Falcon wagon | 2004 BA Falcon XT | 2012 SZ Territory Titanium AWDProud to buy Australian and support Ford Australia through thick and thin |
|||
|
|
|
| 2 users like this post: |
|
29-01-2015, 01:48 AM
|
#5 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canberra Region
Posts: 8,886
|
HSV are actually going to be converting Chevy pickups and possibly Corvettes to be sold here, it wont be done here though it will be done in Thailand.
__________________
2016 FGX XR8 Sprint, 6speed manual, Kinetic Blue #170 2004 BA wagon RTV project. 1998 EL XR8, Auto, Hot Chilli Red 1993 ED XR6, 5speed, Polynesian Green. 1 of 329. Retired 1968 XT Falcon 500 wagon, 3 on the tree, 3.6L. Patina project. |
||
|
|
|
| 2 users like this post: |
|
29-01-2015, 02:04 AM
|
#6 | ||
|
Banned
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ipswich QLD
Posts: 4,697
|
What....the....hell.......is.......that
|
||
|
|
|
|
02-02-2015, 07:55 PM
|
#7 | |||
|
Armbar Assassin
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Kalgoorlie
Posts: 28
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
03-02-2015, 07:30 PM
|
#8 | |||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 1,138
|
Quote:
Also, if HSV is given free reign, if an AWD Insignia with a twin-turbo V6 could be made to do 0-100 in 4.0 seconds, and that would be enough to keep their customer base. As long as they're faster, better performance cars. |
|||
|
|
|
|
29-01-2015, 10:52 AM
|
#10 | ||
|
Virtuous Bogan (TM)
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
Posts: 27,532
|
What platform and market is it for?
__________________
|
||
|
|
|
|
29-01-2015, 11:08 AM
|
#11 | ||
|
Not of the Sooty variety!
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On a Shrinking Planet
Posts: 1,817
|
Looks like the Photoshop artist grabbed a heap of other car bits and pieces and slapped them together.
From the rear looks like a VF HSV GTS that's been run over by a steamroller. 
__________________
"To be afraid is to be alive - to act against that fear is to be a person of courage." Current
The Toy: 2002 AUIII TS50 The Daily and Tow Vehicle: 2016 VW Amarok |
||
|
|
|
|
29-01-2015, 11:18 AM
|
#12 | ||
|
Racing improves the breed
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SE Melbourne
Posts: 3,981
|
It just looks like an artists impression with GTS wheels and brakes to sell magazines.
It will be cool seeing Corvettes or Camaro's sold here though.
__________________
1970 Mini Cooper S Historic Group Nc Touring car 1964 Mini Cooper S Historic Group Nb Touring car Victorian Hill Climb Championship |
||
|
|
|
|
29-01-2015, 11:41 AM
|
#13 | ||
|
Former BTIKD
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Sunny Downtown Wagga Wagga. NSW.
Posts: 53,197
|
Pity they got the Steering wheel, and wipers (and the mirror angle) on the wrong (LHD) side
__________________
Dying at your job is natures way of saying that you're in the wrong line of work.
|
||
|
|
|
| This user likes this post: |
|
29-01-2015, 11:57 AM
|
#15 | ||
|
Virtuous Bogan (TM)
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
Posts: 27,532
|
So AWD, and then they would have to champion the drive train themselves? Pie in the sky.
Pity it looks nice.
__________________
|
||
|
|
|
|
29-01-2015, 12:30 PM
|
#16 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 690
|
I think that HSV will be stockpiling additional Commodore chases from Holden before production ends. This way HSV will be in the position to continue selling their model line-up for at least another year before transition to an all new model is complete. Remember that unlike Ford, Holden and HSV engines are Euro 5 compliant so there is no statutory legal deadline to phasing the cars out.
HSV also has the opportunity of offering Factory Upgrade kits for owners of earlier Gen F and E serries cars with the latest kit available in 2018. This is something that has been successfully done by Nissan with their GTR cars in the past. Owners could buy latest engine / suspension / brake / aero / etc. upgrades that can be easily retro-fitted into some of the earlier vehicles all done by the Factory with corresponding warrantee. Lastly I think it’s too early to talk about the next HSV models as we are still a few years away! HSV does have a number of overseas market models (USA, Korea, Europe) which they can tap into. HSV may also be directly working with the local Holden engineers on customising the imported Holden models for the Australian market and selling them as the upper tier cars (similar to AMG inspired, or M tuned). Either way I think HSV has plenty of options and venues to consider, and there is plenty of time to get everything ready.
__________________
2012 FG MkII XR6 Turbo LE: Winter White + Tint 
|
||
|
|
|
| This user likes this post: |
|
29-01-2015, 01:04 PM
|
#17 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Richmond, VIC
Posts: 1,666
|
Anyone know if there is gonna be a VF facelift ?
|
||
|
|
|
|
29-01-2015, 06:49 PM
|
#18 | |||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,705
|
Quote:
__________________
Previous Rides Bionic BA MKII XR6T 245kW I6 Turbo, 6spd Manual Grey (yuk what was I thinking) AH Astra CDX Coupe 93kW NA I4, 5spd Manual Sensation FG XR8 290kW NA V8, 6spd Automatic Current Rides Octane GTF SC V8, 6spd Manual, Manta 3" X pipes and hotdogs Starlight Lotus Evora S 258kW SC V6, 6spd Manual |
|||
|
|
|
|
30-01-2015, 01:54 AM
|
#19 | |||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Richmond, VIC
Posts: 1,666
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
29-01-2015, 05:57 PM
|
#20 | ||
|
Donating Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 5,637
|
World Exclusive ?
Pure speculation and BS to sell magazines. Top Gear = Wheels magazine. |
||
|
|
|
| 3 users like this post: |
|
29-01-2015, 06:47 PM
|
#21 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 156
|
They'd honestly be better off just bringing in the Cadillac CTS and ATS. Not sure if they are able to be built in RHD these days though.
  
|
||
|
|
|
|
30-01-2015, 12:27 AM
|
#24 | ||
|
I ♥ EDM
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,141
|
Topgear/Wheels/Motor magazine = **** paper for my budgies. I wouldn't wipe my glorious **** with their pages.
How this is worthy of discussion is beyond me. I thought us Ford fans were better than that.... |
||
|
|
|
|
30-01-2015, 06:31 AM
|
#25 | |||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,198
|
Quote:
People talk about hot hatches and Jap cars... so why not this.. Those Cadillacs look rather tempting. |
|||
|
|
|
|
01-02-2015, 12:04 AM
|
#26 | |||
|
I ♥ EDM
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,141
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
30-01-2015, 06:29 AM
|
#27 | ||
|
VIC The Place to Boost
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,643
|
Isn't HSV closing down soon just like FPV? Why speculate and get HSV fans hopes up?
__________________
F6 310 - Blue Power Racing Developments |
||
|
|
|
|
30-01-2015, 09:15 PM
|
#28 | |||
|
Peter Car
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: geelong
Posts: 23,145
|
Quote:
WOFTAM I think. No V8, no ute, no RWD, no HSV. |
|||
|
|
|
|
30-01-2015, 09:28 PM
|
#29 | ||
|
Donating Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 12,033
|
Notice that the article is penned by our favourite Holden employee, sorry journalist, Josh Dowling.
Enough said!
__________________
PX MK II Ranger FG XR6 FG X XR8 Mustang GT T3 TS50 - gone but not forgotten |
||
|
|
|
|
30-01-2015, 09:57 PM
|
#30 | ||
|
Oo\===/oO
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tamworth
Posts: 11,348
|
They need a new graphic artist...that's just lazy :-/
__________________
|
||
|
|
|
Hsv 2018
Hybrid Mode