FPV’s Murdered-Out Falcon GT Concept with Supercharged Boss 5.0 V8 Debuts in Melbourn

[IcePickFreak]

Couple of things here. The G8 was only produced for 18 months. And for a large portion of that time, the economy stunk and GM was is danger of financial collapse, leading up to the June 2009 bankruptcy filing which officially killed off Pontiac and the G8. With a base price of over $28k it was quite a bit more expensive than the base versions of the American competition. Secondly, because the G8 was really an import with a Pontiac badge, GM had to negotiate with the wonderful UAW how many they were actually allowed to import into the country. The UAW would never have allowed even a number as low as 50k annual let alone 75-100k if they could have sold that many.

Pontiac's demise was also announced before all the G8's were off the boats - not exactly good for marketing. Not to mention they can't sell more than what was imported into the country, obviously.

 

[senseamp]

There is always an excuse. The point is, what Ford is doing is working. Less arrows, more wood behind each arrow. You have to pick your battles, bringing an aging Australian car to the US is not a good battle to fight.

 

[LTC8K6]

There is always an excuse. The point is, what Ford is doing is working. Less arrows, more wood behind each arrow. You have to pick your battles, bringing an aging Australian car to the US is not a good battle to fight.

The current Falcon is apparently not going to change until 2015. Wherein a version of the Mustang will replace it, still as a RWD platform

So there should be plenty of years to bring it to the US as a RWD sedan and try to develop a following for it here like other RWD cars in the US have, and have it make the same transition to a Mustang platform.

So, there should be no concern about any "aging" Falcon platform. The platform will continue for a long time in RWD form, and there is already a plan in the works for the Mustang and Falcon platforms to merge.

In my mind, it makes no sense at all not to bring this RWD platform to the US and get it started here.

 

[Pariah]

The current Falcon is apparently not going to change until 2015. Wherein a version of the Mustang will replace it, still as a RWD platform

So there should be plenty of years to bring it to the US as a RWD sedan and try to develop a following for it here like other RWD cars in the US have, and have it make the same transition to a Mustang platform.

Unless Ford had planned to bring a car to the US based on this platform all along, they aren't going to be able to get them here in 6 months. It took GM over 2 years from the time the Monaro was officially announced as a coming to America as a GTO, until the car hit showrooms. And even with that much time, it was a complete rush job conversion with a few peculiarities in the vehicles when they got here (center stack designed for right hand drive, coin holders in center console don't fit US coins, etc.).

If Ford green lighted the project today, 2 years from now would be the end of 2013. That would leave 2 years tops for American sales. That's not nearly enough time to make the project worth the effort.

 

[senseamp]

The current Falcon is apparently not going to change until 2015. Wherein a version of the Mustang will replace it, still as a RWD platform

So there should be plenty of years to bring it to the US as a RWD sedan and try to develop a following for it here like other RWD cars in the US have, and have it make the same transition to a Mustang platform.

So, there should be no concern about any "aging" Falcon platform. The platform will continue for a long time in RWD form, and there is already a plan in the works for the Mustang and Falcon platforms to merge.

In my mind, it makes no sense at all not to bring this RWD platform to the US and get it started here.

There will probably be a global Ford RWD platform at some point. But this platform would need to be designed from the start to serve various product needs and regulations in different countries. This is a long process, but it's worth doing it right and not taking shortcuts.