USA gets the Taurus; Australia gets the Falcon XR6 Turbo

[RagingBITCH]

http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=26&article_id=8210

The styling reminds me of a Mazda, a RSX, and a Sentra all clumped together. But you can't argue with the Intech 5.4 though. Or the turbo'ed 6. It's going to be sad how Ford dumps all this money into the 500 and Futura or whatever the hell it's called and it still gets pwned by the competition. Bland and boring seem to sum it up quite well.

 

[isekii]

I like it.

 

[boyRacer]

There's a 5.0 V8 Falcon and a 5.0 V8 Holden in the Australian V8 Supercar series... 620hp from each car... :Q

Sorta like NASCAR on roadcourses... 😀

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: isekii
I like it.

me too, and I don't even like ford.

 

[brtspears2]

C/D-observed fuel economy: 12 mpg

Wow they must have been really driving this car.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: iloveme2

Originally posted by: isekii
I like it.

me too, and I don't even like ford.

Yea I feel the same way.
That vehicle's design both exterior and interior is pretty hot.

 

[Vic]

I think it's pretty obvious why it's not in the US. $38k and 12mpg. That's SUV country, while a Taurus is $20k and 28mpg. I'm thinking the Aussies don't buy SUV's, but do indulge in V8 "saloon" cars. Oh... why are Americans so stupid sometimes?

 

[m3lo]

Originally posted by: isekii
I like it.

 

[Apex]

The US always seems to miss out on the good Ford cars. RS200 EVO anyone? 🙂

 

[Electric Amish]

Woohoo!

Another car that looks just like every other god-damned car on the road.

Whoopee! :roll:

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Vic
I think it's pretty obvious why it's not in the US. $38k and 12mpg. That's SUV country, while a Taurus is $20k and 28mpg. I'm thinking the Aussies don't buy SUV's, but do indulge in V8 "saloon" cars. Oh... why are Americans so stupid sometimes?

Not even considering technology - just styling alone would do wonders for Ford here in the U.S. The interior and exterior of that Falcon is awesome. The Falcon is their mid-size sedan in Australia, with the Fiesta/Focus for the econo, Fairlane for the full-size. Not all Falcons cost $38K. If anything, that Falcon here in the US would be the 500 and would compete against the 300c, which would be almost step to step with it in terms of power.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Not all Falcons cost $38K.

:roll:

Price as tested: $38,850 (base price: $36,065)

 

[Aharami]

thats a nice lookin car

 

[Dacalo]

We get shanked

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

woah, look at this one!

and another nice one...just standard.

 

[MrScott81]

C/D-observed fuel economy: 12 mpg

That's just sad

 

[ABitTooSpicy]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Woohoo!

Another car that looks just like every other god-damned car on the road.

Whoopee! :roll:

Hate hate hate...
I hate you, I hate you, And I especially hate youuuu....

LOL

 

[Shockwave]

Man, thats slick!! I like it!

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Not all Falcons cost $38K.

:roll:

Price as tested: $38,850 (base price: $36,065)

http://www.ford.com.au/configurator/configurator.asp?vehicle=32&model=163

There are different series for the Falcoln line. Falcon XT Sedan starts at $23,878 when converted to US dollars.

You should try watching the Speed channel instead of the Oxygen channel. Just once a week and you might learn something about cars.

Oh I forgot your: :roll:

 

[thedarkwolf]

Originally posted by: MrScott81

C/D-observed fuel economy: 12 mpg

That's just sad

When your doing nothing but 1/4 mile runs, 0-60 runs, and just plain old beating the crap out of it what do you expect?

The reason we don't get it here is RWD is dangerous and we are too stupid to be able to drive it. Its scary. Hopefully the new Chryslers sell well enough to change car makers minds.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf

Originally posted by: MrScott81

C/D-observed fuel economy: 12 mpg

That's just sad

When your doing nothing but 1/4 mile runs, 0-60 runs, and just plain old beating the crap out of it what do you expect?

The reason we don't get it here is RWD is dangerous and we are too stupid to be able to drive it. Its scary.

WTF are you talking about? RWD isn't dangerous unless you are a moron. My car is RWD and so are thousands of other cars on the roads. I don't think the fact that it's RWD has anything to do with why it's not sold here.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Originally posted by: iloveme2

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf

Originally posted by: MrScott81

C/D-observed fuel economy: 12 mpg

That's just sad

When your doing nothing but 1/4 mile runs, 0-60 runs, and just plain old beating the crap out of it what do you expect?

The reason we don't get it here is RWD is dangerous and we are too stupid to be able to drive it. Its scary.

WTF are you talking about? RWD isn't dangerous unless you are a moron. My car is RWD and so are thousands of other cars on the roads. I don't think the fact that it's RWD has anything to do with why it's not sold here.

I own an 89 5.0l mustang. I was being sarcastic and the general public does think its dangerous 🙂.

 

[Vortex22]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
woah, look at this one!

and another nice one...just standard.

Gawd damn! Now those are a couple Fords I would definitely drive!

 

[Vortex22]

I wonder if you could make one street legal in the US? heh.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

http://www.ford.com.au/configurator/configurator.asp?vehicle=32&model=163

There are different series for the Falcoln line. Falcon XT Sedan starts at $23,878 when converted to US dollars.

I dunnno, but $36k for a 340hp rwd sedan is still kinda on the expensive side. or maybe I just can't imagine buying a ford with that kind of price tag.