VF SS vs XR6 Turbo

[Drizt]

Is that a photo shop?

Doesn't look to bad.

[whitels1ss]

Is that a photo shop?

Doesn't look to bad.

Sorry I am not sure, I just searched on images FG Falcon wagon and there were a few there.

[wagz]

Its not a photo shop from memory it was a prototype...can be corrected if wrong

having said that of course it would of been worth it... think of all other industries and fleet that would of come back to the falcon wagon.. Now they mainly use mondeo or utes because the holden VE wagon boot is just way to small.. Not to mention every single taxi wagon is .... Falcon. they had all the engines and styling ready especially gas just needed a chassis extension..
As I said IMO dumb move from Ford not to capitalise on this. Soon they will be extinct ...

Does this mean a BA pov pack with sagging hood lining will be worth big dollars in 10 years

[Ghosn]

Watching the vid, the commodore is in front most of the journey until they draw even towards the end, so how does the falcon have a 4.9 and commodore a 5??

[lowriding]

Sorry guys , that is definitely a photoshop ! And not a particularly good one either .

[Plenty]

Watching the vid, the commodore is in front most of the journey until they draw even towards the end, so how does the falcon have a 4.9 and commodore a 5??

The VF definitely gets the jump but at 60km/h they are dead even at 2.4sec.

[Goggles]

Is that a photo shop?

Doesn't look to bad.

looks like a photochop of a VE sportwagon

[Jag530G]

Its not a photo shop from memory it was a prototype...can be corrected if wrong

having said that of course it would of been worth it... think of all other industries and fleet that would of come back to the falcon wagon.. Now they mainly use mondeo or utes because the holden VE wagon boot is just way to small.. Not to mention every single taxi wagon is .... Falcon. they had all the engines and styling ready especially gas just needed a chassis extension..
As I said IMO dumb move from Ford not to capitalise on this. Soon they will be extinct ...

Does this mean a BA pov pack with sagging hood lining will be worth big dollars in 10 years

Ford didn't do it because hardly anyone was interested. They had the Territory. You are kidding yourself if you think there is a market for a leaf sprung live axle performance wagon. (I'm trying to think of the last time Ford offered a V8 wagon? Was it the XE?) What fleet user would return to a LWB petrol 6 station wagon? Fleets would rather have diesel vans, much more interior space and much more fuel efficient. If a fleet operator needs 5 seats and a load space they buy a Prado. The only market for wagons now is the relatively small market for mostly private buyers wanting standard wheel base "sport wagon" type vehicles, see Holden VE-VF Commodore, Subaru Liberty, MB C/E class wagons et al.

Cheers, Matthew

[Phillshz]

XD wagons were available with both the 302 and 351. They weren`t big sellers as V8`s were not in demand at the time (especially in a wagon). More 302`s were sold than 351`s. IIRC ford didn`t even advertise the V8 or did very little promotion of it as the alloy head 6 was the big news at the time.
XE wagons likely were available with a V8 but probably as a special order. Most V8`s went into Fairmont Ghia`s, fairlane`s, LTD`s & and police cars/chasers as by this time ford had stopped production and was using it`s stockpile.

The story I heard is the last 351 slipped quietly into a bronco, when ford went to put it into the "last V8 car" (silver xe Fairmont ghia) they discovered the stuff up and had no choice but to fit one of last 302`s in to it instead. Don`t know how true it is though.

Cheers Phill

[whitels1ss]

Ford didn't do it because hardly anyone was interested. They had the Territory. You are kidding yourself if you think there is a market for a leaf sprung live axle performance wagon. (I'm trying to think of the last time Ford offered a V8 wagon? Was it the XE ?)

Actually I remember a mate of mine had an EB Fairmont Ghia V8 (1992) wagon many years ago
(yeah I know an XR6 is not a V8 ) and they made a few EF XR6 wagons as well back in 1994, they never sold well new
but they sold like hot cakes in the used car market.

[Phillshz]

When holden brought out the EFI 5.0L for the VN and it sold well, ford had no choice but to import the mustangs 5.0L windsor in 1991 and fit it to EB`s

[Troutman]

Looks like the last Ford V8 wagon was the AU (series III to be precise). Like this one:

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/de...13752575/?Cr=4

[whitels1ss]

Looks like the last Ford V8 wagon was the AU (series III to be precise). Like this one:

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/de...13752575/?Cr=4

Yes thanks, I just checked in a couple of old "Red Book's" I have lying around and this is correct they ran Fairmont Wagons in V8's
all the way through EF's EL's and up to the AU III's.

The old Windsor V8 did not make much more power than the 4.0 litre 6 cylinder at the time so I think it is understandable why not many were sold

[Jag530G]

Yes thanks, I just checked in a couple of old "Red Book's" I have lying around and this is correct they ran Fairmont Wagons in V8's
all the way through EF's EL's and up to the AU III's.

The old Windsor V8 did not make much more power than the 4.0 litre 6 cylinder at the time so I think it is understandable why not many were sold

AU V8 wagons must be as rare as hen's teeth. It's funny, if someone says to me they drive a Holden V8 wagon, without saying the model code, no particular model comes to mind, could be any Commo or Kingswood. But if someone said they drive a Ford V8 wagon, even nowadays I would think of XA/XB/XC, the idea of a V8 E?/AU wagon just doesn't come to mind.

Cheers, Matthew