Turbo6man Legacy Donating Member 4,084 Member For: 23y 11m 21d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 26/04/05 05:53 AM Posted 26/04/05 05:53 AM In Australia it is exactly as Cro has said.It has nothing to do with global Ford marketing or history. When the "new" sporting range of vehicles was introduced in 1992, (pretty sure it was '92 but may stand corrected on exact date), Ford Australia issued a press release announcing it was going to be called the XR range to commemorate the series that saw the first Aussie Falcon GT. That was the 66/67 XR model Falcon.When the "barra" range of cars was introduced in 2002 everyone thought the base model was going to be a Forte. Ford had different ideas and issued a press release stating that to enhance the image of the Falcon range of cars as a car built on a long sporting heritage the name was to be XT, continuing the line of thinking and to capitalise on the successful XR range. Ford wanted to press home that there was NO base model in the Ford lineup and even the "cheapest" Ford was a sports bred machine. The XT was of course the second generation of the Ford GT in 1968.Hope this helps those Ford history buffs ...
remyb Member 20 Member For: 21y 10m 2d Gender: Male Posted 26/04/05 08:11 AM Author Posted 26/04/05 08:11 AM This is one of those burning questions... other ones include "What does GLi/SS/XT/MR/etc etc etc stand for...?well doesn't Gli stand for general line? anyway thanx guys
Lumpen Poison Fish. Poison Fish. TASTY FISH!!! Legacy Donating Member 5,181 Member For: 23y 6m 16d Gender: Male Location: The Bogan Shire Posted 26/04/05 08:22 AM Posted 26/04/05 08:22 AM L-LuxaryG-GrandeGL-Grand LuxeGLi-Grand Luxe InjectedS-SportsSS-Super SportsGS-Grand SportsGT-Grand TourerIt's a left over from the 1960's when all the car makers had to on-up each other, until the basic model was a Grand Luxary.
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 21y 6m 8d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 26/04/05 10:17 PM Posted 26/04/05 10:17 PM So you think it is a coincedence that Falcons have XR6 and XR8 yet either British or American Ford cars have all the other XR1s,2s etc up to 8?
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 21y 6m 8d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 26/04/05 10:19 PM Posted 26/04/05 10:19 PM and why the Sierra XR4i wasnt allowed to be called a Sierra XR6i even though it was a 6 cylinder, 2 door, 2 wheel drive (ie no 4 anythings).
veczar Gold Platinum Member Member 1,081 Member For: 22y 3m 5d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 26/04/05 11:11 PM Posted 26/04/05 11:11 PM Then they shouldn't call the XR6 N/A a "XR" they should call is a XT+Extras . How is it performance isnt the engine the same as the XT?Just asking...
Turbofalke Member 658 Member For: 21y 10m 17d Location: Mexico Posted 26/04/05 11:15 PM Posted 26/04/05 11:15 PM eXperimental Racing.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I thought I was part of an experiment
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 21y 6m 8d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 26/04/05 11:25 PM Posted 26/04/05 11:25 PM XTE then?
xrturb god bless my kids Member 611 Member For: 22y 5m 7d Gender: Male Location: claremont meadows, sydney Posted 26/04/05 11:40 PM Posted 26/04/05 11:40 PM http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=447965just love know it alls
xrturb god bless my kids Member 611 Member For: 22y 5m 7d Gender: Male Location: claremont meadows, sydney Posted 26/04/05 11:42 PM Posted 26/04/05 11:42 PM http://www.coolcats.net/welcome/xr7series.htmlget this up ya
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