SuckSqueezeBangBlow ʎǝʞuoɯ ɹoıuǝs Legacy Donating Member 1,808 Member For: 17y 9m 15d Gender: Male Posted 24/07/09 09:31 PM Posted 24/07/09 09:31 PM fleet sales will love the new motor.
bunna Legacy Donating Member 813 Member For: 20y 1m 6d Posted 25/07/09 12:08 AM Posted 25/07/09 12:08 AM All good news at Broady - this keeps us going for at least another 5-6 years.Building focus would have killed ford aus - the game has changed so much in 2 years that we simply could not have sustained a small car program.
Adam Here since the start... Legacy Donating Member 10,282 Member For: 23y 5m 6d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 25/07/09 12:17 AM Posted 25/07/09 12:17 AM It's a good move.Diesel Territory will be a big winner!
XRDOSE BIGRED Legacy Donating Member 1,410 Member For: 19y 6m 8d Gender: Male Location: Sth East Melb Posted 26/07/09 01:56 PM Posted 26/07/09 01:56 PM 4 cylinder turbo falcons....never thought id see the day! I guess if they manage to significantly drop the weight of the bargeasses they might go orite....DSG in 2010 F6 would be nice!
KeepLeft Member 240 Member For: 17y 3m Gender: Male Posted 26/07/09 03:31 PM Posted 26/07/09 03:31 PM This is great news. Finally some engine tech in our Aussie cars!Hopefully the "eco" upgrades to the i6 will do their usual more performance and more economy thing too...
Venom XR6 Member 1,460 Member For: 23y 5m 5d Location: Geelong Victoria Posted 31/07/09 10:53 AM Posted 31/07/09 10:53 AM They'll be able to make them go no problem........trying to sell them to the public is going to be a WHOLE different ball game. Couldn't be more wrong. Having a 4 cylinder opens up a massive market for them selling to government fleets who have bans on cars with 6 cylinders or more. Many private fleets also have these bans. Also allows export opportunities.
Venom XR6 Member 1,460 Member For: 23y 5m 5d Location: Geelong Victoria Posted 31/07/09 10:58 AM Posted 31/07/09 10:58 AM 4 cylinder turbo falcons....never thought id see the day! I guess if they manage to significantly drop the weight of the bargeasses they might go orite....DSG in 2010 F6 would be nice!With peak torque from 1500rpm all the way to 5500, and with somewhere between 170 and 205 kw and between 320 to 380 nm it will have no problems moving a 1600 odd kg Falcon.Ford do not have a DSG that will handle the torque of the F6. The torqiest engine its fitted too makes 320 nm in the Focus diesel, and as far as I know they aren't making any high torque versions.
Christopher Member 10 Member For: 22y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: Peak Crossing, Queensland Posted 31/07/09 11:31 AM Posted 31/07/09 11:31 AM Haven't been here for a while, but was really suprised to here the 4cyl Falcon news, its going to be interesting what the media and the general public think of it. Engines seem to be going down the small Turbo route, VW/Audi have a particularly impressive line up. Have even heard people suggesting a XR4 Falcon....
adrian_celati Legacy Donating Member 82 Member For: 17y 8m 21d Gender: Male Posted 16/08/09 10:02 AM Posted 16/08/09 10:02 AM The 2.0 turbo subaru liberty's got along pretty well and they weighed about 1500kg. Also the mazda 6 mps which was about 1600kg - I know that had a 2.3 turbo engine though. There may be a slightly bigger 4 for the performance falcons???And ford are suppose to be developing liquid injection LPG which may be good for the coyote v8 - cheaper to run and more power. This may be a way of keeping the v8 popular.Maybe this is just wishful thinking??
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 23y 10m 18d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 16/08/09 11:44 AM Posted 16/08/09 11:44 AM Interesting comment in Fridays Herald Sun anyone remember the 4cyl Commodores... ...or how well they sold.
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