boost69 Donating Members 737 Member For: 18y 10m 28d Posted 20/03/16 09:01 PM Share Posted 20/03/16 09:01 PM http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/ford-mustang-loses-its-police-stripes-after-overheating-within-minutes-of-a-simulated-pursuit/news-story/13e4b07005fa5bc3b3da6563d0a0fea3 There will be nothing that compares to the XR6T (for the same money)...we should've been exporting them to the US, rather than killing them off...every car maker is going smaller capacity turbo...a four litre turbo would have hit the spot for the US police departments...especially if you were talking about offering something of "sprint spec"... It feels very wrong when they are killing off the XR6T, and our police departments are having a very difficult time trying to find an adequate replacement...both from a performance and endurance point... That tells me the XR6T ticks allot allot more boxes than any other car on the world stage...otherwise the police wouldn't be going through such a hard time trying to find an equal replacement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,277 Member For: 16y 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/03/16 02:46 AM Share Posted 21/03/16 02:46 AM Couldn't agree more. This "test fail" doesn't mean much. 2-door and 2-seat is not ideal for a police car, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 21y 2m 16d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/03/16 09:09 AM Share Posted 21/03/16 09:09 AM Meh, FG XR6T's initially failed the brake test for NSWHWP..... hence brembos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 11y 3m 19d Gender: Not Telling Posted 21/03/16 09:19 AM Share Posted 21/03/16 09:19 AM What I dont get is why ford isn't using the barra 6cyl in international vehicles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,277 Member For: 16y 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/03/16 09:21 AM Share Posted 21/03/16 09:21 AM Because we're clearly backwards... A 6cyl is just not good for displacement and proper v8 noise with live axle suspension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 1m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 21/03/16 09:57 AM Share Posted 21/03/16 09:57 AM Wasn't it something to do with the tightening emissions standards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,277 Member For: 16y 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/03/16 09:59 AM Share Posted 21/03/16 09:59 AM The Barra can be emission controlled just as well as the engines in the mustang, just would cost a little bit of money to comply with the "newest" standards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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