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I love it that you don't get a spare wheel with it either.
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A 4 CYL falcon!
Holden tried that! with the VC commo. They were waffling on that they were going to sell more 4cyl then the 6. But they were rubbish and were no better on fuel then a 6 in the real world driving. The falcon is way to heavy. and a turbo 4 would be stupid. |
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i think i found what they'll use to sell their cars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG1-mdPn7T0)its a pro holden review but i'm confused they say it will stay in the same rev range while going up a hill isn't that a bad thing ?
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Is it just me or it seems that Holdens Commodore adverts don't seem to spruke the Economy of the SIDI engines like they used too. Backing marketing off? or just realization of a products failure to live up to it's expectations.
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Typical that the NRMA are just mimicking the specs straight off the GMH propaganda site, they had a dyno figure yet never mentioned what they got. Then went on to say it might suite most people, what a waste of real peoples time.
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Who or what is car advice ?
http://www.caradvice.com.au/about-us/ < lol (what a bunch of champions / seems like anyone can give car reviews / and if the people like what you wrote THEN you are the best motoring site out there.....obviously)
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I did say current Falcon drivers would not buy it.....
What will it achieve ? 200kw ? 8l/100 combined , Ron 98 fuel ? . What price ?- 5k cheaper ? Towing ability ? Torque lag ? It still has to haul plenty of weight,I cannot see the point. Buy a Mondeo..
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Here's a write-up on the Ecoboost 3.5V6 in the Taurus SHO.
http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor...0111-m1rp.html I bet you that's the only time Jez will ever say anything nice about the weight of the Falcon - when it let's him say negative things about another Ford. Lukeyson
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Holden should have just detuned the 3.6l SIDI for the base models.
Check this economy out.. http://www.themotorreport.com.au/483...test-review/3/ 9.6l/100km combined driving for the Statesman. Wowzers. |
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Perhaps if it was the turbo diesel out of the ranger it may be more to my liking , but not 4 cyl turbo petrol. Anyway,it looks like we won't have much choice in the near future if todays reports are correct regarding the aussie Falcon .
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The turbo 4 to be used in Falcon is turbo and direct injection, makes peak torque at 1500 rpm and will make over 170 kw in a car that should be somehwere between 50 and 100kg lighter than a Falcon 6. It will work brilliantly, the European Ford S Max will be around the same weight with esentially the same engine and uses less than 8 litres per 100km. |
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Doesn't change the fact that it was absolute garbage. They would have known it was going to fail, they would have just hoped it didn't.
It was also apparently rough as guts too because cutting 2 cylinders off an I6 to make a 4, and trying to make it rev harder to bring power up from nothing to barely adequate introduced a lot of vibration problems they couldn't overcome. Holdens brilliant engineering strikes again. |
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The 2.0L ecoboost is aimed for fleet.
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