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Old 28-11-2008, 06:22 AM   #1
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Default G6ET wins carsguide car of the year!
Ladies and gentlemen, Carsguide has awarded the car of the year to the FG G6ET.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...19-661,00.html

Finally the accolades arrive, and from 'our favourite', Carsguide!
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Old 28-11-2008, 07:08 AM   #2
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Sanity prevails !

Quite a deserving model if i have ever seen one.
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Old 28-11-2008, 07:52 AM   #3
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Its about time....now just have to hold our breath for WCOTY
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Old 28-11-2008, 08:58 AM   #4
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Default FG Falcon Carguide's Car of the Year 2008
As the heading says, well done Ford!!!!!
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Old 28-11-2008, 09:01 AM   #5
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and so it should
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Old 28-11-2008, 09:16 AM   #6
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and so it should
Damn Straight!

Congrats to all the boys and girls at Ford Oz - job well done and recognition well desrved.
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Old 28-11-2008, 09:57 AM   #7
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So it won their car of the year and people's choice car of the year?
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Old 28-11-2008, 10:10 AM   #8
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Well deserved win - an excellent car!
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Old 28-11-2008, 10:15 AM   #9
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Woohoo!!
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Old 28-11-2008, 10:26 AM   #10
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Well done Ford.

I wonder if the win was a sympathy win, one to kick start the local industry again?
Not taking anything away from the car, I am sure it is worthy.
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Old 28-11-2008, 11:21 AM   #11
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Great win

They really have to pull the positive comments out of Paul Gover with teeth pincers.......however it got some great reviews and comments.

Great win
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Old 28-11-2008, 11:25 AM   #12
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Great work whoever voted,
I know i did, 29 bloody times!
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Old 28-11-2008, 11:28 AM   #13
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They really have to pull the positive comments out of Paul Gover with teeth pincers.......however it got some great reviews and comments.
he still couldn't resist mentioning the sales slump and singling out ford as worst affected.
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Old 28-11-2008, 11:31 AM   #14
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G6ET was the peoples choice COTY.
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Old 28-11-2008, 11:37 AM   #15
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Well done to all those that have contributed to the production of this vehicle!

Now, will such a trouncing of the other contenders translate to sales.

Gee I hope so, but Ford will need to capitalis on this through proper marketing. Oh dear.
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Old 28-11-2008, 11:43 AM   #16
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he still couldn't resist mentioning the sales slump and singling out ford as worst affected.
I thought Ford was doing okay, with our sales being steadier than Holden. Sure, they might never has been as high, but they haven't dropped as quickly...

Or perhaps I'm mistaken...
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Old 28-11-2008, 11:54 AM   #17
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Fantastic! This car keeps raising the bar and is taking out many challengers!
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Old 28-11-2008, 11:55 AM   #18
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Well deserved victory - romped it in getting 77 1st votes out of 80!
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Old 28-11-2008, 12:24 PM   #19
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I thought Ford was doing okay, with our sales being steadier than Holden. Sure, they might never has been as high, but they haven't dropped as quickly...

Or perhaps I'm mistaken...
yep, mr gover is a known ford hater.
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yep, mr gover is a known ford hater.
Lets call him Mr Goebbels from this point onwards shall we?
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Goebbels certainly also has a dig that the 1 series BMW is a winner any day of the week and the car you'd drive home.

That guy's incredible. Even in the face of almost full marks (it got 77 out of 80) and the people's choice win, he still digs in that his personal favourite is the 1 series etc etc

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Its an awesome car - I see heaps of them on the roads so they are selling very impressive machine .............

Even spotted a F6 last night and just had to take a pic of it:-
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Fantastic effort, Let hope Ford can make the most out of the award with a nice marketing campain to boot.



ps.. that ^^^^ is a sweet looking typhoon !!!!!
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a well deserved win. The FG is an understated vehicle.
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Good going Ford.... Only having driven a G6ET for a 10minute stint, to say i was very surprised with the overall quality and refinement would be an understatement!
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COTY went to Thai built Honda Accord.

Bleh! :

Good mechanicals, not bad interior, good build quality but man the outside looks like it's been hit with the ugly stick. This is thanks to it being designed for the US of A. From what I remember reading, this is now the highest selling passenger there. Scary :

Oh and it's FWD.

Accord Euro much nicer!
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Awesome news this!
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Its an awesome car - I see heaps of them on the roads so they are selling very impressive machine .............

Even spotted a F6 last night and just had to take a pic of it:-
Now that's a good looking car - and so much better without the racoon eyes.
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Its not the FG Falcon that won Carsguide COTY, it was the G6ET.

But a well deserved victory.

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COTY went to Thai built Honda Accord.
I think we're talking about the Carsguide COTY here, not the Drive one.

The Drive one is in another thread which has a serious flaw in the judging system they use (taking the cheapest version of each car considered).
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