FORD: Just for those who do give a shit

[homer]

Did you know

In 2010 the new fords will have a v6 motor instead of the straight 6

Dont know about anyone else but if your going to make a holden in to a ford they may as well amalgamate


i definately wont be buying a v6 ford ever.....v8 now thats all different

[The Stranger:Me]

Did you know

In 2010 the new fords will have a v6 motor instead of the straight 6

Dont know about anyone else but if your going to make a holden in to a ford they may as well amalgamate


i definately wont be buying a v6 ford ever.....v8 now thats all different

Holden have had a V6 for a number of years so wont that be making a ford into a Holden?

[homer]

well yeah maybe but some holdens actually had straight 4 cylinder BLUE motors in them
about 1982 commodore

so dosnt that make them more like a ford
and yes ive seen a blue ford engine in a commy

[turtleman]

What're you on about - Ford have had a V6 for decades!

Look up the 3L Capri, MkIV Zephy, Telstar XRi, Granada...

The Holden Commodore 4 cylinder of the late 70's and early 80's came from Opel initially, and then the 'Starfire' 4 cyl was introduced to replace them - designed an manufactured in Australia. Both were relative boat anchors !

[MaxB]

I'm guessing thet will use the Duratec motor used in the States. It has its origins in a Mazda design. The biggest it goes up to is 3.7 litres so maybe we will get a bored out version. It is a very good motor found in Jags Lincolns and Land Rovers but it is just not the same. Soon all cars vaguely connected with Ford will be the same the world over. What a boring world.

[Mikkel]

Dinosaurs... who car(e)s?

[FJRider]

Did you know

In 2010 the new fords will have a v6 motor instead of the straight 6

Dont know about anyone else but if your going to make a holden in to a ford they may as well amalgamate

FORD were making V6's, LONG before holden copied.

[davereid]

I'm guessing thet will use the Duratec motor used in the States. It has its origins in a Mazda design. The biggest it goes up to is 3.7 litres so maybe we will get a bored out version. It is a very good motor found in Jags Lincolns and Land Rovers but it is just not the same. Soon all cars vaguely connected with Ford will be the same the world over. What a boring world.

Yeah, its a pretty good motor. No doubt Ford will be looking to make one motor for the world, rather than lots of variants in each different country.

Ford have also made a V12 version of the Duratec, which they use in the Aston Martin.

I see today that Mitsubishi have announced they will be ending Aussie assembly. They gambled big-time on the 380, and it has been a flop.

G.M. are still on death-row, it will be interesting to see how they manage the next decade.

[MSTRS:Me]

Who gives a fuck? Holden have won Bathurst more times than Ford.

[Finn]

You can almost smell Lion Red and body odour in this thread.

[The Stranger:Me]

Who gives a fuck? Holden have won Bathurst more times than Ford.

It would still be a one horse race had the rules not been changed to cripple Holdens handling and "level the playing field" - albeit at a lower level to suit ford.

[The Stranger:Me]

*cough* F1, WRC, Lemans *cough*

Comparing a small Australian division to the entire ford motor company.

[Edbear]

Dinosaurs... who car(e)s?

Yeah, but Dinosaurs that won't die.

When it comes to V6's, I've been blown away by our '96 Honda Legend, 3.5lt, V-tec, 215hp, (170kw), and 311nm of torque. Tricky auto trans and all the fruit including full leather interior with heated seats, accurate cruise control and ABS brakes. This car is now 12 years old and performs! It'll wind the speedo off the clock before you can say, "Oops! Sorry officer!"

Still a better car than the latest offerings from Ford or GM!

[MSTRS:Me]

*cough* F1, WRC, Lemans *cough*

Never heard of them...besides, we're talking real cars anyway.

[Mully]

It would still be a one horse race had the rules not been changed to cripple Holdens handling and "level the playing field" - albeit at a lower level to suit ford.

And of course, had the rules not been changed to exclude Skylines, it could be much more interesting.

Sneaky like a V8 fox, old AVESCO. They knew the good old Aussie boys with their VBs and XXXXs wouldn't want to see Johnny Jappa kicking the hell out of the locals. It'd probably raise domestic abuse rates.