[jphanna]

over the decades i have had 2 commodores and 3 falcons. each have their good and bad sides to them.

i was a passenger in a rental ZB calais about 6 months ago. my mate hired it and took him up the hills for a 15km quick loop (a grade back roads near my place at Windy point)

i took him first the FG, and then we did the same loop with the ZB.

ZB Calais had more than enough grunt to make the FG (non turbo) feel like a sunbird with the starfire engine.

he is a ford man and owns an FGX but he recons the ZB is plastic, and tacky compare to the VF SV6 he hired a few year ago.

as for FWD.......unless you doing a burnout, i could not pick the difference. Neither could he on a public road.

i would have thought the hatchback gave it more versatility and possibly succeed?