FG X, The Last EVER Falcon - Picture & Discussion Thread - Page 363

PTR_NITRO_FG · 10-02-2015, 01:37 PM

Finally saw my first FGX yesterday.....but it was too brief and didn't even realise until the car just passed me :P

It was a black ute driving down a main road heading out of my suburb (Trinity/Alkimos).

Only just saw the DRL's and think they were the straight kind and not hockey sticks....so that would mean standard Falcon ute?

Didn't look too radical (cause black blended in with grille, etc).....can't wait till I spot a G6ET, XR8 or XR6T in a lighter colour!

ebv8 · 10-02-2015, 01:58 PM

i just realise i now work on the same block as a ford dealer and just spent my lunch looking at them all, only G6, XR6 and some base utes there, the G6E was nice but the rest of the range just looked like falcons.
i was surprised they actually had falcons in stock, back when i bought the fiesta they only sold falcons on order and had no stock at all.

sico · 10-02-2015, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by danzvtil

My work ordered and had delivered 4 VE Commo 6oth anniversary sedans. AFTER delivery my boss had a phone call from the dealer sales manager having a meltdown, demanding they return the cars right away to replace the 18inch alloy spares with space savers. His reasoning was that my boss had "worn them down" so severely on price that they would loose money by leaving the alloy in there.
I never thought Basil Fawlty sold cars, but there you go

What did your boss say to that?

danzvtil · 11-02-2015, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sico

What did your boss say to that?

He must have caved,I drove one the other day and it had a space saver.
This happened back in 08, I notice their last 3 cruzes 2 years ago came from a different dealer-I wonder why?

XR Martin · 11-02-2015, 10:41 PM

Ford you idiots we need a decent red, not another blue

cro142 · 11-02-2015, 11:00 PM

I think we need a hot blue like Bionic or Nitro.
Other than Kinetic, the colour range is very drab at present

fps_grandma · 12-02-2015, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Ford you idiots we need a decent red, not another blue

That's why I bought a pristine white FGX XR6T.

Despite white being known as a common, conservative, easy to see and better resale colour I chose it for two reasons:

1) Contrasts with the new front and rear
2) Inspiration from white Commander colours in Gundam SEED (a Japanese anime):

The same inspiration when I start up my FGX XR6 Turbo

csv8 · 12-02-2015, 04:09 AM

A green would be nice !!

galaxy xr8 · 12-02-2015, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by csv8

A green would be nice !!

Yeah I’d like to see a nice metallic Green, like that of Envi or the Commodore Hothouse Green.

Road_Warrior · 12-02-2015, 10:12 AM

Yeah they do need some new colours. The colours for the XR's especially are too bland.

335JET · 12-02-2015, 06:05 PM

dont need another blue, Bring back Mars red, Envi(green), Viper(purple) possibly Octane as well.
im very happy with Kinetic, its my favorite Ford blue, another would be sensation.

**Professor Farnsworth** · 12-02-2015, 08:59 PM

the current colours are SO boring. I'm looking at maybe getting one for the mrs - we need Toxic, Bionic, Nitro, Rapid, Octane, DASH etc back

Adamz Ghia · 12-02-2015, 09:44 PM

I'd like Breeze to make a comeback. I'd be disappointed if I got one in a current colour and it came back afterwards...

FPV-800 · 12-02-2015, 10:07 PM

Ford had a great range of colours in the BA / BF range, and even some in the FG range,but have really lost the plot in the FGX Falcons,they need to update there colour range now so that we could change our orders on XR8 before there built. I would not be happy if they changed the colour palet down the track. The other car manufactures have don't have decent colours either !!!

**Professor Farnsworth** · 13-02-2015, 12:57 PM

It'll be down to cheap staple colours that can easily be produced and managed. The fancier colours cost more to mix and therefore wouldn't suit their business model. Also they might trigger more interest and that also wouldn't suit their business model. Wait a second...

**Polyal** · 13-02-2015, 01:18 PM

Some colours just dont suit some shapes aswell.

The AU range didnt really have anything flashy other than perhaps Blueprint right at the end. But in saying that they still had a larger palette.

**Professor Farnsworth** · 13-02-2015, 02:09 PM

I chopped a whole lot of bright colours onto what we thought the fgx would look like prior to the reveal. Rapid looked awesome, and toxic. It's got a shape that could wear pretty much any colour. Angular boxy and sharp at the same time.

Agree about AU though

Road_Warrior · 13-02-2015, 03:00 PM

Just saw my second FG X in the wild, from my office 10th storey window no less. A Smoke XR6, looked like an unmarked Police vehicle. I looked out the window and subconsciously thought "hey that car looks a bit different" and then I realised "oh S*^t it's an FG X!!1!one

The drab colour hides it a bit but there's no mistaking that shape.

Blem · 13-02-2015, 11:10 PM

Should make them all beige...

PTR_NITRO_FG · 17-02-2015, 12:54 PM

Saw some up close FGX's at the dealership when I dropped my car off for service.

It was only the XR6...but they had a victory gold, a white and a VG ute. Having an FG I really don't see why people are so opposed to it and think its ugly.

Everything about it looks fine to me

That is all

335JET · 17-02-2015, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by PTR_NITRO_FG

Saw some up close FGX's at the dealership when I dropped my car off for service.

It was only the XR6...but they had a victory gold, a white and a VG ute. Having an FG I really don't see why people are so opposed to it and think its ugly.

Everything about it looks fine to me

That is all

Finally an FG owner that likes the FGX

Bonn · 14-02-2015, 08:02 AM

Was inside a shop yesterday and an FG X XR8 went past - and it looked like Nitro Blue!
Couldn't believe it, still cant..
It was being hit by post rain-storm late afternoon sun, so was it Kinetic under extreme light conditions???????

Road_Warrior · 14-02-2015, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonn

Was inside a shop yesterday and an FG X XR8 went past - and it looked like Nitro Blue!
Couldn't believe it, still cant..
It was being hit by post rain-storm late afternoon sun, so was it Kinetic under extreme light conditions???????

Where were you? Couldn't have been this new 'aero blue' could it??

DannyB · 14-02-2015, 12:16 PM

Morning all. Is anyone aware of the next XR8 allocation being released? I paid a deposit early Nov and still waiting. Dealership seems to be in the dark as much as I am.

Dissgrace · 14-02-2015, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DannyB

Morning all. Is anyone aware of the next XR8 allocation being released? I paid a deposit early Nov and still waiting. Dealership seems to be in the dark as much as I am.

Spoke to my dealer yesterday and I quote, "Ford are putting out the allocations on Monday, so you will definitely have a delivery date Monday....ummmm Friday at the latest". Other threads have also said mid-feb for next allocations.

My confidence isn't high as I've been fed a number of lines since ordering in October. I've told the dealer he has til end of the month for a delivery date otherwise I'm going to HSV. I want the XR but 5montjs to get a delivery date is more than fair from my side.

DannyB · 14-02-2015, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Dissgrace

Spoke to my dealer yesterday and I quote, "Ford are putting out the allocations on Monday, so you will definitely have a delivery date Monday....ummmm Friday at the latest". Other threads have also said mid-feb for next allocations.

My confidence isn't high as I've been fed a number of lines since ordering in October. I've told the dealer he has til end of the month for a delivery date otherwise I'm going to HSV. I want the XR but 5montjs to get a delivery date is more than fair from my side.

Hard to disagree. I'm not sure I would be comfortable driving a HSV though.

bionic2006xr6t · 14-02-2015, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dissgrace

Spoke to my dealer yesterday and I quote, "Ford are putting out the allocations on Monday, so you will definitely have a delivery date Monday....ummmm Friday at the latest". Other threads have also said mid-feb for next allocations.

My confidence isn't high as I've been fed a number of lines since ordering in October. I've told the dealer he has til end of the month for a delivery date otherwise I'm going to HSV. I want the XR but 5montjs to get a delivery date is more than fair from my side.

I had a vin and build date before Christmas (ordered the 9th September) and an ETA. Car status whent offline in the factory as there was a hold up and the car was finally finished on the 9th February and moved to the holding yard. My dealer emailed ford Friday to enquire why it wasn't in transit already and was told my car had been randomly selected for further QC. What ever this intails. He tried to hassle the transport mob to get it but ford won't let it go anywhere until this so called QC is done. All up the car was finished 12day past its original build date and the ETA has now been pushed out/changed 3 times. The dealer doesn't expect to see the car until the end of the month. It's getting beyond a joke. The only good thing is I missed out on the price rise.

Cheers Ryan

Tbm1121 · 15-02-2015, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Dissgrace

Spoke to my dealer yesterday and I quote, "Ford are putting out the allocations on Monday, so you will definitely have a delivery date Monday....ummmm Friday at the latest". Other threads have also said mid-feb for next allocations.

My confidence isn't high as I've been fed a number of lines since ordering in October. I've told the dealer he has til end of the month for a delivery date otherwise I'm going to HSV. I want the XR but 5montjs to get a delivery date is more than fair from my side.

The entry screen into vista states that they are manually loading the xr8 and new focus allocation early next week, once this has been done it's a matter of getting the falcons dressed per the orders. Also, new focus!!!!

smiddy · 14-02-2015, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DannyB

Morning all. Is anyone aware of the next XR8 allocation being released? I paid a deposit early Nov and still waiting. Dealership seems to be in the dark as much as I am.

Ispoke to my Syd dealer early in the week.i ordered min OCT he told me they should know soon,It is annoying waiting so long just to get a del date.

Bonn · 15-02-2015, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

Where were you? Couldn't have been this new 'aero blue' could it??

Passing through Springwood (Blue Mountains), it was in the main street.
Looked great, but just a passing glimpse - enough to see the quad pipes...