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| View Poll Results: Should the Falcon Wagons die? | |||
| Yes, Territory should replace the wagon lineup |
   
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42 | 21.76% |
| No, The wagon lineup should stay |
  
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79 | 40.93% |
| Only get rid of the wagons if there is a (factory) E-Gas Territory |
  
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24 | 12.44% |
| Only keep the wagons if they have a full lineup range (XT, G6, G6E, XR8, FPV?, Diesel?, etc) |
  
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48 | 24.87% |
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19-08-2009, 02:06 PM
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IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
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No idea. Never heard anything about them. But I still say it would have been fine as a BFIII fleet hack.
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19-08-2009, 02:30 PM
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Pity the fool
Join Date: Jan 2007
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As for the RTV, I've said it before and I'll say it again, they were fools to can it. It was the only vehicle available on the market with a modest off road capability, 1 tonne payload and dedicated gas.
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19-08-2009, 06:43 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Shoalhaven
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Territory needs a vertical rear end if it is to replace the Falcon wagon for practical cargo-carrying purposes. It has internal height but the sloping rear seriously compromises optimal loading. And it needs a gas version.
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23-08-2009, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Driving my Tickford T3 Wagon in Sydney
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The BFIII wagon is holding its own. Very large and practical vehicle. Sure it does not have IRS or a sports version like the Commodore but in Fords eyes and more importantly the consumer, that is not the point of a wagon. It is the ability to carry a load securely otherwise people would by a ute.
Even the Mondeo wagon has more boot space versus a Commodore wagon. Mondeo has a luggage capacity of 1005 litres with the rear passangers seats upright and 2163 litres with the seats folded flat. Commodore has 895 / 2000 litres respectively. BFIII Falcon 1260 / 2584 litres respectively. That extra boot space is a very large (pun intended) selling point for Ford. Plus they do not need to advertise the wagon as everyone knows its capabilities saving Ford money.
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