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In what could be the most successful Aussie export since we sent those possums to that island in NZ, the humble AU has begun to spread it's wings and populate the globe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trf6fxT-DGE and part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmBm4qB4Wvg (Any UK or international Aussie Fords out there, feel free to join the thread!)
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It's a virtual plague of ugly pestilence.
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The real pandemic
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Can see where this'll end up. Any thread that involves AU looks always heads south.
Make me like em more. Best late model falcon made Imo. Wished I'd kept the 2 I owned.
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Hardly butt hurt. Challenging my like for AU falcons, good luck. You really have an opinion on everything don't you, it's like you have nothing better to do. Get over yourself. Many ppl like em, you act like no one does.
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Remember folks, it's not just about the looks - it's about where AUs and other Aussie Falcons got to. And if they do become a worldwide meme, will people from other countries take all our AUs, like they tried to with the XA Hardtops?
Also internationally, I think there was a LPG Taxi order of AU wagons to Hong Kong? In the vids linked at the start, he says there's quite a few Aussie Falcons in the UK.
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They were also sent to Samoa and South Africa.
Got pictures of the rare elusive beasts whilst there on safari ![]()
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All the hate and memes has only driven the price and popularity up. One day a simple S1 Forte will break the record for the most expensive Australian car ever sold.
AU’s are gods cars, only up from here ![]()
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Blokes that think they ugly need an eye check up. PS wanna sell the rebel ![]()
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I have a soft spot for the AU. I owned a series 1 classic from new. I think they have aged much better than their holden rivals in the looks department. It was only the forte that had the poorest look. Other specs were quite ok and the technology in them shaded holden.
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A lot of younger guys seem to be wanting them. Three young fellas I personally know, all of a sudden have bought au falcons and tell me there the new hotness and apparently the au wagon is the holy grail
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As for the video, I wouldn't call 'the forgotten world highway' as off road. Last time I drove it was in my old wagon a few years ago 👌 ![]() |
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Yeah, wagon's are fun.
Now that the all Pommie backpacker's have left we have a whole new scope of wagons to choose from.
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Franco, like Fiji, you have had your fun. Anymore posts revving AU owners up will be deleted.
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Whenever I take the AU2 SR sedan in winter white or the AU2 XR8 220 in
narooma for a run they attract attention and compliments. This has surprised me and increasing in its prevalence as they age with grace. Still wonderful to drive particularly on the open road. |
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I have always thought that the AU Ute was the best looking of the series.
AU front on a more squared body sort of thing.
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so many people need to care less about what others like and enjoy. i love my pursuit 250, don't care if others don't
i like to live my life by the moto 'you do you boo' |
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ha,ha. your,ve done it now franco, priceless.
i reckon the normal au,s are ugly, but the twin head light xr,s are ok. the twin head concept finished with the au . and the designers weren,t brave enough to carry it on. i think ba and newer are boring bland designs , they should have kept the twin head light for xr,s |
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Thread just needs hulk to post about how an aurion would smash an au xr8. No au thread is complete without it lol.
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I think some fairlanes made their way over to the UK, probably as funeral cars if I remember right.
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Just wait another couple of years until the first s1's turn 25, and the Americans will be allowed to drive them, you probably won't be able to get an s1 Forte for under 50K, LOL
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