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Drvtme
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Echuca
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Yes - seen first hand today being trialed....
2 Sedans Being "driven" Features included : Front car bra, Rear black stickered. But middle, doors and roof the same as current BA from what I could see. Plenty of testing happens up in this part of the world, so i'll keep you enlightened on any progress. |
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RAGE Engineering
Join Date: Dec 2004
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I hope they also look at an all alloy I6. Its asking too much for an Alloy V8 as well..... All in the name of weight reduction.
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Uterus M.I.A.
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Central Coast, NSW
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What exactly does 'BB' mean?
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Missing the boost :(
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
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im asuming its like EA to EB, BA to BB? personally BB sounds bit silly for the next model falcon
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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I dunno aye, i was thinkin it may be what the new falcon will be called like BA, BB i dunno lol. Anybody able to help us
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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great spotting Philbie. Exciting times ahead. These will become more popular as we get closer to release, so keep the cameras handy.
I'd say though that what you saw was copperhead due end of the year.. If we assume that BB is the all new falcon then we can expect that all sheet metal will be different, not just front and rear. |
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Giddy up.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kramerica Industries.
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Damn, that mean's they were probably in Bendigo as well, must keep my eye's open more often.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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i was actually hoping it would be a whole new model. meaning a different shell and totally new design. guess theyve skimped again? wont be great competition against Holden since they are going 'all new' in their next model arent they?
and as to what the next model will be called? B anything sounds crap IMO |
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Thats my point.
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Or, with some very minor mods bolt a 2005 BA2 front subassembly (cross-members, suspension, brakes, steering) onto a 1988 EA!
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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I'm still betting it will be the BC or the BE Falcon.
It won't be BA3, this is more like the EF to EL facelift and then you might get a MkII version around the launch of VE to tide them over until the all new 2006/2007 model comes out. Calling it BA was a very last minute thing - the original facelift of the AU was going to be the AY - so I'm not sure they thought that far ahead to how many two letter codes in the B range are actually short for something funny, rude or significant.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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There will be an all new Falcon due in late 06. The model seen here by Philbie is more than likely the more significant update to the BA..in other words, the BA3. Probably th elast significant update before the all new flacon, Orien.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Perhaps it will be BO, for Bloody Overweight?
BW? Brakes Warped? BQ? Bodgy Quality? BD? Broken Diff? BC? Bad Clutch? BS? Bloody Slow? ;)
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Perhaps it will be BO, for Bloody Overweight?
BW? Brakes Warped? BQ? Bodgy Quality? BD? Broken Diff? BC? Bad Clutch? BS? Bloody Slow? BA? Bloody Awsome?
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we need pics damn it...
and i dont think they'll call it BC either (BC - Before Christ...¿), maybe a BD.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It's going to be hard to improve on the BA. They are a bloody good looking car, whether it's an XT or GT.
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Oh, no, if they called it the BS Falcon, we'd never hear the end of it from the Holden guys.
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LOL Feathers ........ Sooooo true ..... Top spotting philbie ;) I am always on the lookout up here but we never seem to get any excitement in this area ......... they should test the cars on the roads out here ...... Just ask smciner1 :P |
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Try hanging out in Alice Springs they all come there for testing in summer,40c plus almost everyday.All the manufacturer's from A to Z. Normally in groups of three with heaps of back-up vehicles. Porsche even had St John ambulance have a paramedic unit follow them everywhere they went and had the nerve to complain when they could'nt keep up.!!!!
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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I'm a little over the AU/BA cabin/roof shape. Surely they could change it just a little bit?
I'd prefer a flatter less dome look myself... but thats not the in thing these days..
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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well spotted philbie...but we need pics mate!! ;)
BB falcon?? must be the new engine its coming with...a big block :hihi:
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