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Old 08-09-2008, 05:18 PM   #31
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dame...just when i am getting delivery of my FG GT tomorrow and a speical 5 year anniversay come out.....not happy.
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Old 08-09-2008, 05:21 PM   #32
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judging by the amount of FG's i'm seeing on the road (NOT) . it will want to be something special.
i havent seen an fpv on the road yet . and it is september . i have only seen about a dozen FG's all up. in sydneys west . with a population of 2 million people !!!!!
Come to Geelong mate.....They are everywhere!!!
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Old 08-09-2008, 05:24 PM   #33
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Glad no-one here is cynical!!
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Old 08-09-2008, 05:26 PM   #34
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i wonder if the holden forums are wondering why we're ford fans after reading this thread
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Old 08-09-2008, 05:39 PM   #35
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John Goss special.

Or to modernise it, Jason Bright special for his 1 Bathurst win back in 98.
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Old 08-09-2008, 05:47 PM   #36
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How about something to fill a hole in the lineup. F6-E Typhooned/GT-E'd version of the G6E-Turbo. Luxophoon
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Old 08-09-2008, 05:57 PM   #37
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im hoping a blown boss. but bugger all chance of that happening
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Old 08-09-2008, 05:59 PM   #38
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I'm with Snappy. A supercharged Boss
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Old 08-09-2008, 06:02 PM   #39
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C' mon Ian, you don't get off that easy.

Fess up mate.
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Old 08-09-2008, 06:05 PM   #40
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As long as its not just some silly stickers ill be happy!!
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Old 08-09-2008, 06:18 PM   #41
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At least FPVs limited editions have been slightly better than the last few HSV special editions.
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Old 08-09-2008, 06:33 PM   #42
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Well if your talking trademarks:

It could be:

FPV GS (TM 1230876)
SR-2 (TM 1240918)
GT-H (TM 1251624)

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dame...just when i am getting delivery of my FG GT tomorrow and a speical 5 year anniversay come out.....not happy.
Ford's latest trademark for advertising slogans is "Choose Wisely" (TM 1254208)
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Old 08-09-2008, 08:01 PM   #43
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Yeah it'll be a blown Boss but to accomodate for the large cost of such a thing, it will come with in an XT body with a boss bonnet, all XT trims and Special edition Hubcaps.
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Old 08-09-2008, 09:18 PM   #44
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FFS, change the damn wheels to a new design of 20's. Everyone's sick of the same rehashed crap carried over from the BF. :
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Old 08-09-2008, 09:28 PM   #45
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FFS, change the damn wheels to a new design of 20's. Everyone's sick of the same rehashed crap carried over from the BF. :
I agree with that . It is a must if they are serious about producing somthing special and sought after that is one thing that needs to be at the top the list.
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GT-H = GT-Handling.

Same car, new shocks, springs, dampers, different wheels and wider tires and badges.
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Old 09-09-2008, 08:55 AM   #47
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Not expecting much after the recent release of the 40th and cobra :
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Old 09-09-2008, 12:02 PM   #48
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GT-H = GT-Handling.

Same car, new shocks, springs, dampers, different wheels and wider tires and badges.
Hopefully. Just find some off the shelf 19" lightweight japanese wheels would be a good start.
And maybe no sticker option to save some weight
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Old 09-09-2008, 12:29 PM   #49
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judging by the amount of FG's i'm seeing on the road (NOT) . it will want to be something special.
i havent seen an fpv on the road yet . and it is september . i have only seen about a dozen FG's all up. in sydneys west . with a population of 2 million people !!!!!
I've seen a couple. I saw a new F6 a few days back. The owner saw we were checking it out, and gave it some stick. All I can say, for a stocker, holy hell! It just flew!
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Why are people bagging the Cobra and 40th Anniversary GT?
Yeah, sure they came with different stripes and a build number, but they also came with...wait for it...MORE POWER!!! What's wrong with that???

A 5th anniversary FPV would have to be a mild styling change and maybe a couple of little extra's, otherwise all their going to do is p*ss their customers off who just paid for a GT / F6.

Either that, or a GT-HO to celebrate their 5th would be gold!
But really, what are they going to do? Would YOU be willing to pay $155k for something like a supercharged 5.4 litre BOSS that was designed to go head to head with the W427? I wouldn't. Especially if there were minimal styling changes (like W427) and vitually no differentiation. And can an FPV tweaked BOSS motor REALLY pull off the legend that is GT-HO ???
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Old 09-09-2008, 02:34 PM   #51
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I've seen a couple. I saw a new F6 a few days back. The owner saw we were checking it out, and gave it some stick. All I can say, for a stocker, holy hell! It just flew!
Correct.
My old man has an FG F6 and it is unreal for a stock vehicle.
Just check out the recent Motor BFYB.
The F6 obliterates everything in any straight line acceleration test you care to mention.
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GT-H = GT-Handling.

Same car, new shocks, springs, dampers, different wheels and wider tires and badges.
Because the normal FPV's dont handle?
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Why are people bagging the Cobra and 40th Anniversary GT?
Yeah, sure they came with different stripes and a build number, but they also came with...wait for it...MORE POWER!!! What's wrong with that???
They did? Cobra might have but im sure the 40th didn't. Thats even worse actually because the XC Cobra was just a stripe package aswell.
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