[Falcon500]

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

Ford nor Holden have never done all new cars until VE, where Holden simply had no choice. The plan in 1998 was for Orion to be all new, but the AU bombed so much the engine and rear suspension had to be brought in for BA. Ford totally reworked the back end for BA, and with the new front end from Territory, Orion "should" have been all new.

VCT is only possible on the 3V engine, there isnt room on the 4V engine and Ford US seems to not be interested in developing a version WITH the room. Possibility though it'll appear on the 2009 BOSS/Hurricane engine.

Well there is room for the dual plug head (svo catalouge) wether it will be good for more thne a few hp reamins debatleable and itll double the cost of replacing the plug wires. Alloy version would be great finally shift some weight from their front ends and imm shure direct injection is possible (wether the yanks want it is in doubt though)

And 20 kw between the xr8 and gt? screw that id get an xr8 and do some milds mods rather then fork out for a gt. But of course hsv is suffering from the same problem with the only main diffrnece being some kws some diffrenty (often ugly) bodywork and a 10k suspesnion package which I think its a intricate waste of money.