2008 Orion Falcon - First Pictures

[adrenaline]

Originally Posted by charged

not sure about the side moulding on the XR variants also

It's just disguise.

[SlickHolden]

Is anyone shocked at all? I was thinking Mondeo but allready some are saying that it hardley looks any differnt to the old model.
There might be a little less mondeo and a little more fusion.

[fpv_gtho]

Well alot of the good bits are hidden, and alot of the Falcon traits arent.

[adrenaline]

Originally Posted by SlickHolden

but allready some are saying that it hardley looks any differnt to the old model.

The people who are already making judgments are misguided. Ford has done a good job at disguising the car - much different to Holden's approach of just putting stickers on their cars (which practically revealed the car a year before release).

The whole roofline is impossible to figure out, the same goes for the rear pillar. They've covered the rear of the windows, so we don't know if they are still going to be slingshot style or not. The bulges towards the bottom of the doors also throw off styling cues. Apart from that, the rear lights are impossible to figure out, although we do know that the car (in base form) won't feature LEDs. And we haven't even seen the front. So how could any person say that it looks like the old model when the key indicators are all covered up?

EDIT:The only major thing we do know is that it has a radically different crease down the side, and it has taken on the 'head down bum up' style. Those two things are completely different to the current car.

[Falcon500]

Originally Posted by SlickHolden

Is anyone shocked at all? I was thinking Mondeo but allready some are saying that it hardley looks any differnt to the old model.
There might be a little less mondeo and a little more fusion.

is anyone else looking at this and thinking late 90s magna?

[Falcon500]

Well one thing worth noteing is its a massive depature from the current shape its currently nearly impossible to do anything but guess what may be atm.

[adrenaline]

New pictures: http://www.caradvice.com.au/2610/200...ront-spyshots/

Looks like it has a bit of a coupe look from the side profile. There is more overhang than the Commodore, as expected.





For the rest of the images, follow the link: http://www.caradvice.com.au/2610/200...ront-spyshots/

[adrenaline]

Here's a short video of Orion:

http://www.caradvice.com.au/2604/200...con-spy-video/

[SlickHolden]

Originally Posted by ADRENALINE

New pictures: http://www.caradvice.com.au/2610/200...ront-spyshots/

Looks like it has a bit of a coupe look from the side profile. There is more overhang than the Commodore, as expected.





For the rest of the images, follow the link: http://www.caradvice.com.au/2610/200...ront-spyshots/

You beat me to them pics..

I don't know that still looks BF could it be? And the other on the roads are the orion??.

But one thing i was just thinking was Mustang style front.

[adrenaline]

Originally Posted by SlickHolden

You beat me to them pics..

I don't know that still looks BF could it be? And the other on the roads are the orion??.

But one thing i was just thinking was Mustang style front.

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Look closely and you will see the boot is way too short to be a BF. If you zoom on certain photos you can see the headlight shape - which is consistent with the Wheels prediction. To me, it is looking like a more rounded BF.

[adrenaline]

Just stumbled across this on FordForums.com.au. There appears to be bonnet/hood scoops. Perhaps Ford have gone for the Territory Turbo style top mount intercooler? Unlikely though. Maybe it's just to make the XR6 models unique?

[fpv_gtho]

Top mounts dont make sense for performance cars - the only reason they switched to one on the Territory was for the offchance someone would actually take one down a dirt road, and get a front mount blocked up.

It also looks to be 2 seperate nostril like vents, not unlike the Americanised Monaro vents. I personally prefer them closer to the A pillar.

You can also see how the headlights are very teardrop like towards the centre. The BF2 lights are slightly like that, but something about the profile of them IMO is different.

[Falcon500]

[QUOTE=fpv_gtho;704457]Top mounts dont make sense for performance cars - the only reason they switched to one on the Territory was for the offchance someone would actually take one down a dirt road, and get a front mount blocked up. QUOTE]

They do if their an often crashed car ir wrx (fronge benafit of a top mount)

[fpv_gtho]

Well i doubt Subaru's main concern when giving the WRX a top mount would be idiots crashing them. Most likely its to give them an advantage for Group N rally.

[SlickHolden]

Originally Posted by ADRENALINE

Look closely and you will see the boot is way too short to be a BF. If you zoom on certain photos you can see the headlight shape - which is consistent with the Wheels prediction. To me, it is looking like a more rounded BF.

But the C pillar is covered so well it's giving it a slight hatch look with the god knows what is on the boot it still gives you the opinion it could be BF.

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

Top mounts dont make sense for performance cars - the only reason they switched to one on the Territory was for the offchance someone would actually take one down a dirt road, and get a front mount blocked up.

It also looks to be 2 seperate nostril like vents, not unlike the Americanised Monaro vents. I personally prefer them closer to the A pillar.

You can also see how the headlights are very teardrop like towards the centre. The BF2 lights are slightly like that, but something about the profile of them IMO is different.

The lights might be reversed smaller outside larger inside, But what about a square type tear drop?