|
|
|
|
|
|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
|
28-07-2006, 06:43 PM
|
#1 | ||
|
Swaytan
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 431
|
So, the new Commodore is released on 01/08/06. Here's a profile shot of the SSV.
 Damo & I are thinking there's a bit of BA/BF influence there, the view from the front looks like a modern Ford Mustang. Each to their own... |
||
|
|
|
28-07-2006, 07:04 PM
|
#2 | ||
|
GRRRR.....
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,158
|
Even the taillights look Falcon, I've definitly seen worse on the roads though.
__________________
Now - 2007Renault Megane sedan, Steel Gray, 19" Koya Ambush with 235/35R19 Yokohama ADVAN V103, Eibach Pro-Kit. Gone but not forgotton - Diamond White 2004 LX Fiesta If you sneeze with your eyes open, do your eyes pop out??
|
||
|
|
|
|
28-07-2006, 07:10 PM
|
#3 | |||
|
Swaytan
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 431
|
Quote:
It's as though 50 Holden guys & 5 Ford guys got together to build a car. The car was designed from scratch though, not using a template of the current Commodore, so they've gone to what they thought looks best. It just looks very Fordish though... |
|||
|
|
|
|
28-07-2006, 07:20 PM
|
#4 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,053
|
"It's a very nice looking car imo".....perhaps a bit of BMW 3 series influence as well with the front wheels set very far forward on the car?
|
||
|
|
|
|
28-07-2006, 08:46 PM
|
#5 | |||
|
Bseries Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sydney
Posts: 3,928
|
Quote:
take a look at the s2000 long engine bay with the engine mounted right back (to get a perfect weight distribution) and the front wheels are very close to the front and rears very close to the rear. so you have 50/50 weight distribution and the longest wheel base possible on a very small car. awesome engineering. i dont know if the holden nobs meant it like that though.
__________________
Long Live the Rugerspeed Primer Destroyer! Only those that attempt the absurd achieve the impossible. Serviced and maintained by Mascot Auto Repairs
|
|||
|
|
|
|
28-07-2006, 09:25 PM
|
#6 | |||
|
Swaytan
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 431
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
28-07-2006, 07:43 PM
|
#7 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Sydney, NSW
Posts: 2,368
|
Yeah the car looks nice. It'll be a good competition between the VE Commodores and BF Falcon MkII. I wonder what Ford is gonna do with the MkII.
|
||
|
|
|
|
28-07-2006, 08:39 PM
|
#8 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 1,718
|
I saw one yesterday (think it was an SS?) as it drove past me at the traffic lights.
It was only a quick glimpse, but first impressions weren't good. At first I thought it was some Yank monstrosity- the proportions looked all wrong and the wing looked out of place? Hopefully it was just because I didn't get a good look?
__________________
2016 Kuga Titanium 2.0l EcoBoost |
||
|
|
|
|
29-07-2006, 01:44 AM
|
#9 | ||
|
GT4.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,218
|
Dont you guys look in the Bar/Pub areas. There's already about 15 threads on the VE...
|
||
|
|
|
|
29-07-2006, 10:31 AM
|
#10 | |||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 1,718
|
Quote:
Hey I didn't see anyone say there wasn't!  :
__________________
2016 Kuga Titanium 2.0l EcoBoost |
|||
|
|
|
|
29-07-2006, 04:07 PM
|
#11 | ||
|
The Thread Killa
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,064
|
I saw a couple of these being road-tested in Yarraville one night, over a month ago.
__________________
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle |
||
|
|
|
|
29-07-2006, 05:33 PM
|
#12 | |||
|
The 'Stihl' Man
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
Posts: 27,591
|
Quote:
 :
__________________
|
|||
|
|
|
|
01-08-2006, 01:37 AM
|
#13 | |||
|
GT4.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,218
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
30-07-2006, 01:42 PM
|
#14 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 1,718
|
Personally I find there are way too many different sections on here, BUT most of them are geared towards the Aussie models. In effect, if you own/ are interested in a Euro Ford then there is little point in visiting them IMHO.
__________________
2016 Kuga Titanium 2.0l EcoBoost |
||
|
|
|
|
31-07-2006, 09:59 PM
|
#15 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Sydney, NSW
Posts: 2,368
|
There's an extensive feature on the new VE Commodores in the August '06 issue of Wheels Magazine if anyone's interested.
|
||
|
|
|
The New Commodore
Hybrid Mode