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30-04-2007, 06:32 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I saw a pic of a BF GT at the Nurburgring recently but can't for the life of me remember what website I was on....
Did I see it here or has anyone seen it elsewhere. It was a Toxic (I think) BF GT or GTP |
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30-04-2007, 06:51 PM
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BOSS 5.4L Enthusiast
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I also saw the Photo's, may well be a Orion driveline development car spending some time with ZF Engineers.
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30-04-2007, 06:53 PM
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V8 Powaah
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... waits for someone to bodgey up the photo on GT4 and claim it.
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30-04-2007, 06:56 PM
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I think they were on the XR6T forum. |
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01-05-2007, 12:55 PM
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01-05-2007, 02:12 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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01-05-2007, 04:08 PM
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pics?
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01-05-2007, 04:14 PM
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Awesome,now all they need to do is let the top gear boys loose with it,and they'll forget all about that Monaro :P
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01-05-2007, 10:39 PM
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01-05-2007, 04:15 PM
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love to know what time it does. Anyone know the original website these were off?
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01-05-2007, 04:17 PM
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STi Pilot
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http://impreza.fotopic.net/ It's just a photographers/enthusiast site. There are no details on the car, just pics. The pics are under the 6th, 7th, 8th Apr photo groups. |
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01-05-2007, 04:15 PM
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STi Pilot
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This is my original thread with the pics. What I said in there is all I know.
http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/in...4&#entry520874 |
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02-05-2007, 03:39 AM
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I read somewhere that FPV was looking to sell their products in the uk, in a similar way that holden did with the monaro. Maybe they are testing the GT to tune the suspension for europe?
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02-05-2007, 08:05 AM
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Can only be a good thing. Now all they need to do is let Sabine Schmidt loose with it, and then we can really see what lap time it is capable of.
Personally, I reckon Clarkson, Hammond and May would all absolutely adore this car if they liked the monaro so much, and I'm betting they would love the F6 even more for its better balance thanks to a much lighter engine, as opposed to the monaro's relatively heavy front. I can see it now; puget sound with the new XK, 550i and F6 doing a test for the best car, and best value for money. Imagine Clarkson planting the typhoon; "My God, it is just such good value for money"
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02-05-2007, 08:25 AM
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 : Sabine Schmidt........be still my beating heart....
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02-05-2007, 01:41 PM
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Some Germans talking about the GTP:
http://translate.google.com/translat...3DeH5%26sa%3DG Apparently the Boss budge is an "oversize characteristic" |
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02-05-2007, 01:53 PM
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Its got UK plates on it...perhaps its just a privately owned car. There are a few of them o'er there...
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02-05-2007, 03:17 PM
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Ford are claiming it is a private car. They have denied that any development vehicles are outside Australia.
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02-05-2007, 06:05 PM
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The BA was tested at the Nurburgring, how olds the photo?
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02-05-2007, 07:04 PM
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02-05-2007, 07:28 PM
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Looking at the bigger version of those photos on the other site, it could be the stig driving, but with a coloured helmet!! I would suggest private definitely if they had only the driver with a helmet, and not the passenger!!!
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03-05-2007, 06:31 AM
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04-05-2007, 03:32 PM
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In the new Motor mag, it states (rumour) that there will be an FPV GT entered in the Nurburgring 24 hr race.......
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02-05-2007, 08:17 PM
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Nah, they only talking alot about the subaru WRX and how fast Klaus Achnackenbfefferhausen can get around the nurbugring.
I miss Sabine...... Ahhh.
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02-05-2007, 08:49 PM
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Good to see an FPV over their. Cant wait till we see a F6......
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02-05-2007, 09:09 PM
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A collegue took me from Amsterdam to the bottom of Belgium in his chipped and tuned Volvo XC70 - was quite an awesome car, well finished inside and fast as hell - he spared nothing on the drive and whilst I was in the car he clocked up 700ks and lived some miles from where he dropped me off. When in England it cost me A$125 to fill a mondeo that I got 650 k's out of so I am guessing that $150 to get 400k's from a car that wasent an italian or german supercar may not go down well. I know you can get economy from these cars ... but why bother and in the UK you can do 90mph on the motorways all day without much drama - everyone else does anyway.
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04-05-2007, 11:09 PM
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A few years ago I spent 6 months over there, and really wished I had an Aussie V8 (this was before the Falcon turbos) to show the poms what a real car looked and sounded like, also to be able to drive it on their expansive motorways at the speeds they do over there. Would make the expensive fillups quite worthwhile. |
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14-05-2007, 07:37 PM
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I reckon you might be right on that one. Wow Fernando Alonso with an Aussie Ford? I feel warm and fuzzy inside lol
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15-05-2007, 08:55 AM
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This thead has alot of BS in it...BUT...did anyone else see the little article in the latest Motor? Page 117 goes on about FPV looking at racing in the 24 hour endurance race at the ring.
Which would make sense as they would have a handful of FPV's over there with ZF, but you would think they would race a manual. Although, the XR8's struggled enough at Bathurst, dont like there chances at the 'ring, but it would be good to see.
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