Vic Wasteland Thread

[dezz]

Never understood why Ford don't export em...Obviously there's a market if Holden/HSV are doing it, and Ford being worldwide would surely have the ability to do it..

[Rekin]

It's a good car but unfortunately FPV don't come near HSV in sales, who import their engines from overseas.. now that Ford Australia have developed an AWESOME engine they should sell the f**ker overseas!!! Actually make that 2 awesome engines, the 4.0l turbo and the new 5.0 supercharged.. they'd sell like hotcakes

yeah both holden and ford really need to start exporting. How can you compete against audi, bmw, merc when they release the same car worldwide. Payback on investment much better on a global car. We only have australian investment funding engine & shell for Ford

[UNR33L]

Bloody sell the new 5.0l as a crate engine and every man and there dog will buy one for their BA-BF falcons as well and you can legally engine swap for the better engine (less emission + same car)

Not to mention they'd throw the 5.0 "Miami" in a Mustang for sure as an upgrade to the 5.0 N/A "Coyote" Mustang GT

You're right they need to sell the shit worldwide, I mean they have good products really.

[alr33x]

yeh crate engine would be tough.. nobody doubts the engine is world class

[UNR33L]

Seen the new 5.8l supercharged mustang GT500? ($50,000 usd)

~600rwhp.. stock

0-60mph - 3.5 seconds and does 11s.. Want to move to america!

[dezz]

If they sold the engine on it's own it'd cost them sales on the models that have it, coz plenty of people would choose to throw it in a lower spec and do the other stuff to their own specs...

[UNR33L]

Oh did I mention 9s with stock engine and supercharger just basic bolt ons? Crazy shit! manual too and go decent around the track

[Birds]

They are too expensive; we're lucky to have the few exports we already have (UK, Middle East & USA). Considering our minimum wage and population of only 20 million...which is a miniscule local market compared to what BMW/Audi/Toyota/everyothermanufacturerintheworld has...our local brands don't do too badly on the world scene or to even survive locally (at least up until now). We're even making world class vehicles now, where the quality and value gap between international vehicles of similar price has closed right up - compare trimmings of Caprice to the price equivalent BMW/Audi for example. But we can never make cheap, competitive world stage cars because we don't have the cheap labour/materials or market demand to support it. The Clubsport is exported to the UK and sold as a VX-R8 with an RRP of 50,000 pounds...the car is nothing to sneeze at, but 50,000 pounds buys you a lot of BMW/Benz over in the UK. The only reason it even sells over there is because the UK has nothing else like it; a raw/brutish V8 saloon. The rego and insurance must be awful (rego takes into account engine displacement).

My prediction: Cheap shit Chinese cars will take over the world. May not be today, may not be tomorrow...but some day...

[Rekin]

Seen the new 5.8l supercharged mustang GT500? ($50,000 usd)

~600rwhp.. stock

0-60mph - 3.5 seconds and does 11s.. Want to move to america!

lol 434kw atw stock

[Rekin]

hehe interesting to see it on another website

http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/microsite/vxr/vxr8/clubsport-and-maloo.html

[bluejeans]

How long are you willing to wait? I got an awesome deal through RMS Motor Parts - http://www.rmsmotorparts.com.au/ - many moons ago. You have to wait for them to come from Japan though (no overnight parts yo)

i called up rms before i ended up buying through good ol jacky chan and their number said disconnected? so im not sure if rms is no longer?

[R-SPEC]

way too much car talk in here lately

[emts]

hmm miami crate motor in a mustang....interesting idea...

would snap mine in half tho

[xALmoN]

I used to have a bit of fun with them when I was looking after your car

i know. i had fun with them too.

[Mohsen]

lmao. alvin msg me, lost your number.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

sad to hear Ford cutting jobs today

Local manufacturing aint getting any stronger in this country...

unfortunately the unions are to blame here... they pushed too hard and it's just not economically viable to manufacture cars where emplpoyees get 750 x 15 min and 7 x 1 hour breaks per 6 hour day

hmm miami crate motor in a mustang....interesting idea...

would snap mine in half tho

just make sure the windows are in it an she'll be right

[Sunkist]

And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly (for a white guy)

[UNR33L]

Baws song, and Martin, get a miami! reinforce your chassis!

[Rekin]

Slow day in wasteland ey

[Mohsen]

help me choose a colour peeps.