XYFalcon

Just saw on the news this morning that the NRMA tested a lot of cars on sale here for blind spot when reversing and gave them a rating out of 5 stars.

Best was 4 out of 5 which included Renault Cleo, Holden Barina, Suzuki Ignis (my wifes car).

Worst was Holden Commodore VX sedan which did not even rate a score. A big ZERO!!!. The VX Commodore wagon only scored half a star.

The Falcon on the other hand was up around 2.5 stars from memory.

Moral of the story, don't go anywhere near a reversing Commodore!!!

snavy

eehehehe you think the commodore ha sblind spots, my FTO, is just a killler for blind spot! might as well be blind folded while driving. :)

Futura97

I reckon thats all crap... I always check behind my car before reversing out of a driveway/car park before getting in it.

You just have to pay 110% attention all the time when reversing.

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Mr Sparkle

That is the very first thing I noticed in my first drive of a VT/VX series. I had to back it up a driveway, and I was quite surprised at the high bootline. It was actually the first thing I commented on to my friend who owns it, and him coming from a modified EF2 Ghia (now obviously a sinner!), agreed heartily. But like most things, he had become used to it and only when I made the point of mentioning it did he remember how his old Ghia was for rear vision.

Tis an interesting topic though, and should extend to include B-pillar visibility. Have been in some downright dangerous cars for that!

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MintEAFalcon

Full results can be found here:

http://www.nrma.com.au/pub/nrma/medi...lity-index.pdf

While you are at it, go check out just how poorly the Commodore does against the Falcon in the crash tests:

http://www.mynrma.com.au/motoring/ca...ncap/lar.shtml

Hmmm....yest another reason to buy a Ford. Interesting.

shaft

LOL :)

Is yours a Mivec?, for a torquless 2.0v6 those things haul ass :)
the one i was driving for a few days had awesome acceleration.

Carby

Was you on the turps when you posted this - the latest results, 2001, have the Commodore and Falcon at 4 stars each !

In previous years they alternated between marginal and acceptable between the two marques.

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Ford Futura Al

I saw the results on TV last night and from what I remember the VX (0 STARS) was 16.8 m blind spot and the VY (1 1/2 STARS) was a few metres better but a long way off the BA (2 1/2 STARS). From watching the story I think a 2 1/2 star rating would have to be about as good as you could get from vehicles of this size.

MintEAFalcon

Ummm excuse me? Lets have a closer look shall we (Assuming you didnt bother to open the URL)

For starters. The VX Commodore and Falcon both got 3 stars....not 4.

Offset Crash Test:
AUII Forte: 11.07 out of 16
VX Commodore: 3.77 out of 16

Overall Evaluation:
AUII Forte: 71%
VX Commodore: 50%

The Falcon was just short of earning a four star rating. The Commodore was a long way behind.

snavy

yeah it is! you should know what i mean by what blind spots then! commodores are childs play :)