Remember a little while ago when MOTOR reported that Ford admitted that they had been caught offguard with the Holden SV8 and that they were planning a SOHC version of the XR8 that looks like an XR6 (re: no bonnet bulge) and puts out 230kW via a less restrictive exhaust.
well, why has this car not been released yet? there are plenty of bulgeless bonnets around and plenty of SOHC V8s so why havent ford put one into and XR6 body changed the badges and got it on the market yet? the only thing i can think of is that they dont want people getting confused between this and the real-deal BOSS XR8. Either that or they cant think of a name for it.
Personally i like XT8 but it cant be called that because its an XR. Thats why i called it XR8-S in the subject heading but even it doesnt sound right (makes it sound like it is actually better than the real XR8, like XR8-special or XR8-sprint or something)
so here is the challenge: think of a name for the XR8 junior that sound TUFF with a capital T but still includes the letters XR and most probably 8. Here are my sugestions:
They haven't released it because they are not going to release anything of the sort, and don't need to. XRs are doing fine, releasing this sort of thing would be an expensive distraction.
With the amount of money going into the current development line, and then future planning of enhancements and 2004 release, I dont see the need of another model.
I think the XR will be the saviour of the Ford line up and the name will never be changed!
obviously none of you have read MOTOR December addition.
I quote (from MOTOR's "HotBits" column in the "Extra!Extra!" section at the start of the magazine:
"FORD XR8 JUNIOR"
While the war rages, the first
battle victory goes to Holden.
Sources inside Ford admit
that, by giving the 235kW SV8
Commodore and entry price of
$40,490, Holden outsmarted
them. Ford's answer will be a
new V8 model positioned below
the XR8 in price and power. Try
mid-$40 grand with an estimated
230kW. It is believed Ford easily
extracted another 10kW from the
SOHC, three-valve 5.4-litre V8
through exhaust tuning.
The hardest job may be conjuring
up a name. Neither XR6+ or XR8-
seems approriate but thats
where the new model performance
model will sit. Anyway, its styling
should be more XR6 than bonnet-
bulging XR8 because the shorter
SOHC V8 sits under than standard
Falcon bonnet."
obviously none of you have read MOTOR December addition.
I quote (from MOTOR's "HotBits" column in the "Extra!Extra!" section at the start of the magazine:
"FORD XR8 JUNIOR"
While the war rages, the first
battle victory goes to Holden.
Sources inside Ford admit
that, by giving the 235kW SV8
Commodore and entry price of
$40,490, Holden outsmarted
them. Ford's answer will be a
new V8 model positioned below
the XR8 in price and power. Try
mid-$40 grand with an estimated
230kW. It is believed Ford easily
extracted another 10kW from the
SOHC, three-valve 5.4-litre V8
through exhaust tuning.
The hardest job may be conjuring
up a name. Neither XR6+ or XR8-
seems approriate but thats
where the new model performance
model will sit. Anyway, its styling
should be more XR6 than bonnet-
bulging XR8 because the shorter
SOHC V8 sits under than standard
Falcon bonnet."
"Ford's answer will be a new V8 model positioned below the XR8 in price and power"
If Ford had actually said that, it would of read...
"Ford have confirmed the new V8 model positioned below the XR8 in price and power"
The way they structured the sentence, gives the impression that is exactly what Ford's answer is, but in all honesty, thats just the writer making that stuff up (excpet for Ford admitting they got outsmarted).
tell me Barra_4_eva, do you know something i dont? Do you know for absolute certainty or are you just assuming. Because as that brilliant line in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrles goes, "Assumption is the mother of all F***-ups"
i wouldnt put it past ford, especially if SV8 sales are strong between now and february next year. I would wait and see
in my experience, MOTOR isnt in the business of making crap up. Hopefully Geoff will come on and comfirm or deny or at least tell us if they are thinking about it. It wouldnt be hard, just whack the SOHC V8 into an XR6 body and change the badges.
i think it would outsell the SV8 because the SV8 looks like crap. Whereas the XR8 junior would look like madness.
tell me Barra_4_eva, do you know something i dont? Do you know for absolute certainty or are you just assuming. Because as that brilliant line in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrles goes, "Assumption is the mother of all F***-ups"
yes it is an assumption, but i tend to see through things, even if the isnt anything to see through...
ill tell ya something i definetely do know. Make a trip down to the Assembly Line, and try and convince the workers there and dear Mr Polities of how Ford should introduce this new model into there already tight as a ducks butt (another Lock Stock quote) lineup. Be happy that you can option the V8 into the XT.
SIGH. Motor F***ed up as usual. SV8 is Holdens answer to the XT v8, Holden no longer carries and executive v8, and litterally the sv8 is the cheapest gen3 in their lineup. Now why the hell would ford need to build another xt v8 ?
because it gives people the opportunity to get into a real XR8 for cheaper than the BOSS. As for those of you who say the XR6T is the competitor for the SV8; we all know that in performance terms it is but some people will still want a V8 not a hi-po I6 and they cant afford an XR8 and they dont want an XT with a rear spoiler.
All this speculation is bullshit.
There will be no XT-SV-E8 shite or anything like it.
MOTOR make things up. They do it so that the car companies respond and give them a story, it's an old trick, and one that occasionally works. They're journalists - it's what they do.
All this crap is really getting tired, can we please finish this up? I mean, really, arguing over what this non-existent model will be called, when it is not going to be made, is just a waste of time.
because it gives people the opportunity to get into a real XR8 for cheaper than the BOSS. As for those of you who say the XR6T is the competitor for the SV8; we all know that in performance terms it is but some people will still want a V8 not a hi-po I6 and they cant afford an XR8 and they dont want an XT with a rear spoiler.
What ever the name, if this car does actually exist, it would not be on the market yet, as Ford have to develop exhausts etc for the car (Assuming the decision to make it was only made recently). This takes time.
All this speculation is bullshit.
There will be no XT-SV-E8 shite or anything like it.
MOTOR make things up. They do it so that the car companies respond and give them a story, it's an old trick, and one that occasionally works. They're journalists - it's what they do.
All this crap is really getting tired, can we please finish this up? I mean, really, arguing over what this non-existent model will be called, when it is not going to be made, is just a waste of time.
If ppl have the time to spend on this, let them. You don't have to get upset if someone else is wasting their time. Just like you don't have to waste your time reading the posts.
Exactly what I was thinking, makes sense as "Sprint" has been used before.
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