Well after 10 years of Ford ownership...

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Originally Posted by Bearman

Congrats on the purchase, hope it's a good car for you.

I think a few people did jump ship for pretty much the same reasoning. Some Ford guys just couldn't cope with the AU looks and to get the performance you needed the AU3 XR8 220kw windsor just to stay with the Holden.
The tide has turned.

For me there was a number of reasons:

1. Until the BA 5.4, just about all Ford V8's were just underwhelming.You had to spend some serious clams for little improvement overall. Exceptions where 220 XR8 and the stroker.

2. To me, the AU was just a sad looking sack of ****. Its a personal thing, many like it tho. Ford seriously f@rked up on that one. Even they admit it.

The tide has turned, *somewhat*. The Ford V8's still lag behind those of Holden, but not nearly as much as they once did. Again, Ford have concentrated on their "hi-po" six pots. The XR6T is a pearler. Ford's sixes always seem to overshadow their V8 stablemates.

Ford was once king of local V8 performance. Will they ever be back? Don't think so. Not for a while.

Ford need to bite the bullet and release a *REAL* GTHO, with the emphasis on HO.

Bring back Homologation and REAL production car racing. THAT is was improves the breed more than anything.