The ute going out with a bang

[comagutsa]

dam i hope this is true

http://www.caradvice.com.au/341018/f...spied-testing/

Ford Falcon Ute Potential high-power variant spied testing


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Images captured by CarAdvice’s spy photographers suggest a high-power Ford Falcon Ute could be in the works before the Blue Oval brand retires the iconic nameplate in 2016.
Fitted with an FPV front end from the defunct Ford Performance Vehicles arm that ceased manufacturing in 2014, the Ute carries a V8-style bonnet bulge, along with blacked out wheels.
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Trainspotters will notice missing fog lights and no ‘GT’ or ‘F6′ badges on the grille to the right of the Ford badge, which would normally be on display on these models.
The model spotted in these photos is also unique as it features a cab-chassis tray, which was never available on a ‘hot’ Falcon Ute.
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It’s highly likely that if Ford is working on a hot Falcon Ute to sign off the nameplate and this is an early prototype, progress on the special edition would be well underway.
Falcon vehicle line director David Wilkinson, who spoke with CarAdvice last year about underestimated demand for the XR8, wouldn’t comment on the possibility of the turbocharged 4.0-litre inline six-cylinder from the now-discontinued FPV F6, or the 5.0-litre supercharged V8 from the FG X XR8, being used to create a special send-off for the XR6 Turbo or indeed the Falcon Ute.
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Do you think there is enough demand for Ford to offer one final ‘hot’ Falcon Ute model before the nameplate disappears in 2016?







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[Windsor220]

XR8 ute

[Franco Cozzo]

$50 says its parts bin special proving grounds test ute rather than an actual special Falcon ute which will be sold on the new car market.

[Smoke Pursuit]

Big Damo is right car advice have cocked this up. That's the proving ground shunt truck!

[comagutsa]

even its a ute of bits with a V8 supercharged engine in it ..sweet in my books

[lucas2]

Originally Posted by Smoke Pursuit

Big Damo is right car advice have cocked this up. That's the proving ground shunt truck!

This ^ the proving ground runabout/tow/push car

[duaned]

Put the ute out of it's misery NOW!

[mik]

It would be nice to see a last run of the factory hot rod utes before the doors close .

[XD 351 Ute]

The last Pursuit was it, wasn't it?

Ed

[Road_Warrior]

Typical drivel from those Caradvice goons

[Paul302351]

New V8 Falcon ute?

id buy one.

[blackf6]

Love the front bumper bar. Need one on the GT.

[nightojnr]

One Tonner lol

[ozpacman]

Nah - just a factory proving ground work hack. See update.

[PepeLePew]

Doubt if there would be enough volume to justify such a thing anyway given the 8 isn't fitted anymore in FGX and production is so tight. Maybe with the turbo 6 might get away with it, I'd hope so myself? As for the 8 still some Pursuits floating around new while costy(ish, see below), Carsales has a fair few of the earlier Pursuits (R-Spec style) sold off for the final Pursuit you'd assume at reasonable prices low kms. Odd how that colour combo has grown on me, thought 'nah' when i was buying, but look excellent in the flesh. Saw a RSpec sedan (RSpec SA plate) out front of AFD the other day looked excellent.

On another note anyone else floored by the profiteering going on around the Maloo GTS ute? 130K Seriously!!!!!!! Was the ask for the GT-F that bad really in light of that?

[Bluehoon]

Besides, it can't run the 335 anyway. Structural integrity of the firewall area..

Null and void caradvice.

Good bitsa car though..!

[Fordman1]

Car Advise are such BS artists.

There is no hi Po Ute coming .......

[StealthT]

So fake, media grab attention.

[Grippy]

It's a shame that bitsa of a ute will likely be crushed one day.

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by Bluehoon

Besides, it can't run the 335 anyway. Structural integrity of the firewall area..

Null and void

Can't understand that when the GS ute had identical donk.. Slightly lower tune, but identical in all aspects as 335?
And firewall differences between sedan and ute are??

[Bossxr8]

It was the rear end, not the firewall.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by Barraxr8

Car Advise are such BS artists.

There is no hi Po Ute coming .......

They did say on facebook (eventually) that Ford have said that it isn't gonna happen. So at least they put an end to it.

[XR Martin]

Im sure most of us would have been happy with a 315kw FGX XR8 ute.