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It will be interesting to see how many of the "going to buy it" actually do end up buying the XR8?
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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I'm curious how existing GT/GS owners feel about the new spec/price?
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My car now is worth nothing..whats less than nothing ?????? Its a BF Mk2 Ghia...
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I reckon a few SS-V Redline sales might have been poached with that price.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: NSW
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I sold my 335 GTP for $52K and then saw it up for sale a few weeks later for $60K.
May have bigger brakes and better seats but I would take the new XR8 with rspec rims and suspension over a 3yr old GTP any day. I thought I sold it too cheap but now I'm thinking I got rid of it just in time. |
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Loving my '335' kW!
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Great, that's what I'm hoping to trade. I'm expecting them to be brutal...
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Looked on caresales for what they were selling for, for an XR6 similar to mine, and picked a mid-point. I put it on for $10,500. It sold with in a week for $10,000. That extra cash is going to come in handy, given that they actually want to sell the new XR8. Try carsales see what happens. You never know.
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Location: St Clair. SYDNEY
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$57.506 drive away The only extra I asked for was matching spare wheel. The dealers paperwork said it was standard On Fords web page its $250 extra |
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Pethy FG XR8 Ute
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Perth N.O.R
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can't afford it now as work just made me go from 9 days on 5 off to an 8 and 6 roster ....*******...i just got a 22K pay cut so no new xr8 or pony for me
I will be keeping my xr8 ute and waiting for someone to crash a few xr8 sedans and then put the motor and front brakes in mine ... it will be cheaper than selling mine haha or just buy Boss315 supercharger kit for the 5.4L
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Loving my '335' kW!
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It's a great car, but it does have 198,000km on it now. Hmmm, if the trade is good enough, I'll have no choice but to offload that burden. Let's see what they'll do. Thanks for the heads-up!
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Is that auto or manual?
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Loving my '335' kW!
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I got one last week, but it details an FPV GS and had $65K on it. Was only drawn up to get it in their system. Does yours have XR8 model codes and all of that?
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Loving my '335' kW!
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I'd say Manual, price sounds about right.
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Depends on the dealer. A family member traded their BAII Futura with 140,000km for 5 grand, if you're a good talker you can look after yourself...
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Also the runout price of the vanilla GT's was 67k, bargain for a proper GT.
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I have had my MKII GT-E for getting on towards three years now so I don't feel too bad, but if 'I' had bought a GT variant in the last 12 months I would be feeling pretty damn sick now I reckon. Of course it is not a GT and to some that is all that matters, but to me the badge is no big deal really at the end of the day, all the new stuff doesn't give me the fuzzies like the old stuff. But that's me, the badge is still the be all and end all for many. At that pricing I want a manual XR8 to park next to the GT-E !!
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For those that wanted the GT , I can't understand why anyone wouldn't be proud and chuffed at owning the runout model. If the addition of sync on the new XR8 is the deal breaker , then go for it. If it was me in a purchasing position , I'd be hunting down a low Kay mk2 GT, XR8 might be a bargain for now , but for those that want a bit of history and a car that will probably be worth double what the XR8 is worth is 5 years time , you just can't go past the GT. As it stands , I'm still not 100% sold on the looks of the FGX either, I'm sure I'll grow to like it in time but it ain't luv at first sight that's for sure. |
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This FGX335 makes me very sad, you were willing to put your money down in blind faith. I know how that feels mate. I really really hope the dealer you've been dealing with comes through for you and doesn't let you down. It would be very disappointing considering the emphasis Ford have been placing on improving the dealer experience for someone that dipped in early to get screwed over.
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I'll bang the same old drum (again!)
What a crying shame there isn't a ute? Going by sedan pricing, equivalent ute woulda been what.. 45-47k? They would have sold squillions of them! Well, at least ONE here anyhow...
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How many, what colours & what transmissions they were getting in there 1st allocation |
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Then I thought 'wonder how that price will sit with a particular section of the forum. Been fairly quiet I thought... |
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What is it that you think needs to be said to "break the silence"? I don't think 60k is a surprise to anyone and it's exactly what an XR8 should be priced at.
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With the rear end, luxury pack, all it needs is a tune and a set of good stickies and its game on for $60k. |
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Not following the cryptic talk, just come out and say it.
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I know which I'd prefer to have in my garage.. Today, tomorrow or in 25 yrs time.... And it don't begin with X
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Any news on what colours will be available? I haven't read the whole thread which discusses the new Falcon so I may have missed it?
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Basically the same colours as now, victory gold is the new one.
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