Thats mainly because holden dont have a decent "performance" 6 in there stable.Originally Posted by Elks
If they had released the twin turbo 3.6 as displayed a few years ago in that torana concept car then maybe there would be some holden fans that would go for the 6 (just look back to the VL commodore days and how many young guys picked them up when the turbos got a name for themselves) BUT having said that i also guess that alot of young people like the V8 commodores cos they can say they have a "Chevy V8"
There always seems to be a stigma against Ford australia and no matter what they do they always seem to cop flak, which most of the time is unwarrented.
The hardest part for Ford is breaking that mindset that Holden is "Australias own".
As i said in another post its the old "my dad drove a holden and so did his dad etc etc" and then theres there mates that get a holden and of course they dont wanna be the odd one out so they get one too and its a flow on effect.
Glad when i was teenager growing up in country SA (in the late 80's), i wasnt a "Sheep" like my holden loving/owing mates who would always follow eachother with the cars they bought and would always always rib me for owning crappy falcons or "jap crap" turbo lasers .... Funny thing was it was always my car to the rescue when there holden would break down and it was a saturday night out....
Moving on to nowdays and most are married with kids and guess what they are driving.... You guessed it either "jap crap" Toyota hiluxes/landcruisers or korean built craptivas.... Only 2 of them have seen past there rose coloured holden glasses and bought AWD SY2 territorys, with 1 of them saying fuck i wish id bought one of these earlier, this thing is so much nicer out here than my craptiva was.....
I will also say though that most of them who have been for a thrash in my F6 have said that its damn nice car but..... "Pity its a Ford"
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