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Originally Posted by Auslandau

C'mon .... settle a bit. Everyone has had a say but lets try and keep it just a little bit normal.

By the way .... today gave the GT a bit of a hose down, jumped into the leather seats, pushed the start button and watched the little man on the colour screen take his seat just after he let me know that my Bluetooth was now connected. Set the twin climate control to 21.5, warmed up the 6 speed auto listening to the bauble of the exhaust as I ventured out the estate. The gauge showed that the water temp & the oil temp was catching up ...... slipping the lever into sports mode, I pulled into the traffic with the slightest hesitation before the wheels could catch, with the whine from the super charger I was up to speed with in just a few seconds.

THAT was worth it .... and the fact I do that everyday is worth everything I did to get it. Just a little thanks to FPV for supplying a cracker of an engine and for the foresight to forgo the gizmo's that are only used to impress your passengers ...... but when you are by yourself are totally forgotten and you are just SO thankful that all the R&D went into an engine that makes you smile EVERY TIME your behind the wheel

Yep ....... for some its about the doof doof or the heated seats ..... and fair enough .... but that's not my thing. Buy what you want for what ever reason but there are those out there that FPV have targeted and I am happy about that for sure.

Perfect in every word. The people that label the GT as a souped up sticker car have not driven one. I only have to walk past mine and the smile kicks in let alone when you jump in and start her up. For the money paid find another car that can give you 335kW factory and 450 at the rears with a few minor mods. To get that sort of power upgrade in a HSV you would spend twice the money and do twice the work. 450 at the rears with a couple of bolt ons and a tune is incredible wait and see what happens when head and cam packages start to hit the market. Reality is what factory car for this price and performance is designed to be a track weapon.
The GT is a Grand Tourer from the factory and a track weapon with a few extra mods and lets be honest as car people isn't most of the fun customising your vehicle to your specs. From the factory it is a great streetcar with bucketloads of potential to take it to whatever level you want.
Believe me if you think these cars are nothing but a souped up falcon walk away from the keyboard and find one to drive - you will eat your words the first time you mash the loud pedal feel the power and hear the symphony that erupts from the engine bay.
The only complaint i have ever had with the late model GT's is that the GTP seats should be in the GT.
The last time i checked this was a Ford site for enthusiusts and fans of Ford and FPV and i know i am one of them. If the cars are as disapointing as people on here are making them out to be perhaps your in the wrong place. I am sure HSV must have a site full of bogons that want to bag FPV's