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Old 07-01-2007, 10:32 AM   #1
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Default I think i've just seen Orion...(whoops, its an Aurion, nothing to see here)

Driving through South Melbourne/Docklands this morning was a black 'Falcon sized' vehicle with taped down car protection front and rear. Included every one of the glass decals had black gaffa tape over it. Licence plate UGL-448 The details?

Well let me say, this car was sheet metal different from the BA/BF. Different doors, different roofline, different boot glass, different exhausts (i'll get to that bit). Interestingly, this car looked and sounded like an FPV Typhoon. Why? No bulge first up, and it had turbo wind up when this guy driving it gave it berries (and he did it on more than one occasion).

Rather than draw differences from the BA/BF, let me start with the image from The Orion Hub of Knowledge...



Remove the sculpting from the doors, they are fairly flat. The bonnet was more similar to the BA/BF, higher nose, flatter front.

Rear glass was very long, the boot lid would have been about 50cm long.

LED tail lights. Circular too. Kinda Honda Integra design from what I could make out from the car bra.

Interior? slick. Far more Audi. Emergancy Blinkers (hazard lights) button was center top of the dash above the middle air vents.

The car I saw also was completely black, wearing black Typhoon rims. Fuel filler... was on the left had rear panel.. thats different right?

As I mostly saw the rear (he was going hard) and I was in a BF XR8 ute, the rear exhausts? dual outlets each side of the rear bumper... INTEGRATED INTO THE BUMPER! Very similar to the intake ducts in the picture above in the front bumper.

Looks good. Shame I don't have a camera or camera phone. 2007 release date??!?! This car looked complete!

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Old 07-01-2007, 10:35 AM   #2
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I swear, if Orion looks even remotely as hot as that picture I'm buying an F6! The AU can become the project but that is a beautiful car, must have one!
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Old 07-01-2007, 10:36 AM   #3
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the front almost looks like the new lancer. kind of.....
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Old 07-01-2007, 11:00 AM   #4
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The overall shape is close to the VE IMO.
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Old 07-01-2007, 11:09 AM   #5
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To think people say the AU is ugly....

I guess I will wait until the real shots of it come out, then have a look at them and decide for myself what I think of it.

I think that with the differences to that image that parawolf talked about, it might end up being different but not enough to be from a different planet to the current Falcons. With the differences described it sounds alright.
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The overall shape is close to the VE IMO.
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Oh another thing... no body side moldings on the doors either... Makes for a very euro and clean side look.
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The overall shape is close to the VE IMO.

Certainly didn't have as pronounced wheel arches as the VE does.
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well i guess next time take a camera down there with you lol
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Old 07-01-2007, 11:17 AM   #10
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well i guess next time take a camera down there with you lol

Tell me about it... before i left the house this morning to go for a bike race in Port Melbourne I took my partner's mobile phone (with 2MegaPixel digital camera built in) *OUT* of the car...

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Old 07-01-2007, 11:18 AM   #11
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So the entire front was covered? Were the headlights on show at all?
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Old 07-01-2007, 11:22 AM   #12
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The above image is of the new Modeo - same as the one used in the latest Bond flick. The pic has been mirrored from the original LHD image.
Can only hope that it has some of the styling cues though - tis a quite nice look imho.
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Of course if it WAS orion, now Ford know it has been spotted and will act accordingly...
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Of course if it WAS orion, now Ford know it has been spotted and will act accordingly...
Dark suits, bright lights, good engineer/bad engineer?
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From the description it sounded like the new Supercharged Toyota due for release earlier this year? The new Ford should have sculptured doors , but these may have been covered up. Are you sure it had F6 rims? If so I'm probably completely wrong.:
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So the entire front was covered? Were the headlights on show at all?

The front was covered, the headlights looked half way between those in the picture and the current XR/F6/GT lights.

The front grill was visible through the front cover and looked almost identical to the current F6 front grill.
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Time to buy a camera phone, till then your banned!
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From the description it sounded like the new Supercharged Toyota due for release earlier this year? The new Ford should have sculptured doors , but these may have been covered up. Are you sure it had F6 rims? If so I'm probably completely wrong.:
black painted F6 rims. Looked 'bigger' than the Aurion.

Having said that, the dash interior that I could see was different to those pictured on the Aurion web site. But gee, it could have been

make me look the fool, and if that is the supercharged toyota, it has some get up and go. The guy definitely didn't like me following him and looking into the car. At the lights he was giving it curry to get away from me and I was struggling to keep up and legal while he was off breaking the speed limit to get away from me.

Anyone able to check who the registered plate would belong to? UGL-448.
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if that the Orion it looks like abit of the Astin Martin Vangus if that how you spell it
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Is this something like what you saw?? I'm pretty sure it's the supercarged Aurion bud, looks as though Toyota are doing something different with the spoiler kit so want it under wraps until then.

LOL seen this on the 2nd Oct in Richmond lol, I know coz of date stamp on phone.

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The overall shape is close to the VE IMO.
agreed....and whats with that...they all look like Mazda RX8's anyway...the VE IMO looks like ricer...and the VE SS or clubsport or what ever...OMG....
and whats with the name these days omega?..orion??....aurion??...wow its sounds hi-tech...:P
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Or you could of phoned a friend to come and bring there camera phone........ GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Turbo Toyota Hmmmmmmmmmm
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Thats even the same no. plate...
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Thats even the same no. plate...
LOL probably because it's the same car :the_finge hahahaha
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Is this something like what you saw?? I'm pretty sure it's the supercarged Aurion bud, looks as though Toyota are doing something different with the spoiler kit so want it under wraps until then.

LOL seen this on the 2nd Oct in Richmond lol, I know coz of date stamp on phone.

To me it too smiliar to the Honda Accord Euro are you sure Ford Orion going to look like that?? if so i will take the first car that is posted up here
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LOL probably because it's the same car :the_finge hahahaha
Awww you have just burst his bubble.........lol
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Yep, thats an Aurion. Looks the same as this...





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That black car is an Aurion
compare the pic to
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Im worried that he said
I mostly saw the rear (he was going hard) and I was in a BF XR8 ute

Aurion hoses XR8?
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LED tail lights. Circular too. Kinda Honda Integra design from what I could make out from the car bra.
The New Honda Accords going around do have LED Tail Lights. I dont think the Aurion has LED Tail Lights........
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