Ford Falcon GT-F vs. HSV GTS 2014 Review

Hoʻohanohano nā koa kaʻa hou loa mai Australia i ka luakini kiʻekiʻe o ka horsepower: Bathurst.

ʻAʻole i hiki i kēia: hoʻāʻo i nā kaʻa hana kiʻekiʻe hou loa ma Australia. I ka manawa e pani ai ka hale kanu o Ford's Broadmeadows i ka makahiki 2016, me ka hale kanu o Holden's Elizabeth ma hope o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope, ʻo ia ka ʻike hope loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Ford lāua ʻo Holden.

ʻO kēia mau kaʻa ʻelua ma ke kiʻekiʻe o kā lākou ʻoihana e lilo i wahi hoʻohanohano no kā lākou mau hōʻailona a me kahi hōʻailona e hiki mai ana nā manawa maikaʻi aʻe. Akā, e pau kā lākou moʻolelo me kahi manawa.

He haʻahaʻa paha ke kūʻai aku ʻo Ford a me Holden, akā aia nō kahi kahua paʻa paʻa e hoʻomau i ka manaʻoʻiʻo, ʻoiai he nui ka poʻe i kēia mau lā e hoʻokele i nā kaʻa i lawe ʻia mai e lawe i ka ʻohana a puni. He kanalima mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hōʻike kēia mau hōʻailona ʻelua ma mua o ka hapalua o nā kaʻa āpau i kūʻai ʻia ma Australia. I kēia lā, ʻo ka Falcon a me Commodore ka helu ʻekolu wale nō o kēlā me kēia 100 kaʻa i kūʻai ʻia.

ʻO kekahi poʻe hoihoi, e like me kā mākou mau hoaaloha ʻo Lawrence Attard a me Derry O'Donovan, e kūʻai mau i nā Fords a me Holdens hou inā ʻaʻole ka lehulehu. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole lawa ka poʻe e like me lākou e kākoʻo i ka hana kaʻa kūloko. 

I kekahi manawa, i ka wā e pili ana i nā kaʻa, he ʻāina hauʻoli maoli mākou. ʻO ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā ʻano pahu ʻeono kumu o ka Ford Falcon a me Holden Commodore i mālama pono i nā hale hana, e ʻae ana i kēlā me kēia māhele kaʻa haʻuki e hoʻopaʻa i kahi mīkini V8 ma lalo o ka puʻupuʻu, hoʻololi, a hoʻohui i kekahi mau "movers wikiwiki." bits" (e like me kā lākou i kapa ʻia ai) e hana koke i kahi kaʻa ʻiʻo.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, paʻakikī paha ʻoe e manaʻoʻiʻo, akā ua hana ʻo Australia i ka sedan hana kiʻekiʻe. Ua hoʻomaka me ka Ford Falcon GT i ka makahiki 1967. He makana hooluolu. Loaʻa iā mākou no ka mea he mea nui ka Mustang ma US, akā ʻaʻole i lawe mai ʻo Ford iā Down Under.

No laila, ua hoʻoholo ka luna o Ford Australia i kēlā manawa e hoʻohana i ka philosophy Mustang i kahi sedan Falcon i kūkulu ʻia, a ua hana ʻia kahi moʻomeheu moʻomeheu. Ua lanakila ʻo ia ma ke alahele a kōkua iā Ford e ʻaihue i nā kūʻai mai Holden ma nā lumi hōʻike.

ʻO ka hopena o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana ʻo ia ka 351 GT-HO, ʻo ia ka sedan wikiwiki loa i ka honua i kēlā manawa. ʻAe, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o nā BMW a i ʻole Mercedes-Benz sedan o ka manawa.

Ua lanakila ka Ford Falcon 351 GT-HO iā Bathurst i ka makahiki 1970 a me 1971. ʻO Allan Moffat, ka mea i koho i ka wikiwiki loa i ka makahiki 1972, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ʻekolu ma ka lālani inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i lanakila ma hope o ka hoʻomāinoino ʻia ʻana e kekahi kanaka ʻōpio ma Torana's Holden i kapa ʻia ʻo Peter Brock.

ʻIke ʻia i kēia manawa ʻo ka poʻe ʻōpio i ulu aʻe i kēia au i kēia manawa ke hoʻolalelale nei i ke ala hou ʻana i ke kūʻai kaʻa ʻo Holden a me Ford V8. I kēia manawa, i ko lākou mau makahiki 50 a me 60, hiki iā lākou ke kūʻai hope i ke kaʻa o kā lākou mau moeʻuhane, koe wale nō ka pilikia. E lawe ʻia ana kā lākou mau moeʻuhane mai o lākou aku.

ʻO ia ke kumu i kūʻai ʻia aku ai nā 500 o nā sedans Ford Falcon GT hou loa (a hope loa) ma mua o ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka mea mua, waiho ʻia i ka papahele lumi hōʻike.

Ua kūʻai nui ʻia nā kaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku i loko o nā lā liʻiliʻi, me kahi o ka ʻumi mau kaʻa i waiho ʻia ma nā hale kūʻai ma waena o Australia me nā hoʻopiʻi kūʻē iā lākou akā me nā ʻaelike e kau inoa ʻia.

ʻO ka poʻe pilikia e hoʻonohonoho pono i kā lākou kālā, e hōʻino ʻia no ka mea ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku he laina o ka poʻe e laina ana e kiʻi inā hāʻule ke kauoha a kekahi. I kēia manawa, e hoʻomau ka HSV GTS i ka hana a hiki i ka hopena o ka hana Holden i kekahi manawa i ka hopena o 2017.

Ma muli o kēia ʻano, hoʻokahi wale nō wahi e lawe ai i kēia mau kaʻa ʻelua: ka luakini kiʻekiʻe o ka ikaika lio, ʻo Bathurst. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole lawa ke ʻano o ka naʻau, e ʻākoakoa ana nā ao i ko mākou ʻūlū ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale. Ua lawa ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻohe mea koa i kēia lā. ʻAʻole naʻe mai iā mākou, ʻoiai ua pono i ka mea paʻi kiʻi ka makana koa no ka pale ʻana i ke anuanu ma ka lewa Antarctic.

Hiki i kēia mau mīkini ikaika ke hōʻoia i ka hewa i nā lima hewa, akā laki ua lanakila ʻo Ford lāua ʻo Holden i ka hana lapuwale.

ʻO lāua ʻelua paha nā V8 ikaika loa o kā lākou ʻano, akā loaʻa iā lākou nā pahu nui loa i hoʻopili ʻia i kahi Ford a Holden i kūkulu ʻia a me kā lākou mau ʻōnaehana hoʻokele paʻa (ʻenehana e hoʻopaʻa i nā kaʻa ke paʻa ʻoe i kahi skid). kihi) i kūkulu ʻia ma luna o ka hau. ʻO ka mea, hāʻawi ʻia i nā kūlana o kēia lā, ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi.

He mea kupanaha ka laha koke ʻana o ka ʻōlelo ke hōʻea mākou i Motown, Australia. ʻElua mau tradis i hahai iā mākou ma ke alahele ma hope o ko lākou ʻike ʻana iā mākou e hele ana ma ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO kekahi poʻe i holo wikiwiki i ke kelepona e kelepona i ko lākou mau hoa aloha Ford. "Manaʻo paha ʻoe inā wau e kiʻi me ke kaʻa?" ʻO ka maʻamau ka HSV GTS e huki i ka manaʻo o kēlā me kēia kanaka. Akā i kēia lā e pili ana iā Ford.

Ua manaʻo ka poʻe loea ʻoihana (ʻo wau pū kekahi) ʻo ka Falcon GT-F (no ka mana "hou") ʻaʻole i nānā kūikawā.  

ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona wale nō nā kaha ʻokoʻa, kahi kapa pena ma nā huila, a me nā hōʻailona "351" (e pili ana i kēia manawa i ka mana ʻenekini ma mua o ka nui o ka mīkini e like me kā lākou i hana ai i nā makahiki 1970).

Akā inā mākou e nānā i ka hopena o ka lehulehu, a laila ʻaʻole mākou, nā kaʻa kaʻa, ʻike ʻole i kā mākou e kamaʻilio nei. Makemake nā poʻe Ford. A ʻo ia wale nō ka mea nui.

Ua haʻalele ʻo Ford i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka paʻi kūikawā mua ʻo Falcon GT, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia 18 mau mahina i hala. No laila ʻo ka mea a mākou e hoʻāʻo nei ma aneʻi he 16kW hou o ka mana. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi hou ʻo Ford i ke ala e hāʻawi ʻia ai ka mana o GT-F i ke alanui. ʻO kēia ke kaʻa i kūkulu ʻia e Ford i ʻewalu mau makahiki i hala i ka wā i puka mai ai kēia hanauna Falcon.

Akā ʻaʻole hiki iā Ford ke kūʻai aku i nā mea hou i kēlā manawa no ka mea ua hoʻomaka ke kūʻai aku e hāʻule. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, pono e mahalo nā poʻe Ford no ka mea i loaʻa iā lākou. ʻO kēia ka Ford Falcon GT wikiwiki a maikaʻi loa. A ʻaʻole pono ia e lilo i ka hope.