ʻO Ford Falcon XR6 Sprint, XR8 Sprint a me HSV GTS 2016 loiloi
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ʻO Ford Falcon XR6 Sprint, XR8 Sprint a me HSV GTS 2016 loiloi

Hōʻike ʻo Joshua Dowling i ka Ford Falcon XR6 Sprint, XR8 Sprint a me HSV GTS me ka hana, ka hoʻohana wahie a me ka hoʻoholo.

ʻO kēia nā kaʻa wikiwiki a ikaika loa i hana ʻia e Australia a e pau koke ana.

Ma ka manaʻo maoli o Australia, ua mālama kā lākou mea hana i ka wikiwiki ma ko lākou manamana wāwae i ko lākou hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka laina hoʻopau.

ʻO Ford - kū'ē i ka manaʻo nui, ʻo ka mea hana kaʻa kahiko a lōʻihi loa o Australia - ua hāʻawi makana iā ia iho a me kāna mau mea pā.

No ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka 91st anniversary o ka hana kūloko, me ka 56th anniversary ma Broadmeadows, ua ʻae ʻo Ford i kāna mau ʻenekini e kūkulu i ka Falcon a lākou i makemake mau ai e kūkulu.

ʻO ka turbocharged XR6 Sprint a me ka supercharged XR8 Sprint, i hoʻohana ʻia e nā ʻenekini i hui ʻia ma Geelong, ʻo ia ka hopena o nā makahiki he ʻike.

ʻO ka māhele kaʻa wikiwiki o Holden, me kahi kōkua liʻiliʻi mai kahi V8 supercharged ʻAmelika, ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka nānā ʻana o kāna hae hoʻokō HSV GTS ma mua o ka wehe ʻana i kahi mea kupaianaha maoli i ka makahiki aʻe.

Eia naʻe, i kēia manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau kaʻa o ko lākou ʻano, e lawe mai ana i nā kānaka make wale nō i ke kālā ma ke kālā ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua.

ʻO ka manawa kēia e ʻike ai i nā mea a mākou e nalo ai i ka wā e pani ʻia ai kā mākou mau koa homegrown e nā kaʻa ʻehā-cylinder, V6-powered.

Falcon XR6 Sprint

Ma muli o ka hoʻokomo pono ʻana o Ford, ua "kūkulu ʻia nā kaikunāne Sprint e nā mea hoihoi no nā mea hoihoi".

ʻOi aku ka nui o nā hoʻololi ma mua o nā mea ʻeleʻele maʻalahi o waho a me nā hōʻailona.

Ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana a me ka hoʻokele ʻana no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kaila Pirelli P Zero (ʻo ia ke ʻano like i loaʻa ma Ferrari, Porsche a me Lamborghini) a ʻaʻohe mea i waiho ʻia ʻo Ford ma ka papa hoʻokaʻawale ma ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā calipers brake ʻeono piston i mua a me nā calipers brake ʻehā piston. . hope piston calipers.

A laila "hanu" lākou ma ka ʻenekini, ʻōlelo ma ka ʻōlelo.

ʻIke nā mea ʻenekini Ford i ka ʻenekini 4.0-lita ʻeono pahu e like me ke kua o ko lākou lima. ʻO Inline-sixes, i hoʻolālā ʻia a kūkulu ʻia ma ka ʻāina, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ma ka Falcon mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mea mua ma 1960.

Ua ʻike koke ʻia ka ʻenekini ʻeono pahu turbocharged. I ka hopena o nā makahiki 1990, ua manaʻo ʻo Ford Australia e hoʻopau hou ana ke au o Falcon V8; no kekahi manawa ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike maopopo ʻia no ka Canadian 5.0-lita V8 Windsor, e hoʻopau ʻia i ka makahiki 2002.

No laila ua hoʻomohala malū ʻo Ford Australia i kahi turbo-six ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo.

Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka turbo ʻeono ma mua o Ford i manaʻo ai: ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka V8, a ʻoi aku ka māmā ma luna o ka ihu, kahi i hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ke koena o ke kaʻa a me ka manaʻo cornering.

I ka manawa i hāʻawi ai ʻo Detroit i ka hele mua no kekahi V8 (he ʻAmelika, akā i kūkulu ʻia ma ka ʻāina, 5.4-lita overhead cam V8 i kapa ʻia ʻo "Boss"), ua hoʻoholo ʻo Ford Australia e hiki nō iā ia ke hāʻawi aku i ʻeono turbocharged, no ka mea, ua hana ʻo ia i ka hapa nui. ka hana hooulu.

Ua kūʻai aku ʻo Turbo Six me ka BA Falcon ma 2002 a ua noho pū me mākou mai ia manawa.

ʻOiai ʻo ia ka mīkini maikaʻi loa i hana ʻia e Australia, ʻaʻole ia i kūʻai aku e like me ka V8. ʻOiai ʻo ka turbocharged ʻeono i kona hoʻopiʻi ponoʻī, makemake nā mea kūʻai kaʻa muscle i ka leo o kahi V8.

ʻIke mau ka poʻe paʻakikī i kēia paʻakikī ke manaʻoʻiʻo, akā ʻaʻole wahaheʻe nā helu. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka turbo ʻeono ma mua o ka V8, ʻoiai ma Sprint guise (e ʻike i lalo).

Eia kekahi hōʻailona hōʻailona ʻē aʻe: ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka mana (325kW i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka supercharged V8's 345kW), ʻoi aku ka XR6 Turbo Sprint i ka XR8 Sprint ma o 1Nm wale nō o torque mai 576Nm. ʻO wai ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻaʻole hoʻokūkū nā ʻenekinia?

ʻOi aku ka laina o ka mana Turbo ma mua o ka V8 ma waena o ka pae rev holoʻokoʻa. Ma waena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kaʻa, lohe ʻia kahi kani "brrrp".

ʻO ka hana liʻiliʻi i kekahi manawa o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻomalu kūpaʻa ma kahi ala haiki a koi ʻia o ke alanui ʻo ia wale nō ka mea e ʻaʻa e lohi i ka XR6 Turbo Sprint.

He mea hauʻoli ka hoʻokele a ʻoi aku ka manaʻo e like me ke kaʻa haʻuki ma mua o ka sedan.

ʻAʻohe mea maikaʻi ma mua o kēia. A hiki i ko mākou neʻe ʻana i ka XR8.

Falcon XR8 Sprint

ʻOiai ke kumu o ka mīkini XR8 i hana ʻia ma USA, ʻo nā ʻāpana kūloko āpau, me ka supercharger, ua ʻākoakoa pū ʻia ma Geelong me ka laina hui ʻeono-cylinder.

ʻO ia ka ʻenekini like me ka Falcon GT hou loa, akā ua haʻalele ʻo Ford i kahi hakahaka hana no kāna ikona.

He emi ka mana o ka XR8 Sprint ma mua o ka GT (345kW vs 351kW) akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka torque (575Nm vs 569Nm).

Akā, ua hōʻike ʻia he moot point, no ka mea me nā mea hou a pau, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka XR8 Sprint ma mua o ka GT hope loa. Nalo wale ke kiʻiona.

ʻO ka XR Sprint, mahalo nui ʻole i nā kaila Pirelli maikaʻi loa, hoʻopololei i nā alanui puʻupuʻu a paʻa i nā kihi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā Falcon ʻē aʻe ma mua.

Nui ka uwē o ka supercharger. ʻO ka leo nui e kani ai kou kua a kani kou mau pepeiao.

ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ulu ʻana o ka XR8 i nā revs haʻahaʻa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka XR6, akā i ka manawa e piʻi ai i 4000 rpm ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia.

ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka leo epic ma mua o ka mea maoli (e like me kā mākou i ʻike ai ma ke kau ʻana i nā mea hana manawa ma ka mīkini), akā ʻo wai ka mea mālama?

Eia naʻe, ʻike ʻia hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi mea maikaʻi loa. Hoʻomaka ka uwē o ka supercharger a puni i nā kihi paʻa a wili i ka wā e lanakila ai ka V8 i ka huki ʻana o ka huila a me ka hoʻokele paʻa.

ʻO ka hakakā ʻana i ka XR8 ma luna o kahi ala mauna wiliwili e like me kou lanakila ʻana i ka pā piʻi. Lawe ʻo ia i kāu noʻonoʻo āpau, akā nui ka uku.

ʻAʻohe mea maikaʻi ma mua o kēia. A hiki mākou i ka HSV GTS.

HSV GTS

E ʻoluʻolu koke ka HSV GTS i kou komo ʻana i loko.

ʻO ke kaʻa he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka manaʻo, a ʻo ke kaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoi aku ka ʻenehana, me kahi kī hoʻopā, hōʻike poʻo, nā hoʻololi hoʻokele, nā hōʻike kiʻekiʻe-hoʻonā, nā ʻōlelo aʻo haʻalele ʻana o ke ala, a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, ka mana kūpaʻa, a me nā ʻano hoʻopau. .

Makemake ka GTS e loaʻa i kekahi mau hāmeʻa ʻē aʻe ma kēia wahi kumu kūʻai: $98,490, he kumukūʻai nui $36,300 a i $43,500 ma mua o nā Ford wikiwiki.

Akā ke manaʻo nei ka GTS e like me ka nui o ke kālā i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko.

Ma ke alanui, pili ia e like me ka nau ʻana i ka pahu kiʻiʻoniʻoni.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i ka chassis ma ka noho o ka pants a me ka huila hoʻokele, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka Falcon. Ma hope o kou noho ʻana ma nā noho kiʻekiʻe Ford, e manaʻo ʻoe he mau ʻīniha wale nō kou puʻu mai ke alanui.

Ua hoʻokele pinepine mākou i ka GTS supercharged i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei, mai ka hale kanu HSV ma Clayton a hiki i Mount Bathurst Panorama.

Akā ʻaʻole wau i hauʻoli a mahalo nui paha i ka GTS e like me kaʻu i hana ai ma kēia hoʻāʻo.

He holoholona koʻikoʻi ka GTS, akā hiki iā ia ke lawelawe maʻalahi i kā mākou hui ololi o ke alanui e piʻi ana i ka lihi o ke kuahiwi.

He laumania ka ʻili, akā paʻa nā kihi, a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ka GTS. Ua ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i koho maikaʻi ʻia, nā kaʻa maikaʻi loa (ka mea nui loa i hoʻopili ʻia i kahi kaʻa hana Australia) a me ka hoʻokele nimble.

ʻO kekahi kāleka pu i ka lima o ka HSV, ʻo ia ka LSA supercharged V8. Ua like ia me ka hui pū ʻana o nā ʻenekini Ford ʻelua: lawa ka uwē ʻana i nā revs haʻahaʻa (e like me ka XR6) a me ka uē ʻana i nā rev kiʻekiʻe (e like me ka XR8).

He mea kupanaha a ke alohi nei au - a pau ke alanui.

ʻO ke kani ʻana o ka adrenaline a me ke kani ʻana o nā mea hoʻoluʻu i ke kua e hoʻopiha koke iaʻu i ke kaumaha.

ʻAʻole mākou e kūkulu hou i kēlā mau mīkini.

ʻO ka hoʻoholo

ʻO nā hopena o kēia hōʻike ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao he haʻawina no ka mea ua hoʻolālā ʻia kēia mau kaʻa no ka poʻe paʻakikī, a i kēia pāʻani hope loa, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻoluliluli i kekahi.

ʻO kēlā me kēia hihia, ʻo kā mākou papa helu e like me ka wikiwiki, me ka HSV GTS ma kahi mua, ʻo ka XR6 Turbo ma ka lua, a me ka XR8 ma ke kolu.

Aloha mākou i kēlā me kēia o kēia mau kaʻa ʻaʻole wale no kā lākou epic 0 a 100 mph wikiwiki, akā no ke ʻano o ko lākou mālama ʻana i nā kihi paʻa a me nā alanui ākea ākea.

ʻO ka nūhou ʻino, ʻaʻohe mea lanakila; holo nā kaʻa ʻekolu i kahi make.

ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi, ʻaʻole e nalowale ka mea kūʻai aku i kekahi o kēia mau hiʻohiʻona maʻamau e hiki mai ana.

Pehea ka wikiwiki o kou hele ʻana i kēia manawa?

ʻAʻole hoʻokuʻu ʻo Ford i nā manawa 0-kph mana, akā manaʻo ka poʻe ʻenekinia hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoki i 100 kekona mai ka XR4.5 Turbo a me 6 mai ka XR4.6 - ua holo mākou i 8 kekona ma nā hiʻohiʻona ʻelua ma nā alanui o Tasmania i Malaki. I kēia manawa ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e noʻonoʻo inā he hiʻohiʻona ke alanui a mākou i hoʻohana ai.

No kēia hoʻohālikelike, ua hoʻāʻo mākou i nā kaʻa ʻekolu he 30 mau minuke kaʻawale ma ka ʻāpana hoʻokahi o ka papahele ma Sydney Dragway.

ʻOiai ke koi nei ʻo HSV i ka manawa 0-100 mph no ka GTS i 4.4 kekona, ua loaʻa iā mākou ʻehā 4.6 kekona i nā pā mua ʻehā i ka lālani, e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i kā mākou maikaʻi loa o 4.7 kekona ma 2013.

Ua hoʻokuʻu ka XR6 Turbo i ʻelua mau 4.9-lita mai ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa a laila hoʻolohi i ka wā i hoʻomoʻa ʻia ai ka ʻenekini i ka wela.

Ua ho'āʻo ka XR8 e hiki i ka 5.1s no ka mea makemake mau ʻo ia e palai i nā kaʻa hope. Hoʻopau mākou i ka misionari i ka manawa a mākou i ʻike ai i ka paheʻe ʻana o nā huila e mālama i ka ʻenekini mai ka wela a hoʻopilikia iā mākou.

ʻAʻole mākou wale nō ka poʻe ʻaʻole i hoʻokokoke i ka koi Ford 0 a 100 km / h. Ua loaʻa i ka makasina kaʻa haʻuki nā helu like mai nā kaikaina Sprint (5.01 no ka XR6 a me 5.07 no ka XR8) ma nā lā like ʻole a ma waho o ka mokuʻāina.

No laila, e ka Ford fanatics, e makaʻala i kāu mea make a me kāu mau kī. Ua hele mākou i kahi lōʻihi e loaʻa ai ka maikaʻi loa o XR Sprints. A ma mua o kou hoʻopiʻi ʻana mai iaʻu i ka manaʻo ʻino, e hāʻawi wau iā ʻoe i ka moʻolelo piha: ʻo kaʻu kaʻa hou hope loa he Ford.

Eia nā helu ma lalo. ʻO ka mahana wela kūpono - 18 degere Celsius. Ua hoʻokomo mākou i nā heluhelu odometer ma kēlā me kēia kaʻa, e hōʻike ana ua haki lākou. No ka pono o ka parity, ua loa'a i nā ka'a a pau ka ho'ouna 'akomi. E like me ka hōʻike ʻana o nā helu, holo wikiwiki ka HSV GTS i 60 km / h wikiwiki a hoʻomaka wale mai laila.

HSV GTS

mai 0 a 60 km/h: 2.5 s

mai 0 a 100 km/h: 4.6 s

Odometer: 10,900 km

Falcon XR6 Sprint

mai 0 a 60 km/h: 2.6 s

mai 0 a 100 km/h: 4.9 s

Odometer: 8000 km

Falcon XR8 Sprint

mai 0 a 60 km/h: 2.7 s

mai 0 a 100 km/h: 5.1 s

Odometer: 9800 km

Nā Paʻi Paʻa

E kūkulu ʻo Ford i 850 o kāna poʻokela XR8 Sprint sedans (750 ma Australia, 100 ma New Zealand) a me 550 XR6 Turbo Sprint sedans (500 ma Australia, 50 ma New Zealand).

Mai ka makahiki 2013, ua kūkulu ʻo HSV ma luna o 3000 LSA i hoʻolako ʻia i 6.2-lita supercharged V8 GTS sedans a me 250 HSV GTS Maloos (240 no Australia a me 10 no New Zealand).

Ahea e pau ai?

E pani ʻia ka ʻenekini a me ka hale kanu o Ford ma Geelong a me ka laina hui kaʻa ma Broadmeadows i ka lā 7 ʻOkakopa, e hoʻopau ana i 92 mau makahiki o ka hana kūloko o ka marque oval uliuli.

Ma muli o ka pōʻino, hāʻule kēlā lā i ka Pōʻalima ma mua o ka heihei kaʻa ʻo Bathurst i kōkua iā Ford a me Falcon e hana i kā lākou hōʻailona.

Loaʻa iā Holden Commodore ma kahi o 12 mau mahina ma hope o ka pani ʻana o ka mea kanu Ford.

ʻO ka laina hana ʻo Holden's Elizabeth e pani ʻia i ka hopena o 2017, a ma hope o ka pani ʻana o ka mea kanu Toyota Camry ma Alton, kahi i hānau ʻia ai ka kaʻa hybrid i ʻākoakoa ʻia, i Dekemaba 2017.

No kāna ʻāpana, ʻōlelo ʻo HSV e hoʻomau ia i ka hana ma waho o kāna keʻena Clayton, akā e hoʻohui ʻia i nā ʻāpana ʻauwaʻa a hana i nā hana hoʻonaninani ma nā kaʻa hoʻokomo Holden kūpono.

ʻO Falcon XR6 Turbo Sprint

kuai: $54,990 me nā lilo huakaʻi.

Nā Kauaʻi: 3 makahiki/100,000 km

Hana palena ʻole: $1130 no 3 makahiki

Kūwaena lawelawe:12 mahina/15,000 km

Palekana: 5 hōkū, 6 ʻeke lewa  

NA ENGINE: 4.0-lita, 6-cylinder, 325 kW / 576 Nm

pahu pahu: 6-wikiwiki 'akomi; kaʻa hope

Pāʻona: 12.8 l / 100 km

Nā Palena: 4950mm (L), 1868mm (W), 1493mm (H), 2838mm (WB)

ʻO ke kaumaha: 1818kg

ke kali: Brembo ono-piston calipers, 355 x 32mm discs (mua), Brembo eha-piston calipers, 330 x 28mm discs (hope)  

Pākē: Pirelli P Zero, 245/35 R19 (mua), 265/35R19 (hope)

Hoʻokoe: Nui piha, 245/35 R19

0-100km/h: 4.9 s

Falcon XR8 Sprint

kuai: $62,190 me nā lilo huakaʻi.

Nā Kauaʻi: 3 makahiki/100,000 km

Hana palena ʻole: $1490 no 3 makahiki

Kūwaena lawelawe: 12 mahina/15,000 km

Palekana: 5 hōkū, 6 ʻeke lewa  

NA ENGINE: 5.0-lita i hoʻouka nui ʻia V8, 345 kW/575 Nm

pahu pahu: 6-wikiwiki 'akomi; kaʻa hope

Pāʻona: 14.0 l / 100 km

Nā Palena: 4950mm (L), 1868mm (W), 1493mm (H), 2838mm (WB)

ʻO ke kaumaha: 1872kg

ke kali: Brembo ono-piston calipers, 355 x 32mm discs (mua), Brembo eha-piston calipers, 330 x 28mm discs (hope)  

Pākē: Pirelli P Zero, 245/35 R19 (mua), 265/35R19 (hope)

Hoʻokoe: Nui piha, 245/35 R19

0-100Km / h: 5.1 s

Kaomi ma aneʻi no ke kumu kūʻai a me ka ʻike kikoʻī ma ka Ford Falcon 2016.

HSV GTS

kuai: $98,490 me nā lilo huakaʻi.

Nā Kauaʻi: 3 makahiki/100,000 km

Hana palena ʻole: $2513 no 3 makahiki

Kūwaena lawelawe: 15,000 km / 9 mahina

Palekana: 5 hōkū, 6 ʻeke lewa  

NA ENGINE: 6.2-lita i hoʻouka nui ʻia V8, 430 kW/740 Nm

pahu pahu: 6-wikiwiki 'akomi; kaʻa hope

Pāʻona: 15.0 l / 100 km

Nā Palena: 4991mm (L), 1899mm (W), 1453mm (H), 2915mm (WB)

ʻO ke kaumaha: 1892.5kg

ke kali: AP Racing ʻeono piston calipers, 390 x 35.6mm discs (mua), AP Racing ʻehā piston calipers, 372 x 28mm discs (hope)  

Pākē: Continental ContiSportContact, 255/35R20 (mua), 275/35R20 (hope)

Hoʻokoe: Nui piha, 255/35 R20

0-100Km / h: 4.6 s

Kaomi ma aneʻi no nā kumu kūʻai hou aku a me nā kikoʻī no ka 2016 HSV GTS.

Ke hoʻohanohano nei kēia mau mea hou i ka moʻolelo o ka sedan haʻuki Australia? E haʻi mai iā mākou i kou manaʻo ma nā manaʻo ma lalo nei.

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