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It must be hard to be a design engineer at Ford.

Just to take the V8 argument over the last decade or so (BA-FG)

BA has THREE different permutations.

Base entry level 220kw Barra, XR8 260kw BOSS & 290Kw BOSS.

Barra hardly sells, is update to 230kw and does no better
XR8 does ok but is outsold by the cheaper and quicker XR6T even after it is updated to 290kw.
290Kw sells ok, is updated to 302kw and then 315kw but is not a HUGE seller.

So BOSS no longer complies and the new 5L supercharged V8 is deployed.

What to do:

In the last 10 odd years entry level V8s have failed to sell, cheap V8s have failed to sell, the only successful Ford V8 has been the high end in a "sporty" config.

So they release an entry level GS and the GTx range.
THE FASTEST AND MOST POWERFUL STANDARD MODEL VEHICLES EVER BUILT IN AUSTRALIA.

And what do they read on the "enthusiasts" forum?

It is all too wrong, too dear, wrong badge....whinge, whinge, whinge.

If you want a top of the range V8 falcon go and buy one because if they don't sell all that will happen is that Ford will drop the V8 and the reply to all the screaming complaints will be:

When we made them you did not buy them so now you can not buy something else instead........

P.S. If you can't afford a new Ford V8 then TOUGH, life wasn't meant to be easy, is rarely fair and if you REALLY want one you will find the money.

Get a second job, give up drinking, smoking, your smart phone, partying every weekend, your playstation and collection of games and Blurays, get a third job just don't expect everyone else to bend over backwards just to help you if you are not prepared to do the same.....