FPV FLPV concept car at Melbourne Motor Show

by **Troutman** » July 1st, 2011, 1:08 pm : **apoc, braad Likes this post**

http://news.drive.com.au/drive/melbourn ... 1gq9o.html

It features all-black styling and a new front bumper. Mechanicals are unchanged.

Cheers.

by **InfernalTyrant** » July 1st, 2011, 1:15 pm

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Wouldn't mind that.

by **ford_nut** » July 1st, 2011, 1:17 pm : **SnyperEB Likes this post**

From that angle almost looks like a commodore.

by **Parfrey** » July 1st, 2011, 1:19 pm

Looks mad!

Trust Ford to do a 'concept car' that only has new wheels and paint! Surely they could have put a 500kw badge on it or something ;-)

by **EFFalcon** » July 1st, 2011, 1:41 pm

as a concept its pretty poor,
it does look good, and i wouldn't say no to it.

bring back the days where they had real concepts on display.
Sequential
Predator
Sony Xplod

even if it had a massive in your face front mount atleast it'd appear to be different.

by **Dansedgli** » July 1st, 2011, 1:47 pm

Looks tough but a weak effort.

by **BAturbo** » July 1st, 2011, 2:00 pm

that is sex on wheels right there

by **apoc** » July 1st, 2011, 2:42 pm

Looks nice! Id drive it for sure.

by **vegabass** » July 1st, 2011, 2:46 pm

Hardly a concept, A cool promotional tool for a new mad max movie yet it still lacks *old* school blower

by **iCER** » July 1st, 2011, 3:26 pm

its no 3 horn

But i do like it still.

by **AaronEF8** » July 1st, 2011, 3:44 pm

bring back the days where they had real concepts on display.
Sequential
Predator
Sony Xplod

And the Terra!!

Seems like that car is getting displayed to gauge public interest in FPV/Prodrive selling performance parts.
Tough looking car though, just needs the rear guards pumped to match the front IMO.
And projector headlights, ffs Ford.

by **pHaT`eL** » July 1st, 2011, 4:16 pm

Its not really a 'concept' car in a sense, more of a realistic car that will actually come out.

Its got coilovers, etc as well so it handles even better.

Alot of KPM gear in there too, those of you who were at FPV day will know what thats like

by **EFFalcon** » July 1st, 2011, 4:26 pm

has the KPM gear been confirmed?
the articles about it state its a stocker. not that its a reliable source, but it seems like a pretty big thing to get wrong.

by **Sloxr6** » July 1st, 2011, 4:31 pm

Damn that looks awsome. Would love to have that in my garage. :beg:

by **pHaT`eL** » July 1st, 2011, 4:33 pm

Same wheels and from whats been floating around on the various pages on FB, seems that KPM has had a part in either this car, or to do the other bolt ons in the future

by **AaronEF8** » July 1st, 2011, 5:16 pm

Same wheels and from whats been floating around on the various pages on FB, seems that KPM has had a part in either this car, or to do the other bolt ons in the future

Oh, didn't realise it was on Facebook. Must be true then....

The KPM wheels look a lot like what many tuner Mercedes have fitted. If it had Azzuros, everyone would jump to the conclusion it's a Herrod car.

by **Sunboost** » July 1st, 2011, 8:45 pm

What a shit effort. Wheels and paint, and they call it a concept.

Terra, Sequential, Predator, XploD AU, that yellow XH (the name escapes me), RTV, that gangsta G220, DRIF6 <== Bring back those days.

by **LUXO_8** » July 1st, 2011, 8:53 pm

Xh was sandfire

I'm in 2 minds it looks tough as **** but as said it's been hyped up too much. Could have done so much better.

by **AaronEF8** » July 1st, 2011, 9:22 pm

Sandfire! I was trying to remember too.
The first Motor Shows I went to had the cars mentioned. If i knew what fapping was back then, I would have.

The Drive article is pretty dodgy. This isn't FPVs first 'concept car', they didn't see the Maloo-minator or Galaxie 540. The GT-HO hasn't been announced, it's just speculation. The article does mention a 'future release' though, this could simply be what the FG2/Whatever FPV cars will look like. Ford have a heap of new stuff to release in the next 12 months (New LPG Injection motors, EcoBoost, I'd dare say a TDi Falcon, OneFord integration) and FPV could just be watching to see what people think.

Seeing as the article is dated today, it seems Drive just read the press pack and relayed what FPV wrote in it. I doubt going to the Motorshow would show up anything new, unless you could pop the bonnet before you got tackled by 30 security guards

by **InfernalTyrant** » July 1st, 2011, 9:44 pm

I really hope they don't do a GTHO.

by **Troutman** » July 1st, 2011, 9:53 pm

AaronEF8 wrote:The Drive article is pretty dodgy. This isn't FPVs first 'concept car',

I'm the first to bag Drive when they talk crap, but to be fair the claim is made by FPV itself.

http://www.fpv.com.au/news/press-releas ... nt?ID=3605

Ford Performance Vehicles today revealed its first-ever 'concept car' at the Australian International Motor Show in Melbourne.

by **ed40** » July 1st, 2011, 10:16 pm

by **EF ECTIV** » July 1st, 2011, 10:24 pm

tuff... 9.5inch rear rims, gotta love that.... even if it is merely a sticker pack its still a pretty fucking ace looking
one...

by **pHaT`eL** » July 2nd, 2011, 8:22 am

By Facebook pages, i mean FPV's official page, Bluepower, and a few other tuning places that have been getting updates via dealers

by **SnyperEB** » July 2nd, 2011, 8:30 am

Sandfire is that ute at FDC yeah?

by **nstg8a** » July 2nd, 2011, 3:09 pm

to be fair most of the concepts mentioned were done by tickford, not fpv.

i thought the only fpv concept was the turbo 6 gt?