Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) has today announced an all-new concept - the F6 E. Lining up alongside the GT E, and with HSV’s E-Series Senator squarely in its sights, the F6 E Concept looks to combine brutal performance with a bucket load of luxury and style. It also appears to be production ready…
As the F6 moniker suggests, power is provided by FPV’s high performance 4.0 litre turbo-charged DOHC 24 valve in-line six. That means that the F6 E will be packing 310kW and 565Nm.
“The F6 E has been designed to satisfy calls from the market for more performance based executive vehicles,” Ford Performance Vehicles General Manager Rod Barrett said.
Coupled to the blown 4.0-litre is the wonderful ZF six-speed high-torque automatic transmission with Sequential Sports Shift as standard. FPV are claiming a very reasonable fuel economy figure of 12.1 l/100km.
“With the success of the new F6 and GT E, it was a natural progression to couple the performance and dynamics of F6 with the more subtle executive styling, luxury and comforts of the GT E.
The F6 E receives the same Brembo brake package that is fitted as standard to the FPV 5th Anniversary GT. That means there are performance 355 x 32mm cross-drilled and ventilated front rotors with 6-piston calipers and 330 x 28mm cross-drilled and ventilated rear rotors with four-piston calipers.
“Feed back from our customers leaves us confident that the F6 E will be a hit with those looking for something more from their performance vehicle. With the release of this concept we will test the market’s reaction before deciding whether or not to put the F6 E into production,” Barrett added.
With the F6 E concept, FPV has targeted the more conservative performance market. The trademark FG ‘racoon eyes’ have been colour coded,the upper radiator and lower bumper grille mesh are finished in black chrome, while the front driving lamps are highlighted with a high chrome bezel and complemented by full body coloured bumpers.
The new FPV badge takes centre stage on both the front and rear of the vehicle, while F6 E badges features on the rear and side panels.
The 19-inch wheels have been designed work in harmony with the premium Brembo brake package and the Alpine Silver alloy finish completes what FPV refer to as an understated yet stylish exterior package.
Befitting its toned-down styling, the F6 E is available in a choice of eight subtle exterior colours - Winter White, Silhouette, Lightning Strike, Velvet, Sensation, Steel, Ego, and Seduce.
Inside the cabin, the theme is charcoal and dark walnut woodgrain, with the luxury shadow leather FPV seats featuring an F6 E logo embossed on the headrests.
As befits a luxury vehicle, the interior is loaded with premium features, including a sports leather steering wheel with cruise control and audio mounted switches, dual zone temperature control air conditioning, front and rear power windows, and memory adjustable pedals with alloy pedal controls.
The F6 E shares the FPV range’s sports suspension that now uses Sachs mono-tube shocks. FPV says it provides “the perfect balance between a firm, dynamic sports performance feel and maintaining ride comfort while cruising”.
“The F6 E has an improved turn-in response and linearity, better steering precision and stability mid-corner and a reduced roll rate, which all work to deliver a smooth and controlled ride,” Quinn explained.
Like the rest of the FPV range, safety is high on the agenda, with the F6 E being equipped with Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) and side curtain airbags, both of which are now standard across the entire FPV range.
Other safety features include Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD), and four-channel Anti lock Braking System (ABS), driver and passenger airbags and Beltminder technology for both the driver and passenger.
In addition, the F6 E also features a reverse parking camera and reverse sensing system as standard.
FPV says that its target pricing for the F6 E is $78,190. Nothing is certain in the current economic environment, but this is one car we most definitely would like to see taken from concept to production.
Head along to the Show folks and make it known to FPV that this is one executive hot-rod that must hit the streets!
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It looks a log less chintzy than the current “E” vehicle, without all the tacky chrome.
Ooooooooo is nice !
Here is my take on the F6E…
This is a car, that if feedback is needed in the market, the car has to be approached from many angles
Firstly
Demographic, here in Australia, as the europeans and Japanese are bringing out more horsepower and safety technology and this and that, Ford (FPV) will need to compete with that. They dont have to bring out 400kW plus, or lane departure warning systems, but they are simply in the league of cars that have this or readily offer it, no way around that.
So the car is best bang for buck performance wise, but then people, who love power also in this day and age, expect a little more too, sat nav, sunroof as standard etc… I’m thinking nav is an option (not standard)? and s.roof not even available ?? (FG design constraint etc, read below)
Now, having said the car buyers are anyone, no longer bogan rednecks who just love V8’s, these are guys and girls, who’ve just gotten full license straight through to retirees who can enjoy their successes in life with such a wonderful machine.
Features
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The car should have more (sure pricing reflects what you get, best engine ever produced in Oz etc)… but it should have more, Xenon lights for instance (should be standard let alone an option) - On a top of the range toyota ‘corolla’ it is standard, a dam front wheel drive underpowered car. What the??
again, time and day we live in 2009, not 2001.
Build quality well its v.good (I havent seen HSV) but then I have no intention to..
What about pleasing LED tailights… Ever seen the HSV clubsport r8 from behind, thats a nice look, here this F6E has silver lined tail lights from many lower models…
Design Constraints
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The F6 (I’ve noticed) and correct me if this isn’t so….follows on the basic FG base very closely….sure we add leather or new “insets”…but Ford should change this around for their elite models…..
Add a sunroof in the premium cars…sure NCAP was earned by a car that did not give any sunroof on any of the models in the FG range coming out of the factory…
In the rear (middle) there is no headrest, all the base models, XR etc dont have it, but if this is the icing on the cake model, put this in…
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Basically, the car is an engineering masterpiece, an aussie built car that is taken head to head with a Nissan GTR and get this Porsche 997 - GT2 (wheels magazine March or April 2009, I cant remember the month) OMG… A ford being compared to a $450,000 car and not doing to bad at all - ford 4stars, porsche - 4.5 stars….
But if you put in the small things that go the long way, then that “people in australia who buy cars judged on badges and not the true merit” will eventually turn around, the apple doesnt fall too far from the tree
We dont need to add lane departure warning, panoramic glass roofs or radar governed cruise control,
but if we add xenons, led lights, head rests, sunroof, etc, then you cant really find any faults etc with the car - look at the massive brembos, the wonderful paint choices available, the car is on to a great start, and doesnt have to go too much further to be an awesome finish.
sure you do this to a F6E you prob do it to all FPV cars, but then it’s only going to increase awareness rep in the market place… and afterall FORD wants feedback on this particular model, they didnt want it on the others…
Go Ford. Bring this car out and just tidy it up, give it a new suit, a new pair of shoes, and jus a designer hair trim, dont loose weight or change the cologne….. tidy it up, and it will really be in that VIP crowd…. I can only imagine what journalists would say…..crikey, we’ve trumped the europeans and Japanese..