2015 Falcon FGX Range Review: Falcon LPi, G6E Ecoboost And G6E Turbo
What’s hot: Brilliant SYNC 2 system; improved fuel consumption, large-car space and comfort.
What’s not: Interior feels like yesterday, and big sedans are yesterday.
X-FACTOR: It’s big, but it shrinks around you: the new FG X Falcon is the best Falcon ever, and sharply priced.
Falcon EcoLPi
Price: $35,900
Engine/trans: 4.0L EcoLPi DOHC DI-VCT I6 | 6spd sports auto
Fuel consumption listed: 11.7 l/100km | tested: 12.4 l/100km
Falcon G6E Ecoboost
Price: $40,110
Engine/trans: 176kW/340Nm 2.0L EcoBoost Turbo | 6spd sports auto
Fuel consumption listed: 8.0 l/100km | tested: 10.1 l/100km
Falcon G6E Turbo
Price: $46,550
Engine/trans: 270kW/533Nm 4.0L DOHC DI-VCT i6 Turbo | 6spd sports auto
Fuel consumption listed: 11.7 l/100km | tested: 14.4 l/100km
OVERVIEW
It should be perfectly simple: build a good car, price it right, and it will sell by the shit-tonne.
But that’s not the story of the Falcon in its latter years. Well-engineered, comfortable, robust and quiet, it was also priced right, but the big Ford’s sales decline sees it a bit-player in the current Australian market.
But now there’s a new range, the FG X, the “X” signifying “final”, and it is an improved car: improved fuel consumption, more features, more refined and quieter on road.
And it has had a price haircut.
So; this last Falcon… should you have a look at it? And will this one sell? That’s the inevitable question.
FG X RANGE: FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Standard feature list:
- Ford SYNC 2 system with advanced voice control
- Automatic emergency assistance (‘000’ dial)
- 8-inch touch screen with climate control and music play-list functions
- Front and rear parking sensors and reversing camera
- Cruise control
- Rain-sensing wipers and auto headlamps
- Bluetooth integration, Wifi hotspot and DAB+ digital radio
- SD card slot, iPod integration, USB ports with smart charging
- LED daytime running lights
- 4-way power-adjusted driver’s seat
- (Sat nav standard in XR6 Turbo and above models)
The heavily revised 2015 Falcon range is compacted; the XT has gone, the entry to the range is now simply ‘Falcon’.
But it gets the feature list - plus a little more - from the former second rung model, the G6, which has also now gone.
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