Monday 4th July 2011

Ford Reveals Fondness For Black With FPV Concept

Blue Oval's Australian fast-car arm creates first-ever concept with a Ford Falcon and a lot of black paint

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This sinister-looking Falcon is the first-ever concept car form Ford Performance Vehicles (that's the Blue Oval's Aussie performance arm), and has been on show over the weekend at the Australian motor show.

Well, they're calling it a 'concept', (no, really - it's called the FPV Concept), but it's actually more FPV grabbing every performance accessory they can find, sticking it on a top-of-the-range Falcon and, er, painting it black.

Mind you, the specification is pretty juicy nonetheless. Powering the 'black is the new black' FPV Concept is a 449bhp supercharged 'Boss' 5.0-litre V8, while power is transmitted to the road via one-piece forged alloy wheels, wearing Dunlop SP Sportmaxx GT tyres that are 8ins wide at the front and 9.5ins wide at the rear.

There is also 'track-tuned' suspension, and chunky brakes - with six-piston calipers at the front and four-pot jobs helping to clamp the rear discs. The exhaust system is a full stainless steel job, with (predictably) quad black exhaust tips.

The 'Silhouette' black paintwork has a matt black stripe on the bonnet, rear wing and down the sides, and the rear diffuser also gets a matt look.

And if you were worried about there not being enough blackness inside the car - don't. Because there's black leather coupled with an all-black dash.

It all seems pretty, well, dark. In a good way, of course. But we wouldn't recommend parking it at night on a road with no street lights - you might never find it again.

[Motown Junk]

It's like space without the stars

[G0ldfysh]

The report reads as if it being black is a bad thing! :-)

[mat205125]

I'm not going to get hung up on the colour scheme, even though I think it looks awesome!

Having longingly looked at VXR-8 prices for a while now, and having always been a Ford man in the past, I think that this is close to being my perfect family transport.

[Chicane-UK]

LOVE it. Want want want!

[Mannginger]

How I wish Ford would do as Vauxhall did and bring in some RHD Falcons to the UK!

[mackie1]

I still think that 450bhp is a bit weak from a supercharged V8 though. The 5.0 in the Mustang makes over 400bhp without forced induction.

[KemP]

Want. No need.

[wab172uk]

If Darth Vader drove a car........

[mat205125]

Mannginger said:

How I wish Ford would do as Vauxhall did and bring in some RHD Falcons to the UK!

I wonder why they don't? Maybe something relating to their average taxed gas emmisions for their group when they used to have Land Rover and Aston Martin contributing to their gross expulsion???

[anonymous-user]

I prefer this colour:

[mackie1]

You can get the Commodore in a similar colour, I really like it!

[youngsod]

This clearly belongs to Hotblack Desiato...

[V88Dicky]

I can see this as a halo model for Ford UK. Bit of competition for the VXR8.

[Reardy Mister]

Yum.

*Almost* makes me want to switch to being a Blue Oval boy. Almost.

[Reardy Mister]

Mannginger said:

How I wish Ford would do as Vauxhall did and bring in some RHD Falcons to the UK!

There are some LHD Falcons?

[Hudson]

absolute win. WANT!

[Kawasicki]

Sad that only Australia gets RWD Ford saloon cars now.

[V88Dicky]

Kawasicki said:

Sad that only Australia gets RWD Ford saloon cars now.

That's a good point. Haven't the Americans finally killed off the Crown Vic and replaced it with a giant FWD barge?

[c7xlg]

Do you think that the traction control is turned off by pressing the black button, that is labelled in black, which makes a little black blub light up in black to tell you that it is turned off???

[FWDRacer]

...to quote my Ozzie Mate Justin.... "Only Orange juice comes in 2 litres".

These are fantastic - Blown Turbo inline six or supercharged V8. Decisions... decisions...