Ford is confident the new FG Falcon range will see its numbers fly up the sales charts this year.

Trinity Ford unveils the range in its McLeod St/Mulgrave Rd showroom next Saturday.

The dealership's general manager Richard Jaska said they had decided to invite the general public to inspect the new range and arrange test drives with his staff.

"This is an important new model for Ford so instead of sending out invitations to our customers we decided it was appropriate to throw open the launch to everyone,'' he said.

Mr Jaska said there would be live radio broadcasts, a sausage sizzle and a giveaway. "We invite anyone to come along and check out the new FG Falcon,'' Mr Jaska said. The launch will start at 8am and end at 2pm.

Mr Jaska said this would be the first time the general public would see the new Falcon in Cairns although the dealership had already started making deliveries.

The first was the top of the range G6E. "We've already sold a dozen (Falcons) and we expect the car to take off,'' Mr Jaska said.

He said there was a lot of interest in the XR6, G6E and GE Turbo models.

The sedans are the first of the new FG Falcons to be followed soon by the utes and the Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) range.

The FG range introduces a new model line-up and nomenclature, incorporating the new sports luxury G Series sedan range, along with three different exterior front end treatments and a significant realignment of models and specifications.

"The all-new FG Falcon range represents another step forward for automotive vehicle design in Australia," Ford Australia President Bill Osborne said. "It is an exceptional large car package that delivers outstanding performance, fuel efficiency, refinement and safety to meet the needs of a wide variety of customers,'' he said.

"For the first time in Falcon's history, the new model will come to market with three distinct faces on the vehicle, offering both private and fleet customers, and both sports and luxury customers, a new Falcon to suit their lifestyle.

There are now three families of vehicles in the FG Falcon sedan range. It starts with the Falcon XT, followed by the G Series, incorporating G6, G6E and G6E Turbo and XR, incorporating XR6, XR6 Turbo and XR8.

"The introduction of the all-new G6E Turbo will create excitement and provide the perfect balance of sports luxury performance for customers who don't wish to compromise on either sports or luxury options," Mr Osborne said.

All petrol Falcon sedans come standard with an advanced safety package, incorporating driver and front passenger airbags, front side head/thorax airbags, driver and front passenger Beltminder system, Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), Traction Control (TC), and Anti-lock Brakes (ABS) with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) and Emergency Brake Assist (EBA). Side curtain airbags, in conjunction with front side thorax airbags, are standard on premium sedan models, but are available as an option across the rest of the sedan range.

A new reverse camera system is standard on G6E and G6E Turbo models, and optional on the overt sports XR range, while a reverse sensing system is standard on all G Series models and available as an option across the rest of the sedan range.

 

 

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