Ford Falcon XR6 Gudu, XR8 Gudu da HSV GTS 2016

Joshua Dowling yayi bitar Ford Falcon XR6 Sprint, XR8 Sprint da HSV GTS tare da aiki, amfani da man fetur da hukunci.

Waɗannan su ne motoci mafi sauri da ƙarfi da Ostiraliya ta taɓa kera kuma nan ba da jimawa ba za su shuɗe har abada.

A cikin ruhun Australiya na gaske, masana'antunsu sun ajiye na'urar a kan yatsunsu yayin da suke kusa da ƙarshen ƙarshen.

Ford - akasin sanannen imani, Ostiraliya mafi tsufa kuma mafi dadewa mai sarrafa motoci - ya yi kyauta ga kanta da magoya bayanta.

Don tunawa da ranar 91st na samar da gida, ciki har da bikin 56th a Broadmeadows, Ford ya bar injiniyoyinsa su gina Falcon da suke so su gina.

The turbocharged XR6 Sprint da supercharged XR8 Sprint, duka biyun da injiniyoyin da aka haɗa a Geelong ke aiki, sune ƙarshen shekarun da aka sani.

Rarraba motocin sauri na Holden, tare da ɗan taimako daga babban cajin V8 na Amurka, ya sabunta fasalin aikin sa na HSV GTS kafin buɗe wani abu mai ban mamaki a shekara mai zuwa.

Koyaya, a halin yanzu waɗannan motoci sune mafi kyawun nau'ikan su, suna kawo kuɗi kawai ga mutum ɗaya akan kowace dala fiye da ko'ina a duniya.

Lokaci ya yi da za mu ga abin da za mu rasa lokacin da aka maye gurbin jaruman mu na gida da motoci masu ƙarfi guda huɗu, masu amfani da V6.

Falcon XR6 Gudu

Ta hanyar shigar da Ford na kansa, 'yan uwan ​​​​Sprint sun kasance "masu sha'awa sun gina su don masu sha'awar sha'awa".

Canje-canjen sun yi nisa fiye da abubuwan da ba a sani ba na waje da baji.

An sake sabunta dakatarwa da tuƙi don haɓaka tayoyin Pirelli P Zero (nau'i iri ɗaya da aka samu akan Ferrari, Porsche da Lamborghini) kuma Ford bai bar komai ba akan shiryayye ta hanyar dacewa da tseren birki mai birki shida a gaba da birki mai birki huɗu. . raya piston calipers.

Sai suka "numfasa" a kan injin, suna magana cikin harshe.

Injiniyoyin Ford sun san injin silinda mai nauyin lita 4.0 kamar bayan hannunsu. Tsarin gida da gina madaidaiciya-shida sun kasance akan Falcon tun ƙaddamar da na farko a cikin 1960.

Injin silinda mai turbocharged shida ya bayyana kusan kwatsam. A ƙarshen 1990s, Ford Ostiraliya ya yi tunanin zamanin Falcon V8 na iya sake zuwa ƙarshe; na ɗan lokaci babu wani bayyanannen wanda zai maye gurbin Kanada 5.0-lita V8 Windsor, wanda za a daina a 2002.

Don haka Ford Ostiraliya a asirce ta haɓaka turbo-XNUMX azaman madadin.

Turbo shida ya zama mafi kyau fiye da yadda Ford ya yi fata: sauri da inganci fiye da V8, kuma ya fi sauƙi a kan hanci, wanda ya inganta daidaiton motar da kuma jin motsi.

Lokacin da Detroit ƙarshe ya ba da gaba don wani V8 (Ba'amurke, amma an gina shi a cikin gida, 5.4-lita sama da cam V8 wanda aka yiwa lakabi da "Boss"), Ford Ostiraliya ta yanke shawarar cewa tana iya ba da turbocharged shida, kamar yadda ta riga ta yi mafi yawan. aikin ci gaba.

Turbo shida ya ci gaba da siyarwa tare da BA Falcon a cikin 2002 kuma yana tare da mu tun daga lokacin.

Duk da kasancewar injin mafi kyawun Ostiraliya da ta taɓa samarwa, bai taɓa sayar da shi kamar V8 ba. Yayin da turbocharged shida yana da nasa roko, masu siyan motar tsoka suna sha'awar rurin V8.

Masoya masu wahala koyaushe suna samun wannan da wahala a gaskanta, amma lambobin ba sa ƙarya. Turbo shida har yanzu yana da sauri fiye da V8, har ma a cikin Gudu (duba ƙasa).

Ga wata alamar zance: yayin da ƙarfin ya ɗan ragu kaɗan (325kW idan aka kwatanta da babban cajin V8's 345kW), XR6 Turbo Sprint ya fi XR8 Sprint da kawai 1Nm na juzu'i daga 576Nm. Wa ya ce injiniyoyi ba sa gasa?

Ƙarfin Turbo ya fi na layi fiye da V8 a duk faɗin rev. Tsakanin motsin kaya, ana jin sautin "brrrp" mara hankali.

Ƙananan sa baki na lokaci-lokaci na tsarin kula da kwanciyar hankali a kan kunkuntar hanya mai wuyar gaske shine kawai abin da ke ƙoƙarin rage gudun XR6 Turbo Sprint.

Yana da daɗi don tuƙi kuma yana jin kamar motar wasanni fiye da sedan.

Babu wani abu da ya fi wannan. Har sai mun matsa zuwa XR8.

Falcon XR8 Gudu

Yayin da ake yin ainihin injin XR8 a cikin Amurka, duk sassan ciki, ciki har da babban caja, an haɗa su tare a Geelong tare da layin taro na Silinda shida.

Da gaske injin iri ɗaya ne kamar na sabon Falcon GT, amma Ford da gangan ya bar tazarar wasan kwaikwayo ga gunkin sa.

Gudun XR8 yana da ƙasa da ƙarfi fiye da GT (345kW vs 351kW) amma ƙari mai ƙarfi (575Nm vs 569Nm).

Amma wannan ya tabbatar da zama ma'ana, saboda tare da duk abubuwan sabuntawa, XR8 Sprint yana tafiya mafi kyau fiye da GT na ƙarshe. Alamar kawai ta ɓace.

Godiya ba karamin sashi ba ga kyawawan tayoyin Pirelli, XR Sprint yana baje manyan hanyoyi kuma yana sarrafa sasanninta fiye da kowane Falcon da ke gabansa.

Kukan supercharger yayi kyau. Yana da surutu yana sa bayanki yayi jajir ya ringa kunnuwanki.

XR8 yana da ƙarancin girma a ƙananan revs idan aka kwatanta da XR6, amma da zarar ya kai 4000 rpm duk an saita shi.

Hayaniyar almara yana sa sauti ya fi sauri fiye da yadda yake (kamar yadda muka gano ta hanyar shigar da kayan aikin lokaci akan na'ura), amma wa ya damu?

Koyaya, yana nuna zaku iya samun abu mai kyau da yawa. Kukan supercharger ya fara yin tuntuɓe a kusa da sasanninta da murɗaɗɗe yayin da V8 ya mamaye faɗuwar taya da sarrafa kwanciyar hankali.

Yin gwagwarmaya da XR8 sama da hawan dutse mai juyi yana sa ku ji kamar kun ci katangar hawa. Yana ɗaukar duk hankalin ku, amma lada yana da yawa.

Babu wani abu da ya fi wannan. Har sai mun buga HSV GTS.

Farashin GTS

HSV GTS nan da nan ya zama mafi kwanciyar hankali da zaran kun shiga ciki.

Gidan yana da salo mai salo, kuma motar tana da ƙarin fasaha, gami da maɓallin taɓawa, nunin kai sama, maɓallan tutiya, nunin ƙuduri mafi girma, faɗakarwar tashi, da kuma daidaitawar dakatarwa, sarrafa kwanciyar hankali, da yanayin shaye-shaye. .

GTS zai so ya sami ƴan ƙarin na'urori a wannan farashin: $98,490, babban ƙimar $36,300 zuwa $43,500 akan Fords mai sauri.

Amma GTS kuma yana jin kamar an saka ƙarin kuɗi a ciki.

A hanya, yana manne kamar cingam ga matashin wurin zama na gidan wasan kwaikwayo.

Kuna iya jin chassis ta wurin zama na wando da sitiyari, fiye da Falcon. Bayan kun zauna a manyan kujerun Ford, za ku ji kamar gindinku yana da 'yan inci kaɗan daga hanya.

Mun kora GTS da aka yi caji sau da yawa a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata, gami da daga shukar HSV a Clayton zuwa Dutsen Bathurst Panorama.

Amma ban taba jin daɗin ko jin daɗin GTS ba kamar yadda na yi a wannan gwajin.

GTS dabba ce mai nauyi, amma cikin sauƙi tana sarrafa ƙunƙuntar rukunin hanyoyin mu da ke hawan gefen dutsen.

Filayen santsi ne, amma kusurwoyin sun matse, kuma GTS gaba daya ba za a iya flappable ba. Yana jin ƙanƙanta fiye da godiya ga ingantaccen zaɓin dakatarwa, babban birki (mafi girma da aka taɓa haɗawa da motar kera Australiya) da tuƙi mai ƙarfi.

Wani katin kati wanda ke sama da hannun riga na HSV shine babban cajin LSA V8. Yana kama da haɗuwa da injunan Ford guda biyu: isasshen girma a ƙananan revs (kamar XR6) da kururuwa a manyan revs (kamar XR8).

Yana da ban mamaki kuma ina haskakawa - har sai hanya ta ƙare.

Haushin adrenaline da tee-ting-ting na abubuwan sanyaya a bango nan da nan ya cika ni da baƙin ciki.

Ba za mu ƙara gina irin waɗannan injuna ba.

Tabbatarwa

Sakamakon wannan jarrabawar ta gefe-da-gefe na ilimi ne domin an kera wadannan motoci ne don masu kashe-kashe, kuma a wannan makare, ba za ku rinjayi kowa ba.

Ko yaya lamarin yake, martabarmu ta kasance cikin tsari iri ɗaya na saurin gudu, tare da HSV GTS a farkon wuri, XR6 Turbo a na biyu, da XR8 a na uku.

Muna son kowane ɗayan waɗannan motocin ba kawai don saurin su na 0 zuwa 100 mph ba, har ma da yadda suke balagaggen sasanninta da manyan hanyoyin buɗe ido.

Labari mara kyau shine cewa babu ainihin masu nasara; Motocin ukun duk sun mutu.

Labari mai dadi shine cewa duk wanda ya sayi ɗayan waɗannan samfuran nan gaba na zamani ba zai yi asara ba.

Yaya sauri kuke tafiya yanzu?

Ford ba ya saki lokutan 0-kph na hukuma, amma injiniyoyi sun yi imanin za ku iya matsi 100 seconds daga XR4.5 Turbo da 6 daga XR4.6 - mun kori 8 seconds a cikin duka samfuran akan hanyoyin Tasmania a cikin Maris. Yanzu mun fara tunanin ko shimfidar hanyar da muka yi amfani da ita ta kasance tudu.

Don wannan kwatancen, mun gwada dukkan motoci guda uku tsakanin mintuna 30 tsakanin juna akan faci ɗaya na titin a Sydney Dragway.

Yayin da HSV ke da'awar lokacin 0-100 mph don GTS a cikin daƙiƙa 4.4, mun sami daƙiƙa 4.6 a cikin wucewa huɗu na farko a jere, haɓaka mafi kyawun daƙiƙa 4.7 na baya a cikin 2013.

XR6 Turbo ya fitar da wasu nau'ikan lita 4.9 daidai daga jemage sannan kuma ya ragu yayin da injin injin ya jiƙa ta cikin zafi.

XR8 ya yi ƙoƙari da yawa don isa 5.1s saboda koyaushe yana son soya tayoyin baya. Mun soke aikin a lokacin da muka ji tayoyin sun zame don hana injin daga yin zafi da damunmu.

Ba mu kadai ba ne da ba mu kusanci da'awar Ford 0 zuwa 100 km/h ba. Mujallar motar wasanni ta sami irin wannan lambobi daga 'yan uwan ​​Sprint (5.01 don XR6 da 5.07 don XR8) a ranakun daban-daban kuma daga jihar.

Don haka, masu tsattsauran ra'ayi na Ford, ku yi hattara da gubarku da makullin ku. Mun yi tsayin daka don samun fa'ida daga XR Sprints. Kuma kafin ku zarge ni da son zuciya, zan ba ku cikakken labarin: sabuwar motata ta ƙarshe ita ce Ford.

Ga lambobin da ke ƙasa. Yanayin zafin jiki yana da kyau - 18 digiri Celsius. Mun saka karatun ometer akan kowace mota, yana nuna cewa an fasa su. Dangane da daidaito, duk motoci suna da watsawa ta atomatik. Kamar yadda lambobi suka nuna, HSV GTS yana haɓaka zuwa 60 km / h da sauri kuma yana farawa daga can.

Farashin GTS

daga 0 zuwa 60 km / h: 2.5 s

daga 0 zuwa 100 km / h: 4.6 s

Odometer: 10,900km

Falcon XR6 Gudu

daga 0 zuwa 60 km / h: 2.6 s

daga 0 zuwa 100 km / h: 4.9 s

Odometer: 8000km

Falcon XR8 Gudu

daga 0 zuwa 60 km / h: 2.7 s

daga 0 zuwa 100 km / h: 5.1 s

Odometer: 9800km

Littattafai masu iyaka

Ford zai gina 850 na flagship XR8 Sprint sedans (750 a Ostiraliya, 100 a New Zealand) da 550 XR6 Turbo Sprint sedans (500 a Ostiraliya, 50 a New Zealand).

Tun daga 2013, HSV ya gina sama da 3000 LSA-sanye da 6.2-lita supercharged V8 GTS sedans da 250 HSV GTS Maloos (240 don Ostiraliya da 10 na New Zealand).

Yaushe zai kare?

Injin Ford da masana'antar mutu a Geelong da layin haɗin mota a Broadmeadows zai ƙare a ranar 7 ga Oktoba, wanda ya kawo ƙarshen shekaru 92 na samar da gida na shuɗi mai shuɗi.

Ta hanyar rashin daidaituwa, wannan ranar ta faɗi ranar Juma'a kafin fitaccen tseren mota na Bathurst wanda ya taimaka wa Ford da Falcon yin alamarsu.

Holden Commodore har yanzu yana da kusan watanni 12 kafin rufewar shukar Ford.

Layin samarwa na Holden's Elizabeth zai rufe a ƙarshen 2017, sannan rufewar kamfanin Toyota Camry a Alton, wurin haifuwar motar haɗaɗɗiyar gida ɗaya kawai, a cikin Disamba 2017.

A nata bangaren, HSV ta ce za ta ci gaba da aiki a wajen cibiyarta ta Clayton, amma a maimakon haka za ta kara da wasu sassa na jiragen ruwa da kuma yin aikin kwaskwarima kan motocin da suka dace da shigo da su na Holden.

Falcon XR6 Turbo Gudu

Cost: $54,990 tare da kuɗin tafiya.

Garanti: shekaru 3/100,000 km

Limited Service: $1130 na shekaru 3

Tazarar Sabis:12 watanni/15,000 km

Tsaro: 5 taurari, 6 jakar iska  

INJINI4.0-lita, 6-Silinda, 325 kW / 576 nm

gearbox: 6-gudun atomatik; motar baya

Ƙawata: 12.8 l/100 km

Dimensions: 4950 mm (L), 1868 mm (W), 1493 mm (H), 2838 mm (W)

Weight: 1818kg

jirageBrembo shida-piston calipers, 355 x 32mm fayafai (gaba), Brembo hudu-piston calipers, 330 x 28mm fayafai (baya)  

Taya: Pirelli P Zero, 245/35 R19 (gaba), 265/35R19 (baya)

Spare: Cikakken girman, 245/35 R19

0-100km/hku: 4.9s

Falcon XR8 Gudu

Cost: $62,190 tare da kuɗin tafiya.

Garanti: shekaru 3/100,000 km

Limited Service: $1490 na shekaru 3

Tazarar Sabis: 12 months/15,000 km

Tsaro: 5 taurari, 6 jakar iska  

INJINI: 5.0-lita supercharged V8, 345 kW/575 Nm

gearbox: 6-gudun atomatik; motar baya

Ƙawata: 14.0 l/100 km

Dimensions: 4950 mm (L), 1868 mm (W), 1493 mm (H), 2838 mm (W)

Weight: 1872kg

jirageBrembo shida-piston calipers, 355 x 32mm fayafai (gaba), Brembo hudu-piston calipers, 330 x 28mm fayafai (baya)  

Taya: Pirelli P Zero, 245/35 R19 (gaba), 265/35R19 (baya)

Spare: Cikakken girman, 245/35 R19

0-100km/hku: 5.1s

Danna nan don ƙarin farashi da ƙayyadaddun bayanai akan 2016 Ford Falcon.

Farashin GTS

Cost: $98,490 tare da kuɗin tafiya.

Garanti: shekaru 3/100,000 km

Limited Service: $2513 na shekaru 3

Tazarar Sabis: 15,000 km / 9 watanni

Tsaro: 5 taurari, 6 jakar iska  

INJINI: 6.2-lita supercharged V8, 430 kW/740 Nm

gearbox: 6-gudun atomatik; motar baya

Ƙawata: 15.0 l/100 km

Dimensions: 4991 mm (L), 1899 mm (W), 1453 mm (H), 2915 mm (W)

Weight: 1892.5kg

jirage: AP Racing 390-piston calipers, 35.6 x 372mm fayafai (gaba), AP Racing calipers-piston huɗu, fayafai 28 x XNUMXmm (baya)  

Taya: Continental ContiSportContact, 255/35R20 (gaba), 275/35R20 (baya)

Spare: Cikakken girman, 255/35 R20

0-100km/hku: 4.6s

Danna nan don ƙarin farashi da ƙayyadaddun bayanai na 2016 HSV GTS.

Shin waɗannan sabbin abubuwan da aka fitar suna girmama tarihin Sedan wasanni na Ostiraliya? Faɗa mana abin da kuke tunani a cikin sharhin da ke ƙasa.