'Herald Sun Cars Guide' and 'Having a Clue' are 2 phrases that should not be linked.

[brodfloyd]

I know this isn't the first time i've banged on about accuracy and checking facts in the australian motoring media, but here is another rant.

Page 6, Herald sun cars guide, Last Paragraph.
Quite plainly states that FPV is 51% owned by Prodrive, who in turn is owned by Tom Walkinshaw.
HELLO??? Dont you mean David Richards? Does anyone proof read?
Just blatantly wrong. no clue.

Page 7, From 2010 ford will use the new jag V8 in the falcon
big article about it, but they forgot one thing.

It wont.

Its the jag AJV8, can be made in sizes from 4 to 5 litres, its a nice engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_AJ-V8_engine but it wont be in a falcon.

Really, it wont. Dont lie herald sun. Why you ask?

Its too expensive. It is not related to any other ford engine. It is pretty much exclusively used by only one company. Because its designed for Luxury vehicles built in low numbers, It is somewhat more 'fancy' and fancy costs more. ('fancy' refers to design, materials, technology and production methods)

Jaguar produce a small number of cars, hence make a low number of engines compared with what the Hurricane (Boss) engine production will be. (Economy of scale) Think of the comparitive costs per unit.

The Hurricane is being developed and engineered to be compatable with the new platform that the mustang/crown vic/falcon are rumoured to be built on. The jag engine has only been used used in jags and a couple of lincolns (high end vehicles, not mass produced family cars). The smart money on a replacement engine for our current boss is on the hurricane or one of its variants, probably the 5.8l that some on this forum already call the cleveland.

The hurricane v8 variants will be specifically designed with cars like the falcon in mind, partly due to criticism of the 5.4 mod engines height, weight and other design factors as it was originally designed as a truck engine.

Ford wouldnt import an engine from a company it has on the market and may be sold by 2010???

The hurricane engine has not been released yet, so beating up a story on an engine that is only in development with only patchy rumours and specifications is pretty hard to do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Boss_engine

The writers in the herald sun cars guide claim to be profesional car writers. Its what they do for a job, they spend all week preparing for and producing an insert for the friday paper and its what they tell everyone they know that they do for a living and what they are experts on.

Clearly it's not the case. Hang your collective heads in shame.