Tessa403
30-07-2006, 06:24 AM
VL 3.0 6 cyl Nissan efi
XF 4.1 6 cyl Carb
TM 2.6 4 cyl Carb
0-50
VL 3.9
XF 4.0
TM4.0
0-60
VL 4.9
XF 5.4
TM 5.3
0-80
VL 7.3
XF 8.4
TM 8.3
0-100
VL 10.2
XF 12.4
TM 12.4
0-120
VL 14.1
XF 17.9
TM 18.0
400 m
VL 17.1
XF 17.9
TM 18.2
Fuel Consumption km/l
VL 6.71 km/l
XF 6.86 km/l
TM 8.32 km/l
Conclusions
The Falcon fared well in this comparison because it gave a good account of itself. It's an honest car and still a big one, which makes no pretense of being the most advanced or refined thing on wheels. It is however deceptively well developed and impressively proficient in it's own way.
The same used to be truer of the Commodore but the more each successive model is changed and ostensibly "improved" in the running gear, the further it seems to at a tangent and the less happy we are.
Which leaves the 1986 Magna where the 1985 model left of: in many ways that count it is a better car and a better buy than either the Falcon or Commodore. It mightn't ever usurp the 6 cylinder class and it still has a job ahead to convert traditional buyers. Even so, with the ground it can now call it's own in both the 4 and 6 cylinder areas, the Magna Rules again!
XF 4.1 6 cyl Carb
TM 2.6 4 cyl Carb
0-50
VL 3.9
XF 4.0
TM4.0
0-60
VL 4.9
XF 5.4
TM 5.3
0-80
VL 7.3
XF 8.4
TM 8.3
0-100
VL 10.2
XF 12.4
TM 12.4
0-120
VL 14.1
XF 17.9
TM 18.0
400 m
VL 17.1
XF 17.9
TM 18.2
Fuel Consumption km/l
VL 6.71 km/l
XF 6.86 km/l
TM 8.32 km/l
Conclusions
The Falcon fared well in this comparison because it gave a good account of itself. It's an honest car and still a big one, which makes no pretense of being the most advanced or refined thing on wheels. It is however deceptively well developed and impressively proficient in it's own way.
The same used to be truer of the Commodore but the more each successive model is changed and ostensibly "improved" in the running gear, the further it seems to at a tangent and the less happy we are.
Which leaves the 1986 Magna where the 1985 model left of: in many ways that count it is a better car and a better buy than either the Falcon or Commodore. It mightn't ever usurp the 6 cylinder class and it still has a job ahead to convert traditional buyers. Even so, with the ground it can now call it's own in both the 4 and 6 cylinder areas, the Magna Rules again!