andrewob said...getfunky said...
Ford would somehow manage to produce an inferior car - even with the same donk!
Depends what you define as inferior. The fact that GM still insist on using 70's pushrod engine technology would point the finger at them as being the inferior brand.
And I'm pretty sure the VE commonwhore still holds the dubious title of being the most recalled mass produced car in Australia. Not to mention the rather large rate of depreciation of commodores compared to falcons....pretty packaging but not much else
It's funny that people assume that pushrods are inferior. You would think that if they were truly inferior that GM wouldn't use them. They do use overhead cams in other engines so it's not really a difficult thing for them to do.
When Holden went from the Nissan (OHC) 6 cylinder to the 'Buick' V6 in the VN commodore they went with the V6 because it was cheaper, but it also made more power, was more fuel efficient, and was lighter than the Nissan 6 it replaced. Hmmm... inferior in what way?
It was suggested at the time that Ford only added an overhead cam to their 4.1/4.0 engines to give it marketing appeal.
When GM designed the GEN3 V8 engine from a completely clean design brief, they went with pushrods because it met their design objectives. They had the choice to do anything they wanted, but overhead cams were no advantage to them.
I have to laugh at a few people who I used to work with that would insist that a car was better because it had overhead cams but couldn't tell me what it meant or why it was better.
I have both a Commondore and a Foulcan, but you would have to wonder if the Commodore was the most recalled car because they sold so many more than Ford did. That's a good problem to have I think.
Are you sure about the depreciation differences? The reason I have a Falcon is that the same year model Commodores were selling for a few thousand more. IMO they are not that different, so why not get the Ford.
Lucky.
