Xr6 Vs Sv6. There is a pay off in body control with more movement about the suspension and a slight floating sensation as softer rebound damping takes extra time to recover from suspension movement. By contrast the xr6 is much more compliant and able to absorb the niggling corrugations and sharp road joins that the sv6 is more likely to bounce over.
Technically the ford falcon xr6 costs 39 990 with a manual or 40 990 with the six speed automatic tested here. So what s the final decider. Ford has given the xr6 a new territory based braking system and it s way more effective than the old performance brake package it used to charge for.
There is a pay off in body control with more movement about the suspension and a slight floating sensation as softer rebound damping takes extra time to recover from suspension movement.
Similarly the manual xr6 is less environmentally sound than the automatic version with a claimed 264g km against 225g km for the clearly more efficient auto transmission. By contrast the xr6 is much more compliant and able to absorb the niggling corrugations and sharp road joins that the sv6 is more likely to bounce over. Not much difference in straight line speed. Despite being 76mm shorter overall at 4894mm the wheelbase is longer at 2915mm which does translate to a little more room for rear passengers.
