A process for manufacturing an aluminium alloy forged product comprising the following steps: a) casting of a rolling ingot from a 6xxx aluminium alloy comprising: Si: 0.65-1.4%; Mg: 0.6-1.2%; Cu: up to 1.5%; Mn: 0.4-1.0%; Fe: ≤ 0.5%; Cr: up to 0.25%; Zr: up to 0.2%; Zn: ≤ 0.25%; Ti: ≤ 0.2%, the rest being aluminium and inevitable impurities; b) homogenising the cast ingot at a temperature T H which is 5°C to 80°C lower than solidus temperature Ts, typically T H in the range of 460°C to 570°C, for a duration between 2 and 24 hours to ensure high level of dissolution of constituent particles while ensuring precipitation and minimised coarsening of dispersoid phases; c) rapid cooling said ingot down to room temperature; d) heating the homogenised ingot to a temperature T h between (Ts-5°C) and (Ts-125°C); e) hot-rolling the re-heated ingot in one or more rolling passes to a hot-mill exit gauge in the range of 2 to 40 mm, and wherein the hot-mill exit temperature is in the range of 200°C to 360°C to ensure that the hot-rolled feedstock has a substantially unrecrystallized microstructure; f) heating cut-to-length rolled feedstock to forging temperature, typically between 400°C and 560°C; g) forging, preferably in heated mould between 150°C and 350°C; h) separate solutionising at a temperature between 460°C and 560°C, preferably between 520°C and 560°C, and a duration between 20 sec. and 5 hours; i) quenching the forged and solutionised material; j) optionally room temperature ageing for a duration up to 30 days, and preferably between 6 hours and 30 days; k) artificially ageing to T6 temper by a one- or multiple-step heat treatment at temperatures ranging from 150°C to 210°C for holding times ranging from 1 to 20 hours. a) casting of a rolling ingot from a 6xxx aluminium alloy comprising: Si: 0.65-1.4%; Mg: 0.6-1.2%; Cu: up to 1.5%; Mn: 0.4-1.0%; Fe: ≤ 0.5%; Cr: up to 0.25%; Zr: up to 0.2%; Zn: ≤ 0.25%; Ti: ≤ 0.2%, the rest being aluminium and inevitable impurities; b) homogenising the cast ingot at a temperature T H which is 5°C to 80°C lower than solidus temperature Ts, typically T H in the range of 460°C to 570°C, for a duration between 2 and 24 hours to ensure high level of dissolution of constituent particles while ensuring precipitation and minimised coarsening of dispersoid phases; c) rapid cooling said ingot down to room temperature; d) heating the homogenised ingot to a temperature T h between (Ts-5°C) and (Ts-125°C); e) hot-rolling the re-heated ingot in one or more rolling passes to a hot-mill exit gauge in the range of 2 to 40 mm, and wherein the hot-mill exit temperature is in the range of 200°C to 360°C to ensure that the hot-rolled feedstock has a substantially unrecrystallized microstructure; f) heating cut-to-length rolled feedstock to forging temperature, typically between 400°C and 560°C; g) forging, preferably in heated mould between 150°C and 350°C; h) separate solutionising at a temperature between 460°C and 560°C, preferably between 520°C and 560°C, and a duration between 20 sec. and 5 hours; i) quenching the forged and solutionised material; j) optionally room temperature ageing for a duration up to 30 days, and preferably between 6 hours and 30 days; k) artificially ageing to T6 temper by a one- or multiple-step heat treatment at temperatures ranging from 150°C to 210°C for holding times ranging from 1 to 20 hours.