Falcon
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The Ford Mustang never spawned a four-door model, although it's about to influence a future performance SUV with an electric powertrain. However, one individual has taken it upon his or herself to build what we see here. It's none other than a Ford Mustang sedan featuring the design of the fifth-generation pony car but the running gear of the Australian Ford Falcon. We're likely looking at a sixth-generation Falcon sedan as the basis of this creation, judging by its rear end and greenhouse, which was built during the 2000s. On one hand, this build is mighty impressive. The Mustang's front...
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Ford shuts Australian plant, ending Falcon and Territory production
Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] in 1925 became the first major automaker to start car production in Australia. On Friday, the Blue Oval shut its Australian car plant, located North of Melbourne, ending production of the Falcon range and its Territory SUV variant. The automaker previously shut a nearby...
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Aussie Ford Falcon To Bow Out With XR Sprint Muscle Sedans
Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is ending production in Australia this year, which means some impressive albeit outdated cars like the Falcon range of rear-wheel-drive sedans and pickups as well as an SUV derivative known as a Territory will soon be phased out. Sadly, there are no plans for any...
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Ford Shows Off Carbon Fiber Air Intake
Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] Australian division has unveiled an air intake system composed completely of carbon fiber. The intake will feature on the recently revealed Falcon XR6 Sprint. The special edition muscle sedan, along with its Falcon XR8 Sprint V-8 counterpart, serves as a sendoff...
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Ford Oz To Send Off Falcon With XR Sprint Performance Special
Only yesterday we learned that there’s a mission on to save local production of Australia’s Holden Commodore. However, it’s just one big, rear-wheel-drive offering from Down Under as Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] offers a similar model called the Falcon. Unfortunately, Ford is also...
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Ford Pulls Out Of V8 Supercars Just As Lexus Looks To Hop In
There was a time when Holden and Ford dominated the Australian touring car series known as V8 Supercars, with their respective Commodore- and Falcon-based race cars going head to head each round and legions of fans turning up to support their favorite teams and drivers. Unfortunately, the...
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The last variant from Ford’s updated Falcon range being introduced in Australia next year has been revealed. The variant is the 2015 Ford Falcon Ute, and it’s been revealed in its XR6 performance guise. The car-based utility joins the regular Falcon and Territory in Ford’s ‘FG X’ range of rear-wheel-drive sedans, SUVs and utes, which will see production through to the end of 2016 when Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] finally winds up its Australian production. Like the sedan, the new Falcon Ute comes with a locally-developed 4.0-liter inline six as standard. The...
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2015 Ford Territory Revealed, Will Be Last Aussie-Built SUV
Last week we saw the final version of the Falcon rear-wheel-drive sedan that Ford plans to build in Australia until it finally winds up production there in 2016. Today, we have our first look at the car’s SUV sibling, the Territory, which is destined to be the last volume SUV built Down...
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2015 Ford Falcon Revealed In XR Performance Trim: Forbidden Fruit
This is the final version of Ford’s Falcon sedan designed and built in Australia. The latest Falcon was revealed today in its XR6 and XR8 performance trim and will be hitting the Aussie and New Zealand markets at the end of the year. The regular model will be revealed at a later date. Sadly...
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2015 Ford Falcon XR8 Teased In New Video
Ford’s Australian division is working on a final update for its Falcon sedan before production of the car and its ute and SUV derivatives finally comes to an end in 2016. We’re already spotted a prototype for the updated Falcon sedan, and been treated to a couple of teasers, but now we...
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2015 Ford Falcon Teaser Released
At a media event in Australia last year, Ford confirmed sales of the 2015 Mustang for the Aussie market, revealed a new SUV based on the platform underpinning the Ranger pickup, and presented a short teaser video depicting the final version of the rear-wheel-drive Falcon sedan built in Australia...
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Ford Bids Farewell To Its GT-Badged Falcons With The FPV GT F: Video
Ford’s Australian division is working on a major update for its Falcon rear-wheel-drive sedan before production ceases for good in 2016, but the updated Falcon will no longer wear the famous GT badge that has signified hot Falcons since the original XR Falcon GT launched in 1967. At present...
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Ford’s Australian division is planning a major update for its Falcon before production of the rear-wheel-drive sedan finally ceases in 2016, but the updated Falcon will no longer wear the famous GT badge that has signified hot Falcons for the past several decades—the first was the XR Falcon GT in 1967. At present, Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] hottest Falcons are built by the FPV performance division, but FPV will cease to operate with the arrival of the updated Falcon later this year and so ends the legacy of the GT-badged heroes. The final Falcon GT is called the 351 GT F...
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Ford Announces Final Falcon GT Muscle Sedan
Ford’s Australian division is working on a facelift for its Falcon rear-wheel-drive sedan before production ceases in 2016, ending an almost 60-year run. However, production of the GT-badged performance Falcons is ending much sooner, with the last example due to roll off the line just prior...
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2015 Ford Falcon Spy Shots
Ford’s final Falcon has been spotted testing in Australia ahead of its market launch in November. Ford Motor Company [NYSE:] has confirmed it is ending production in Australia in late 2016, and with no replacement models planned it means the local Falcon sedan and its Territory SUV derivative...
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Ford To Relaunch Falcon XR8 In Australia While Winding Up FPV Performance Division
Ford’s final Falcon rear-wheel-drive sedan for the Australian market will see the return of an ‘XR8’ performance variant in lieu of the current lineup offered by in-house tuner FPV. Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F], which has announced plans to end production in Australia by 2016, will...
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FPV Range Of Hot Ford Falcons To Be Culled Early: Report
Following May’s sad announcement from Ford that it will be ending production in Australia in 2016, and in the process seal the fate of the local Falcon sedan as well as its ute and SUV spinoffs, reports have emerged claiming the FPV performance brand will be disbanded even earlier. FPV is the...
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Ford confirms plans to end production in Australia by 2016
It’s a sad day for the Australian auto industry and an end of an era, too. Ford has confirmed it will close its Australian manufacturing facilities, its Broadmeadows car plant and Geelong engine plant, by October, 2016. The plants are responsible for the Falcon sedan and its various...
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With all of the excitement surrounding the launch of the new 2014 Chevrolet SS, a performance variant of the Australian Holden Commodore, it’s easy to forget that Holden’s arch rival Down Under, Ford, also has some formidable performance sedans of its own. Unfortunately, the Blue Oval doesn’t have any plans to import any of these, but for now, at least, the company is committed to further developing the cars for the Australian market. The performance sedans in the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] portfolio in Australia are all based around the Falcon large car, which like the...
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2014 Ford Falcon To Be Facelift Rather Than Rebadged Taurus: Report
Ford’s Australian division has confirmed that a new version of its Falcon sedan will be launched in 2014, one featuring Evos concept-inspired styling, a premium interior and more technology than the current ‘FG’ model pictured above. This will hopefully alleviate dismal sales of...
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FPV Builds Last Hot Falcon As Independent Manufacturer
In August, motorsport and engineering firm Prodrive announced it was selling its majority stake in Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV), the official tuning arm of the Blue Oval in Australia, back to the automaker. This would see Ford handle all future development programs as well as manufacturing for...
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New Ford Falcon To Hit Aussie Market In 2014
The boss of Ford’s Australian division, Bob Graziano, ended months of silence on the fate of the Ford Falcon by confirming that a new generation of the large sedan will be launched in the Australian market in 2014. Graziano made the confirmation at the 2012 Australian Motor Show earlier...
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Ford Australia Moves FPV Tuning Division In House
The official tuner for Ford in Australia, Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV), will be moved completely in house now that major shareholder Prodrive has decided to sell its stake to the automaker. FPV was operating under a joint venture agreement between Prodrive, which owned a 51 percent stake, and...
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Meet Falcatron, The Ford Falcon-Based Transformer
Coinciding with the recent launch of the new video game Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Ford’s Australian subsidiary has presented via its official Facebook page a conceptual design for a new Transformers character based on its Falcon sedan. Called Falcatron, the new Ford Falcon Transformer...
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