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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons , Ford , Australia , FPV "You guys are obsessed with rear wheel drive," Alan Mulally mused to the Australian press after a browbeating about which pair of wheels might propel the Falcon into the future. Try as they might, the Ford Chief would not be pinned down about the chassis architecture of future Falcons, saying only that the choice would be customer driven, and plugging...
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PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Australian actor ERIC BANA is making a documentary about his favourite car the 1974 Ford Falcon Coupe. Beast, the car-loving Hulk star’s directorial debut, has taken Bana two years to shoot, as he explores man’s obsession with motor vehicles. The 39-year-old describes the experience as "an unexpectedly emotional journey". Beast is scheduled for release in Australia early next [...]
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The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
By some accounts, the new Australian Ford FG Falcon is a good car. It's said to have earned Ford Australia the right to develop Ford's new global rear wheel-drive (RWD) architecture. Former Lexus driver FoMoCo CEO Alan Mulally claims he covets the G6E Turbo model. So it's selling well, right? In a [...]
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Georgia Newsroom (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
I do … a hideous 1960 Ford Falcon 4-door. The Falcon was Ford’s first “compact”. No power-steering or air-conditioning. The six-passenger Falcon got somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 MPG from the whopping 144 cu. in. 6-cylinder (90 hp.). All of that power transferred to the road via a two-speed “Ford-o-Matic” automatic transmission! Burning rubber [...]
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Classical Values (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
The simple digital camera has made it a lot easier to work on cars. I have a 1964 Ford Falcon Ranchero that has been sitting for years, and as part of my ongoing pre-move cleanout, I've been attempting to get...
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Beber's blog (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Australians are about to realise they that their beloved cars have ... The Observer Blog, UK - 2 hours ago New car sales are as much of an economic indicator as house construction. The Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore are the mainstays, family cars that are ...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
From the sensation of driving a used Ford Falcon came the ultimate summertime freedom song, "Born to Be Wild."
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Duncan's TV Ad Land (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
The new Ford Falcon Ute is made for Australian blokes. So much so that they find it difficult to ever leave the vehicle. That’s the warning in this tongue-in-cheek ad from Ford Australia. Credits The Falcon Ute ad was developed at JWT, Melbourne, Australia, by group head Scott Glennon, creative director Richard Muntz, art director James Orr, [...]
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Today's Review (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
A new challenger in the form of an FG Falcon has appeared for Australia’s V8 Supercar Series. The regular Ford Falcon, a rear-wheel drive sedan to match the Holden Commodore, now has a competition version named the FG01 V8 Supercar. It is to be unveiled at the race this weekend in Melbourne. The people at Ford [...]
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Winding Road (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
A new challenger in the form of an FG Falcon has appeared for Australia’s V8 Supercar Series. The regular Ford Falcon, a rear-wheel drive sedan to match the Holden Commodore, now has a competition version named the FG01 V8 Supercar. It is to be unveiled at the race this weekend in Melbourne. The people at Ford say the racecar was designed to minimize operation, maintenance, and repair costs for the...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Filed under: Motorsports , Sedans/Saloons , Ford , Australia Click above for a high res gallery of the new FG01 racing car Just as civilian Ford Falcon drivers have a new ride in which to roll, the racers who pilot the competition version of the sedan in Australia's V8 Supercar series now have an FG Falcon to call their own. The FG01 V8 Supercar will be officially unveiled at this weekend's race in...
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Argentina's Travel Blog (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Argentine Diego Percivaldi drove with his wife and young son from Pacheco, Argentina to the Ford Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. According to the Associated Press, the trip lasted 47 days as they drove around 10,000 miles through 11 countries in a 1981 Ford Falcon. Percivaldi had taken nearly three years to plan the trip and [...]
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Detroit News (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
The Percivaldi family is "Ford tough!" They're so tough that they drove their restored 1981 Ford Falcon station wagon 10,000 miles from their home in Argentina to Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, to tell the Ford brass how much they love their products.
