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Ford revealed the new Falcon XR8 performance sedan that blends the ... DNA shared with the new Mondeo which joins the line-up in Australia next year. On the rear, the jeweled split tail-lamps ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. V8 engine might be old-school in specification, but it also provides the sort of low-speed urge for which we've come to love V8s.
Dear Ford Australia, stop using hashtags on Facebook ... a teaser of the performance version of the sedan bearing the XR8 moniker. In the clip you can watch one scroll below there's this Neil ...
Trouble is, the XR8 doesn't make much sense or exert irresistible ... every engine in a facility literally across the road from Ford Australia's one and only vehicle assembly plant.
The Ford's leaf-spring rear end, though, means it can be a struggle to get all that power to the ground, especially if it's bumpy. The XR8 is not particularly thrifty, either, using an average of ...
This is the car that will signal the end of local manufacturing for Ford after 91 years when its Broadmeadows factory closes in 2016 and brings with it the death of the Falcon nameplate — at 56 ...
Ford will build 850 of its flagship XR8 Sprint sedans (750 for Australia, 100 for New Zealand) and 550 XR6 Turbo Sprint sedans (500 for Australia, 50 for New Zealand). Since 2013, HSV has built ...
Speaking with CarsGuide at this week’s FG X Falcon launch, Ford Australia’s E8 (Falcon and Territory) Vehicle Line Director David Wilkinson confirmed that the returning XR8 performance flagship will ...
Ford Australia has said it couldn't make a business case for an XR8 ute, so the model is sedan only. The company said it had also been taken by surprise by the local response to the new Ford ...
If you have been eyeing Ford Australia’s Falcon Ute, here’s your chance to get one right here in the States – and not any version, mind you, but the “only Prostreet Ford BA XR8 drag race ...
The final chapter in Ford Australia's muscle-car story is a supercharged, track-focused V8 hot rod. Blast hurrah. This is what you call going out with a bang. The XR8 was finally reinstated to the ...
The XR8’s biggest drawback, however, is the same as every other new FG X Falcon: an ageing cabin. Already six years old, Ford Australia spent the majority of its budget on the tooling and ...