If you get your kicks from Australian utilities rather than their sedan counterparts, new-generation time can be just that bit frustrating. But not with the just launched FG Falcon. Unlike its ...

This now brings us to the point of this little homily: Ford’s fabulous new FG XR8 ute. Sweet mother of the universe, this thing has some grunt. Lewis Bandt, if you could slip him into the ...

The demise of the FPV GS ute earlier this year also sees Ford without any form of V8 ute for the first time since the first XH II XR8 ute arrived in 1997. The previous FG XR8 ute still makes up the ...

It used to be that you could get a V-8 in damn near anything wearing a Falcon badge. But times change, and so, too, has the Falcon. With the FG series, there's just one way left to install a ...

It hasn’t changed all that much from the now-discontinued XR8 Ute, which ran the old 5.4-liter quad-cam Boss V-8 that was unique to FPV. That engine wouldn’t fit under a regular hood, so Ford ...

1.6-tonne maximum tow capacity but 597kg/617kg (auto/man) payload good for a sports ute. Handy tie-down hooks ... Sturdy plastic tray. XR8 sounds the part and gives option of side airbags but ...

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 ...

FORD FALCON XR8 UTE 3/5.5 HOW MUCH: From $38,490 ENGINE: 5.4-litre V8, 290 kW/520 Nm, no official fuel-use figures. WHAT IT'S GOT: Twin front airbags, traction control, ABS with electronic brake ...