The XR8 model, shown above, arrives with a supercharged V8, allegedly displacing 5.0 liters. Unfortunately, details on the Falcon’s mechanicals are in remarkably short supply. Ford has committed ...

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 ...

The Blue Oval's local manufacturing operation intends to go out with the biggest of bangs for your buck with the Ford Falcon XR8. Visually, while there may be no doubt that the first XR8 since ...

The Ford Falcon is one of the longest-running nameplates in continuous production since its inception. With great regret, though, the story that started in 1960 will end by October 2016.

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.

Ford has released just one photo of the final Falcon: the XR8 performance model which is fitted with the supercharged V8 from the previous Falcon GT. It will release details of other models closer ...

On-road presence (the bulge in the bonnet is respected by Ford fans). You want to drive the car of a champion (the Falcon XR8 has won back-to-back V8 Supercar titles). Why you wouldn't ...

For a base price of U.S. $37,859, an XR8 driver sits behind Ford's 5.4-liter DOHC 32-valve V-8, outracing a kookaburra's call with 349 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of steamship torque.

Even for a company that has forged a reputation on bare-bones muscle cars, the swansong Ford Falcon XR8 ticks enough boxes to leave its own indelible mark. It has a rippling supercharged V8 engine ...

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 ...

Thanks! Moving on - after teasing the 2015 Ford Falcon a couple of times already, the manufacturer's Aussie arm dropped a teaser of the performance version of the sedan bearing the XR8 moniker.

Ford have saved the very best XR8 til last Awesome sounds and handling finesse Much fresher looks than six-year old FG The Falcon GT may be dead, but the elements we loved most live on in the new FG X ...