Falcon gets our vote…and yours

Carsguide
28 November 2008

The Ford Falcon G6E Turbo is carsguide's car of the year!

Ford Falcon G6E Turbo takes out carsguide's car of the year and peoples choice awards!

Ford's Falcon G6E Turbo has carried the flag for Australian new car manufacturing, winning the 2008 carsguide car of the year AND the people's choice award.

Widely praised as the best car ever made in Australia - and the first locally-manufactured car to be awarded a maximum five-star safety rating - the spearhead of the FG Falcon family car range swept a field drawn from around the world. More...

People's choice

But not only was the Blue Oval entrant the judges choice, it was also your favourite, taking out the people's choice award by a large margin. More...

Best green car

Determined to not let the Falcon snatch all the glory, Audi's A3 1.9 TDi e has been awarded carsguide's best green car, showing that common sense and clever engineering can turn an existing model into a highly efficient eco-friendly package. More...

See these stories and more at our car of the year website...

Comments on this story

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Its great to see how Ford has turned around, Good one Ford.
Bradley of Brisbane Posted on 03 December 2008 10:10am
My 95 Fairmont could be classified as a green car - make that Heritage Green
Stevo the Devo of Adelaide Posted on 02 December 2008 5:54pm
"Determined to not let the Falcon snatch all the glory, Audi's A3 1.9 TDi e has been awarded carsguide's best green car ..." Yeah, like the Falcon was really in the running for that. Talk about ad copy ...
A Boveitall Posted on 28 November 2008 11:54am

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