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Not even Toyota, Holden or Kia could save them: Affordable fire-breathing V8 family cars, stylish small wagons, cool cabrios and other quirky niches lost forever as new-car variety nosedives in Australia

11 Jun 2022 by Byron Mathioudakis

If choice is a luxury, then Australian new-car buyers were rolling in it a decade ago. Read more

Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon prices are out of control, but you'd be a fool to buy a used one at nearly $100,000 | Opinion

10 Oct 2021 by Stephen Ottley

Joni Mitchell was right; you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.It's been a big year for Australian-made cars selling for big dollars - a pair of HSV GTSR W1 Maloos have sold for a combined $2 ...Read more

Why the Holden Monaro, Torana, Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III and other classic Aussie cars are going gangbusters at auction

4 Apr 2021 by Neil Dowling

Aussie cars are well and truly back in vogue, with record prices on sought-after rare examples seen at recent auctions expected to continue for at least another three years.Shannons national auction ...Read more

Ford Falcon GT-F struts its stuff on track | video

10 Jul 2014 by Aiden Taylor

Watch the fastest ever and final Falcon GT storm around the Haunted Hills racetrack. Read more

Ford unveils last ever GT Falcon

10 Jun 2014 by Joshua Dowling

Ford says factories will make it to October 2016 end date as it unveils last ever Falcon GT. Read more

Ford 351 badge revived for final GT Falcon

7 May 2014 by Joshua Dowling

Ford has revived the famous "351" badge from the 1970s for the last ever Falcon GT, as the company confirms that all 500 examples have sold out before the first one has been built.The 351 badge is a ...Read more

Final Ford Falcon GT sells out

2 May 2014 by Joshua Dowling

FORD has sold all 500 examples of the last ever Falcon GT before the first one has even been built -- and dealers and enthusiast buyers are pleading for more.All 500 Falcon GT-F (for "final" edition ...Read more

Ford 351 GT to make a comeback

3 Apr 2014 by Joshua Dowling

FORD is poised to revive the famous 351 nameplate for the final edition of the iconic GT Falcon -- a move that will finally end all hopes and secret plans for a modern-day version of the GT-HO.Rather ...Read more

Ford design boss set to step down

6 Nov 2013 by Neil Dowling

The 59-year-old, one of the last senior executives from the tumultuous Jacques Nasser era, started as Ford's vice president of design in 1997 after working with BMW, Audi and Volkswagen. Read more

FPV Pursuit ute is strictly limited

24 Aug 2012 by Ewan Kennedy

At the same time as it introduced the new Falcon GT R-Spec sedan in Melbourne, Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) also displayed the most limited of all limited-edition utes it has ever built.Only ...Read more

HSV fans vs FPV fans

6 Oct 2011 by Mark Hinchliffe

Married with a daughter (who is also a Ford fan), Mr Watson currently has an FPV GT 335 sedan, the latest in a long line of Ford products."We have had around 20 Fords - various models, not just ...Read more

V8 cars are special

14 Jul 2011 by Mark Hinchliffe

Even at a time when fuel economy is top-of-mind with a growing number of Australian drivers there is plenty of space on the roads for Commodores and Falcons with old-fashioned V8 muscle under the ...Read more

FPV fears ruining GT-HO legend

7 Oct 2010 by Stuart Martin

The general manager of the performance car maker doesn't want to be remembered as the bloke who ruined the GT-HO legend. Speaking during the company's launch of the new supercharged V8 Falcon-based ...Read more

Red vs Blue

2 Sep 2010 by Paul Gover

They cannot help starting a stoush when their deadliest rival has something important happening.So, in the same week Team Red rips the covers off the Series II version of its VE Commodore the members ...Read more

FPV Falcon GT set to fly

22 Jul 2010 by CarsGuide team

Rod Barrett led the driving crew on a deep dip into the heart of Australia with a pair of FPV test cars fitted with the upcoming Coyote V8 engine. He is not talking detail on the new GT, which comes ...Read more

Busman's holiday

22 Jul 2010 by Craig Lowndes

I might not be racing a car, but I'm racing around doing a lot of PR as are most of the drivers. And the teams are also playing catch up on work, plus catch-up on a well-deserved break.Our workshop ...Read more

FPV GT spy shots with Moffat

11 Jun 2010 by Paul Gover

More than 20 years after he hung up his helmet - although he never 'officially' retired - he is now the elder statesman on the test team at Ford Performance Vehicles. Moffat's advice and tweaks are ...Read more

ESC, ESP, DSC, VDIM, VDC name war

20 May 2010 by Neil McDonald

But peak motoring body the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries believes consumers are confused enough to warrant a broad-ranging education program about what ESC is and what it does.The ...Read more

Moffat back in the Ford fold

19 Feb 2010 by Paul Gover

The most successful driver to strap into a Ford, with four Bathurst wins and a matching set of touring car championship trophies, has just been brought back into the blue oval family.Moffat has been ...Read more

FPV launches entry V8

31 Aug 2009 by Neil McDonald

Ford Performance Vehicles is introducing an ‘entry’ level V8, to be known as the GS. However, buyers should be quick as 50 have already been snapped up ahead of this week's showroom launch. FPV will ...Read more

FPV News

Not even Toyota, Holden or Kia could save them: Affordable fire-breathing V8 family cars, stylish small wagons, cool cabrios and other quirky niches lost forever as new-car variety nosedives in Australia

Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon prices are out of control, but you'd be a fool to buy a used one at nearly $100,000 | Opinion

Why the Holden Monaro, Torana, Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III and other classic Aussie cars are going gangbusters at auction