AH, FORD Falcon! How we miss thee. You arrived in Australia as an American design, but you were soon adapted to local conditions. And when the Yanks cruelly dropped you, we kept the dream alive with our own spin on the concept, growing in size and sophistication with each generation until Ford gave up on local manufacturing altogether in 2016.
Road test: BA XR6 Turbo Ford Falcon ute
Ford’s XR6 Turbo utility is as far removed from its rural workhorse origins as it’s possible to get
Gavin Hall’s 600hp Red Pepper XA Falcon
Gavin Hall’s custom red-on-red 1973 XA Falcon sedan was mostly home-built, with some help from his son and some close mates
Flashback: Marcos Ambrose’s 2003 championship-winning BA Falcon V8 supercar
Long before Marcos Ambrose sat inside his title-winning BA, someone else had been there for 1000 hours. With a TIG welder
700hp, tunnel-rammed Clevor-powered XA Falcon hardtop
Bekim Bilbilov took a concours-restored XA GT tribute and turned it into something far more interesting via 700hp worth of shove
Nathan from Hackshop Garage has a new rig ready for Optima Ultimate Street Car
Armed only with factory steelies, a sun visor, and a budget turbo Ford six, Nathan Camilleri’s XE Falcon GL runs deep into the 10s
Monster twin-turbo Windsor-powered XE Fairmont Ghia ESP
Dragos Bjelogrlic reasoned that shoehorning an engine from a six-second radial car into his genuine XE Fairmont Ghia ESP should make for a pretty rapid streeter. He was right
Ex-pursuit 1982 XE Falcon in the build
After four years of extensive repairs of his V8 manual XE Falcon ex-cop car, Jeffrey Clinkers is expecting it will take another two years to complete the build
Vortech-blown big-block XD Falcon
There’s nothing subtle about a blown, injected big block-powered Falcon
Tubbed, blown Boss 302-powered XP Falcon
It may have four doors but this is no taxi
Callum Shand’s 1000hp, Whipple-blown, Coyote-powered EL Falcon XR8
Callum Shand’s EL XR8 build tested his patience over more than a decade, but he emerged with a 1000hp, blown Coyote-powered beast
Whipple-blown Godzilla-swapped XB Falcon hardtop build
One of Australia’s toughest XB coupes is getting a whole new heart!
Dave Busuttil’s turbo XF Falcon
A genuine show ’n’ go XF Falcon that handles, stops, and grunts out 564hp at the treads!
George Anthony’s iconic XB Ford Falcon
Looking back on George Anthony’s iconic tubbed and injected XB Falcon
440-cube XD Falcon S-Pack
Daniel Dark is a longtime fan of XD Falcons and rebuilt this 1981 S-Pack with a main focus on period-correct mods
Wayne Ogier’s blown XW GT tribute
With great mates and a have-a-go attitude, Wayne Ogier’s debut build is a beauty
Snooze, don’t lose: XT Falcon sleeper
You’d never know it, but Andrew Brown’s unassuming, base-spec BF XT Falcon makes 885hp at the wheels!
Home-brewed XM Falcon sedan delivery build
A family-heirloom build by two young brothers learning new skills as they go
Ian Almond’s Aussiefied 1967 Fairlane hardtop
With power to match the muscular looks, this big-block Fairlane packs a knock-out punch
Joey Stivaletta’s 408-cube Cleveland XT Fairmont
Joey Stivaletta’s XT Fairmont might look like a nice, clean stocker on first glance, but looks can be deceiving
Video: Behind the scenes of Carnage
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty shows us what usually goes on behind the scenes of your typical Carnage episode