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.
Video: The last-ever XC Falcon Cobra, restored by Howard Astill
Cobra number 400 cops a full restoration by Howard Astill
Flashback: TUF58 XY Falcon V8
We look back at Nick Karathanasopoulos’s brutal XY GT
Young gun Connor Chiarelli’s XY Falcon
The build of 22-year-old Connor Chiarelli’s tough XY was a father-and-son project
Flashback: Ray Baumann’s XB coupe world record ramp jump attempt – and crash
Ray Baumann launched his XB coupe off a ramp at 115mph and nose-dived into a line of wrecks. And loved it. He survived – but his XB sure didn’t!
Mark Blekic’s EFI 250-powered XP ute
A lesson in subtle car craft, by a genuine Ford master
Gassed AU XR8 Falcon takes on Drag Challenge
Ji and Tim Ackland threw old-school, tunnel-rammed nitrous goodness into an AU Falcon streeter to tackle Drag Challenge
FG-X XR8 Miami-swapped XW Falcon
Ossie Fish’s dead-smooth XW features 21st-century tech where it counts: in the engine bay
Bryce McCabe’s XR Falcon in Young SMOTY
Bryce’s Clevo-powered hottie is once again in the YSMOTY running
855hp Raw Orange XY Falcon – PRO430
Serdar Karabulut is used to buying a car, doing it up and selling it off. But this 855hp XY Falcon ain’t going anywhere
Barra-powered US Fairmont runs an eight on Sick Week Summer
Fonzie Novelo’s 1979 Ford Fairmont is about to take on Sick Week Summer with Barra power
Eric Bana’s Love the Beast XB GT
A look back at the resurrection of one of the most iconic Aussie Fords, ever!
Deb O’Connell’s AU Falcon racer
Deb O’Connell grew up in a drag racing family and has been competing for many years. She’s currently aiming for the nine-second zone in her turbo Barra-powered AU Falcon racer, dubbed SONIC
XF Falcon ute in Milwaukee Young SMOTY
Odds are on Joel Lucas’s Barra-swapped XF as the quickest YSMOTY chariot of 2023
XR Falcon in Milwaukee Young SMOTY
It’s round two for Bryce McCabe in SMOTY. Will he take home the win this year?
Ford XD Falcon Phase 5 – Car #1
How a ragtag crew built something truly great
XC Falcon in Milwaukee Young SMOTY
Bailey Walters’s YSMOTY-finalist XC is one killer family project
Family heirloom YEABRA XF Falcon
Mick Matthews turns his pop’s beloved daily driver into one of the best XF Falcons Australia’s ever seen
Lynda Rowe’s 1964 XM Falcon coupe
Johnny Z’s Hot Rod & Custom shop brings Lynda Rowe’s XM Falcon coupe into the 21st century via modern underpinnings, luxurious interior and a stout Windsor crate motor
Lorella Burns’s 1969 Ford XW wagon
Lorella Burns has been around cars her whole life, so it’s no surprise the family wagon is an old-school, V8-powered cruiser
Wild custom XR Ford Falcon
Gary McGuigan’s fluorescent 2000s-style XR was a major head-turner at Lardner Park