Who could have imagined at the turn of the century that the Ford Falcon wagon would ever be replaced by a four-cylinder vehicle from Europe? The simple fact that this quietly occurred in mid-2011 testifies to how much the Australian automotive world ... Read More
In October 2009 the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic was introduced to local customers as ‘Australia’s most fuel-efficient car’. Its open road economy figure of 3.7 litres per 100 kilometres was extraordinary and its overall figure of 4.4 was in a differen ... Read More
Ford Australia gave its Territory a substantial facelift in 2011 but the biggest news was the belated introduction of a turbodiesel engine. Not all buyers will be prepared to pay $3250 extra, especially when Ford Australia’s engineers have upgraded ... Read More
Falcon buyers have had the choice of a dedicated LPG car with none of the compromises of the more common dual-fuel arrangement since 2000, but keen drivers could always discern a slight drop-off in performance compared with the petrol-engined equival ... Read More
Readers could be excused for not knowing exactly what a Ford G6E Turbo is. After all, the name is hardly arresting. Think of it as a turbocharged Fairmont Ghia and you’re about right. Remember when there was the Forte, Futura, Fairmont and Fairmon ... Read More
If you have ever doubted the Australian automotive industry’s ability, you only have to check out any Ford Territory, even a 2004 example with more than 250,000 km on its odometer. Ford Australia took the upmarket BMW X5 as its starting point for t ... Read More
