FPV’s FG Falcon based F6 has pulled off a double win in the recent New Zealand Autocar Car of the Year Awards. The F6 took out the Performance Car of the Year award as well as the Car of the Year Award and did so by a record margin, beating the nearest contender by 20 points.

FPV’s General Manager [...]

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While the FG Falcon may be facing an uncertain future - what with flagging sales, the axing of its evergreen 4-litre six and the prospect that it may become a front-driver - for now, at least, it’s still proving its worth as one of Australia’s best-built cars.

At the recent Automotive Engineering Excellence Awards conducted [...]

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Given the choice of keys to a new car for my first TMR test drive – exotics aside - the FG Falcon was always going to be high on my list, so I wasn’t about to complain when the keys to a Dash green XR6 Turbo were slipped under my door. Having watched with interest [...]

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Ford Australia has today announced the availability of Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) across the petrol powered FG Falcon Ute range. DSC will be standard on FG Falcon Ute models equipped with sports suspension from September production and offered as an option on workhorse models with ¾-tonne and one-tonne suspension packages from December production.

Having just driven [...]

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I learned to drive in a 1957 Vanguard ute. Back then, around the dawn of time or just after the last great ice age at least, there were a few Vanguards still hanging around that rust had not yet dispatched to the soil. They were originally made by UK carmaker Standard Cars, later to be [...]

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The all-new 2008 model TMR website has finally launched, and we’re suitably rapt. There’s still a lot of work ahead of us, but we’re off to a flying start.

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With the hype beginning to settle down, it has been confirmed that the new FG Falcon range will be a feature at this months Melbourne Motor Show, as expected. On display will be the new sedan, Ute and the Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) range.

For those that have missed the recent articles, the new FG Falcon [...]

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Official information on Ford’s new for 2008 Falcon is here. Designated the FG, it ushers in a range of vastly improved engines and sharp clean styling that maybe not quite the wholesale change some were hoping for, but is attractive non-the-less.

Ford enthusiasts may lament the dropping of the Futura and Fairmont nameplates which are no-longer [...]

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Ford Australia have locked their bean counters in the cellar and announced a raft of price reductions. There are no prizes for guessing that the motivation behind the price cuts is a desire to keep sales of the Falcon and Territory bubbling along in the face of stiff competition.

The current model BF Falcon is due [...]

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BMW 335i giving Mt Panorama a good shake. Currently the poll-sitter going into the race leading a pack of Evo’s and STi’s.

The Bathurst 12 Hour Showroom Enduro is due to start at 5:45am tomorrow (Easter Sunday). Live timing will be available via the Bathurst International Motor Festival website for those unable to make it to [...]

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