Falcon (1960 to 2016)

The Ford Falcon isn’t just a car in Australia, it’s a national icon. Introduced locally in 1960, the Falcon was engineered, evolved, and perfected on Australian roads for Australian conditions, becoming the backbone of families, fleets, taxis, police forces, and racetracks for more than five decades. From humble six-cylinder sedans to Bathurst-winning GT-HO Phase III, tyre-frying V8 XR8s, and turbocharged Barra-powered XR6 Turbos, the Falcon defined what an Australian performance car should be: tough, fast, practical, and unapologetically local. Built right up until 2016, with over 3 million examples produced, the Falcon’s legacy lives on as one of the greatest homegrown cars Australia has ever made. In the Australian market, Falcons, especially GTs, XR models, manuals, and late FG X cars are now firmly entrenched as modern classics, valued not just for performance, but for what they represent: the golden era of Australian car manufacturing.