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1994 Ford EF Falcon XR6 review
Tickford’s performance Falcon is affordable, sticks like glue and, says a gleeful Bob Hall, goes like stink.
1993 Ford Falcon: Next-gen EF scoop!
Wheels snapped the hotly anticipated Ford EF Falcon before anyone else
Archive: We drove the Hume Highway at 130km/h and didn’t get booked
We say the Hume would be safer with a 130km/h limit. Ben Oliver runs the gauntlet to prove the point
1992 Ford EB II Falcon GT v Holden VP Commodore SS
After the Falcon XR8 nudged out the VN SS in August this year, the VP now carries Holden’s hopes in the bent eight battle. And this time, as KEVIN BARTLETT and MICHAEL STAHL report, there’s a twist in the tail.
1991 Ford Falcon EB review
The EB marks the make or break of Ford Australia. It’s hardly hot-blooded in body or form, but ANGUS MacKENZIE and MIKE McCARTHY dig under the skin, and find a very different beast
1965 Renault 16: retro series
How the French revolutionised the small car.
1990 Ford Falcon EA II brings back the bent eight
Okay, so Ford realised the decision to kill off the V8 was a bad one. Here’s how they breathed new life into it.
1989 Ford Falcon EA Series II review
The big Ford at last gets the four-speed auto it needed. Other subtle changes help make the 1990 Falcon a much improved car.
1988 Ford Falcon EA 26 v Holden VN Commodore
Wheels took the two rivals and pounded them over a four-car total of 21,000km in our toughest-ever comparison. Trail boss Mike McCarthy gives the verdict.
1987 Ford Falcon XF SVO
Plans for Dick Johnson’s SVO – Special Vehicles Operation – call for building 500 distinctive Falcons. Not V8s, but high-output sixes with the emphasis on quality and refinement
1986 Ford XF Falcon v Mitsubishi Magna v Holden Commodore
Was this the start of the decline for the big, rear-drive Aussie-made six-cylinder?
Peter Brock at his finest at Mount Panorama
Revel in the King of the Mountain’s wild lap during the 1991 Bathurst Top 10 Shootout
1985 Ford Falcon: 1988 EA 26 world scoop
In 1985, Wheels stunned Australian readers – and the world – with in-depth scoop on the EA Falcon three years before its launch.
Wheels Top Five: Performance cars under $40k
What’s the best way for a car enthusiast to spend $40,000 ?
1984 Ford Falcon XF launches
Ford shifts the Falcon into the era of electronic engine management.
1983 Ford Falcon coupe conversion
Just because Ford killed off the Falcon coupe doesn’t mean you weren’t able to buy one
1982 Mitsubishi Starion: retro series
When turbos first ruled the world, Mitsubishi was at the forefront
1982 Ford Falcon 5.8 ESP v Holden Commodore SS Group Three
Commodore SS Group Three meets Falcon 5.8 ESP. Long live the bent eight!
1981 Ford Falcon XD v Chrysler CM Valiant
An outsider passes judgement on Australia’s Own – the Ford Falcon and the Chrysler Valiant.
1980 Ford Falcon XD 1/2 review
Out goes the Falcon’s iron head, and in swoops the Honda-built alloy one.
1979 Ford Falcon XD: The new era dawns
We finally get our Aussie designed and developed Ford Falcon.
Archive: The man who kidnapped Fangio
Wheels sits down with guy who took one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time hostage
1978 Ford XC Falcon goes back in time
Ford’s third-generation Falcon, the XC, provided Wheels with the perfect opportunity to reflect on the car’s 20-year evolution.
1977 Ford XC Falcon drives from Sydney to Perth
Sydney to Perth in 33 hours sounds much better as …Around the world in 13 days
