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2002 Ford BA Falcon wins Car of the Year
Ford’s history with the Wheels Car of the Year awards was always a bit up and down. But in 2002, it reached new heights
Ron Harrop: Motor sport engineering
Motor racing’s go-to man for an engineering advantage.
2001 Ford Falcon AU XR8 v Holden Commodore VX SS
Ford gives its XR8 a 220kW kick in the guts, then sets off in pursuit of the long-departed Commodore SS. It’s a wheelspinning wow of a drive
2000 Ford AU II Falcon
Ford’s AU II re-think is a better car. But is it good enough to tackle Commodore?
2004 FPV F6 Typhoon v FPV GT v HSV Clubsport
Is Australia ready for a world where the V8 is not king? Wheels was ahead of the curve with this question …
Archive: 1996 Ligier JS41 F1 review
What’s it like to test an F1 car, with full technical support, telemetry and tyre change? Derek Daly throws the Adelaide runner-up car, Ilivier Panis’ Ligier JS41, round Magnay-Cours…
1999 Ford AU Falcon: Tickford’s Special T
In 1999, a hot Ford arrived that Wheels could get excited about
1998 Ford AU Falcon launches
After a near-death experience, the Ford Falcon adopted New Edge design and IRS as part of a sixth-generation makeover.
Inside Mercedes-Benz’s top-secret car bunkers
Wheels explores Merc’s priceless collection of ultra-rare cars
1997 Ford EL Falcon GT: How it was built
The B to L of making a Ford GT
1996 Ford EL Falcon review
Ford has pinched, pulled, fiddled and finessed the Falcon to the tune of $40 million, most of it spent underneath. TODD HALLENBECK is our man in the inspection pit
1995 Ford EF II Falcon first drive review
At last, a tweaked chassis, more equipment and less noise makes Falcon the car it should have been from the start. Bob Hall gives EF II the thumbs up.
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
