Even if you’re not a typical blue-blood Ford fan, early 1990s Falcon make for a great first-time classic, provided you watch out for a few common pitfalls.
Benchmarked against the Ferrari 328 and with development input from the great Ayrton Senna himself, the Honda NSX introduced a feast of firsts, its stunning performance, innovative design and outstanding quality impacting every supercar since.
The Citroen DS is one of the most uniquely-styled vehicles to have ever graced our roads, and while prices have spiked in recent years, they now seem to have stabilised.
This is how Ford kept the fast car hits coming with the introduction of the S-XR6, a feisty six-pot that showed both Holden and Ford V8s a clean pair of heels.
In the Summer of 1970, Holden panel vans lined the seafront and legions of young Aussie blokes clamoured to get their Chiko Roll-smeared-hands on Chrysler’s stove-hot Valiant Pacer. Not to be out done, Ford Australia’s memorable play for the burgeoning ‘youth market’ was a big-winged ute that became an instant hit with the kids and a star of the car show-circuit – the XW Falcon Surferoo.
Ford’s then-new V8-powered Falcon S-XR8 sedan poured fuel on the embers of the still-simmering Ford versus Holden rivalry.
Ford Australia’s belated response to Holden’s fuel-injected V8-powered VN Commodore kickstarted the greatest-ever era of Aussie performance cars.
Ford’s fifth-generation Falcon, the EA series, represented the biggest march forward in the Aussie Ford’s history. But quality problems put a stumble in its step.
A tortuous 70,000-mile durability marathon at Ford Australia’s then-new You Yangs proving ground helped convince sceptical Australians that the new XP Falcon was the real deal.
Adding XR6 and XR8 options to Ford's EB Falcon range encouraged product planners to again get serious about selling cars to car enthusiasts who wanted a Falcon that looked different to the rest of the horde and had extra performance to boot.
Retro Rides founder Cameron Jurd explains how he and his partner fell for the charms of this classic Aussie muscle car, and why he still loves the uniquely styled V8-powered XB Falcon Coupe.
Holden turned the humble Vauxhall Viva into the giant-killing Torana GTR XU-1, one of Australia’s greatest ever homologation specials.
Ford created the John Goss Special, named in honour of the 1974 Bathurst winner, to help boost slow sales of its Falcon Hardtop V8.