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Nissan enters V8 Supercars to end Ford-Holden duopoly

Nissan has returned to Australian touring car racing to end the long-running Ford versus Holden V8 Supercars duopoly. Updates from live press conference: It will not be a purpose built motorsport V8 - but an engine out of Nissan's road cars (5

Hailstorm batters Ford Falcon sales

The Ford Falcon endured its worst sales month in more than half a century in January, with the Australian-made family sedan hampered by slowing large-car sales and low fleet activity, and literally hit hard by a freak summer hailstorm. Falcon

Small ‘EcoBoost’ engines on Ford Australia’s radar

Ford Australia will introduce a number of new, smaller fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines into its compact-car line-up in the near future. The local car maker already has 2.0-litre four-cylinder versions of the EcoBoost engines, which combine dir

Ford Falcon EcoBoost: Better economy, less power, same price

Ford Australia has revealed the official fuel consumption figures and pricing for the Ford Falcon EcoBoost - the four-cylinder variant it hopes will help reverse flagging sales of its locally built large car. Ford Australia today confirmed the

Ford Falcon and Territory safe until 2016

Ford has announced a fresh $103 million investment for the Falcon large car and Territory SUV, though the future of the Australian-built vehicles is still guaranteed only until the end of 2016. The new investment - announced jointly by Ford Au

Medium cars are the new large car: Ford

Ford's global design boss says the medium-size car - such as the company's own Mondeo, the Mazda6 or Toyota Camry - is the new large car. With global sales of large cars in decline, including the locally built Ford Falcon that plummeted in 201

Ford: New Cars 2012

The FG MkII Falcon upgrade and the efficient four-cylinder EcoBoost engine join the new EcoLPi LPG models early in 2012 to create what looks like the blue oval’s strongest local large car offering in years. The mid-year production relocation fo

2012 Ford Falcon aims to stop the sales spiral

Ford Australia won't guarantee a halt to sliding Falcon sales in 2012 despite the introduction next year of a model range update and a new, more fuel efficient four-cylinder engine. This year will go down as one of the worst in the Falcon's 51-yea