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
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.
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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 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 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
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
Australia’s automotive industry heavyweights predict new vehicle sales will once again eclipse the magic one million mark in 2012.
But Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries CEO Ian Chalmers admits the Australian-made Holden Commodore –
Senior Ford executives have again refused to guarantee the future of Australian-built Fords, admitting the Falcon large car is hindering local sales and suggesting the Territory SUV could eventually be replaced by a global model.
The US comp
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
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