FORD. FORD in AUSTRALIA

Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd. 1735 Sydney Road, Campbellfield, Victoria 3061, Australia

tel. +613/93598491, fax +613/93598900, http://www.ford.com.au, http://www.fpv.com.au

Models produced in Australia: BA II Falcon XT / BA II Falcon Futura (sedan, station wagon), BA II Falcon XR6 / BA II Falcon XR6 Turbo / BA II Falcon XR8, BA II FPV GT / BA II FPV GT-P / BA II FPV F6 Typhoon, BA II Fairmont / BA II Fairmont Ghia (sedan, estate body version), BA II Fairlane G220 / BA II Fairlane Ghia, BA II LTD, Territory, BA II Falcon Ute / BA II FPV Pursuit /BA II FPV F6 Tornado pick-up, BA II Falcon RTV Ute pick-up; mo­dels produced in Japan: Escape; models produced in South Africa: Focus; models produ­ced in Spain: Fiesta; models produced in the USA: Explorer, F250 / F350 pick-up; models produced in Thailand: Courier pick-up.

FORD BA II FALCON XT

FORD BA II FALCON XR6

FORD BA II FPV F6 TYPHOON

FORD BA II FALCON

FORD BA II FAIRLANE G220

FORD BA II LTD

FORD TERRITORY

Production volume in Australia in 2003 - 82,701 passenger vehicles and 21,180 pick-ups. In July 1925, Ford started the Australian assem­bly of the Ford T with a locally manufactured body. In 1934 the first original Australian version of the Ford V8 Coupe Utility (combination of a co­upe with a pick-up) appeared on the market, which was the prototype of the present Falcon Ute. In the late 1940s, the local Fords were 54% produced from Australian parts. In 1960 the Falcon debuted, whose tenth BA generation has been produced since 2002, and since September 2004 - the modernized BA Mk II as the Falcon, the Falcon Futura and the Fairmont. The basic Falcon XT comes with 4.0-liter 248 hp, 5.4-liter 299 hp and 4.0-liter 212 hp LPG engines; the Falcon XR6 - with 4.0-liter 248 hp plants; the Falcon XR6 Turbo - with 4.0-liter 326 hp units; the Falcon XR8 - with 5.4-liter 354 hp power plants, and the Falcon XT Wagon - with 4.0-liter 248 hp units. Since 2003, the FPV branch has been producing tuned Falcons: the FPV GT and the FPV GT-P (with a 5.4-liter 394 hp V8 engine), and since 2004 - the FPV F6 Typhoon (with 4.0-liter 367 hp V6 plant). The Falcon Futura and the Fairmont versions differ from the Falcon in equipment and body fittings. The Falcon Futura is offered with the following engines: a 4.0-liter 248 hp unit and a 4.0-liter 212 hp LPG plant; the Falcon Futura Wagon - with a 4.0-liter 248 hp engine, and the Fairmont Ghia - with a 4.0-liter 248 hp and a 5.4-liter 299 hp unit. The luxurious and extended Fairlane and LTD sedan cars of the AU II series were replaced in June 2003 with the new BA series mo­dels, and in February 2005 - with modernized BA MK II series models. The Fairlane Ghia comes with a 4.0-liter 248 hp or a 5.4-liter 299 hp plant, the Fairlane G 220 - with a 5.4-liter 299 hp unit, and the longest LTD - with a 5.4-liter 299 hp engine. Presented at the 2003 Melbourne Motor Show, the Territory SUV with a 4.0-liter 248 hp power plant has been produced since May 2004 exclusively in Australia. At the 2003 Melbourne Motor Show, the Hi-Ride pick up with a 4x4 drive also debuted, which has been produced since the end of 2003 as the RTV Ute (with a 4.0-liter 248 hp engine). The Ute 4x2 pick-ups of the AU II series were replaced at the end of 2002 with the Ute BA series pick-ups, since 2004 - the BA Mk II (power plants: 4.0-liter 248 hp, 4.0-liter 326 hp and 5.4-liter 354 hp). The following tuned cars have been produced on its basis: since 2003 - the FPV Pursuit (with a 5.4-liter 394 hp V8 engine), and since 2004 - the FPV F6 Tornado (with a 4.0-liter 367 hp V6 plant).