Ford Falcon FPV GT F – the final, and most powerful

ford falcon fpv gt f

Still more than two years before Ford Australia ceases local manufacturing of its market-specific models such as the Falcon, Falcon Ute and Territory SUV, and so there’s time to come out with celebration models before the curtain drops.

One such item is the Falcon FPV GT F, which was announced last month and due out in June – the F suffix stands for a “Final” designation for the GT sedan. Production will be limited to just 550 units (500 for Australia, 50 for New Zealand), each individually numbered.

Plenty of homage cues to be found in the FPV GT farewell. Aside from tracing some of its visual cues to past GTs, the GT F will revive a 351 badge in honour of the famous Falcon 351 GT of the ‘70s, which had a 351-cubic-inch 5.8 litre V8 to give it its particular moniker.

Now, the power output has been revealed. The current car will pay tribute to the old with its metric power output from its supercharged 5.0 V8, with 351 kW (471 hp) and 570 Nm on tap. With 21 hp more than the Falcon GT RSPEC that was released in 2012, the GT F is set to have the honour of being the most powerful Falcon GT ever.

The car, which will sit on 19-inch wheels and 275/35 tyres, will also sport GT F 351 badging, with inset orange colouring on the -‘GT’ script part of the badge, harking back to Ford’s heroic race-bred GTs. Plenty of life in this bird yet, by the looks of it.

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Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

 

Comments

  • kzm buda bodo (Member) on May 09, 2014 at 11:14 am

    Bloody Americans, real Hippocrates. Blame the world for global warming but they themselves come out with 6000 cc cars like its nothing. Real dogs. But the niggest dog is Najib to worship Obama when he was here.

    Should tell him that American cars are fuel guzzlers. Having 6000CC in US is so normal. Even got 8000cc. Be normal like Europeans and Asians, all trying to bring it down to 2.0 and below

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    • theanswer on May 09, 2014 at 4:26 pm

      they should start working on forced induction.

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    • Motorhead (Member) on May 09, 2014 at 7:26 pm

      Yeah2. . Complain 2.. bla bla.. you should complain why you re born! Tersalah lahir kat Malaysia.

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    • flat_tire on May 12, 2014 at 1:59 am

      australian made.. tp amerika yg kena maki.. wakakakaka..

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    • Think before you speak on May 12, 2014 at 1:41 pm

      This car is from Australia.. & did you mean hypocrites instead of Hippocrates, the Greek mathematician?

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  • Julian Lee on May 09, 2014 at 4:32 pm

    This is Australian lah bodoh

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  • Semi-Value (Member) on May 09, 2014 at 5:19 pm

    tengok australia…tak berjaya dengan kami…pergi depend orang jew amerika…sekarang macam ini la…v8 challenge bye bye

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  • pearjai on May 10, 2014 at 11:35 am

    5.0cc supercharge v8 with 471hp = 94.2hp/1000cc….= nothing to shout alot lor ….supercharge v8 but still in na region ? Even honda made 100hp/1000cc normal aspiration 26year ago….nowday 140hp/1000cc for induction forced engine as a standard from factory ! These falcon engine must been from 80s era right ?

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    • Jason on Apr 18, 2016 at 5:03 pm

      Idiot fool. Learn about horsepower vs. Torque before you open your idiot mouth. Honda motor got as much power as desk fan. Grab the blades if desk fan and the fan stops. That is ‘power’ . Torque is trying to hold the blades of a grinder and turn on the grinder. Your hands are now mince meat

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