How the Ford Falcon was sold to the Australian public

The XR Falcon, introduced in 1966, was keen to trade on the Pony car boom in the United States. Promoted as the “Mustang-bred Falcon”, Ford’s local marketing department promised that “big things have happened under Falcon’s bonnet”, the headline act the new 200 horsepower ‘Mustang 289″ V8, sourced directly from the US and the yep, you guessed it, Ford Mustang.