Ford to Unveil All-New Ranger Pickup Truck and FPV Falcon with Supercharged V8 at Sydney Motor Show

<a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2010/09/ford-to-unveil-all-new-ranger-pickup.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518993792333641698" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJdnnP2h9-I/AAAAAAADT4M/qcYemHzQTJY/s800/Ranger-Teaser-10.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 645px; height: 349px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">This year's <a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/search/label/Australian%20Motor%20Show">Australian International Motor Show</a> in Sydney, which runs October 15 -24, will see Ford taking the wraps off an all-new generation of its Ranger compact pickup truck. The new Ranger will be joined by Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) first-ever <a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2010/09/burnin-gas-and-kickin-ass-ford.html">supercharged V8 Falcons</a>, and the Aussie debuts of the current Focus RS and Fiesta Sedan.<br /></span><p></p><a name="more"></a><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The new Ranger, which has been developed in Australia and will go on sale in 180 global markets, is a sister model to the <a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2010/09/mazda-sketches-all-new-bt-50-compact.html">new Mazda BT-50</a> (also set to make its world premiere in Sydney). Ford said that the new compact pickup truck will be offered with a new family of engines with "impressive gains in power and fuel economy". More intel and photos will be released closer to the Sydney motor show.<br /></span></p><p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJdnvnCwm4I/AAAAAAADT4U/C8s8HQUFnWA/s1600/Ford-Falcon-FPV-GT-6_600-600x400.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518993935997901698" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJdnvnCwm4I/AAAAAAADT4U/C8s8HQUFnWA/s200/Ford-Falcon-FPV-GT-6_600-600x400.JPG" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" /></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Continuing with the rest of Ford's debuts, the 305HP Focus RS will be offered in the country in a limited number of 315 units, while the new Fiesta four-door sedan will be available in both diesel and petrol versions.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">As for FPV's Falcon-based performance models, both the GT and GS cars get a new supercharged engine based on the Mustang's 5.0-liter V8 unit kicking out 449HP and 422HP respectively (<a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2010/09/burnin-gas-and-kickin-ass-ford.html">read more here</a>). According to Ford, albeit the base of the new FPV V8 engine is imported from the USA in component form, each unit is hand-assembled locally by FPV in Melbourne, using Australian-made components.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJdpD3JNKiI/AAAAAAADT4k/kJB8Ws8Jyxc/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518995383428917794" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJdpD3JNKiI/AAAAAAADT4k/kJB8Ws8Jyxc/s320/Untitled-1.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 114px;" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJdpDlKE_FI/AAAAAAADT4c/pXvs3BtLWbk/s1600/Ranger_Teaser.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518995378600737874" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJdpDlKE_FI/AAAAAAADT4c/pXvs3BtLWbk/s320/Ranger_Teaser.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 114px;" /></a></p>

Ford to Unveil All-New Ranger Pickup Truck and FPV Falcon with Supercharged V8 at Sydney Motor Show

This year's Australian International Motor Show in Sydney, which runs October 15 -24, will see Ford taking the wraps off an all-new gen...

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