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Ford Australia is the Australian subsidiary o Ford Motor Company an wos founded in Geelong, Victoria in 1925 as an ootpost o Ford Motor Company of Canada. At that time, Ford Canada wis a separate company frae Ford USA. Henry Ford haed grantit the manufacturing richts tae Ford in Breetish Empire (later Commonwealth) kintras (exceptin the UK) tae Canadian investors.
Its first products wur Model Ts assembled frae Complete Knock Doun (CKD) kits providit bi Ford of Canada. Nivertheless, it is best kent in mair recent times for producin the Falcon, oreeginally a U.S. model introduced in Australie in 1960, but adaptit tae Australian requirements an road conditions. Since the release o the XA model in 1972, Falcons hae been fully Australian designed. It an' a' produces a fower wheel drive model cawed the Territory.
See an aa
- Ford Falcon (Australie)
- Ford Fairlane (Australie)
- Ford LTD (Australie)
- Ford Territory
- Ford Performance Vehicles
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External links
Template:Ford Australia timeline
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Ford Australia is the only Australian car manufacturer which designs and manufactures its own unique high-volume engines.[1]