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Five Star FG Falcon at Jarvis Ford
The all-new FG Falcon has become the first Australian-built car to receive a 5 (five) star rating from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). The petrol FG Falcon sedan range was awarded the maximum 5 (five) star safety rating rating with a total score of 34.6 points (out of a possible 37 points), giving it the highest score ever recorded by a locally produced car in Australia by a significant margin. Read more>
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 5/7/2008
Fourteen seconds separated Ford Performance Racing from its nearest rivals in Darwin today as Mark Winterbottom and Steve Richards recorded the V8 Supercar Championship team’s first one-two finish of the season.
After two quick pit stops early in the race the pair never looked back, shrugging off the 31 degree heat at Hidden Valley Raceway to record lap after lap of blistering pace.
Frosty’s victory means he has taken a clean sweep of the round so far, qualifying on pole and setting the race’s fastest time in the #5 Orrcon Ford Credit FPR Falcon with a 1:11.42 lap.
“I was a little bit worried at the start line there because Steve is a bloody good starter; I’ve seen his data!” joked the 27-year-old, who has now extended his championship lead over Garth Tander to 66 points. “Luckily I got to the first corner first and the car was just fantastic.
“Coming here 12 months ago we had a few weaknesses but we’re on top of it now; we’ve worked hard for this. When you’ve got one car there it’s great but when you’ve got two there it’s exceptional.”
Richo’s second place in the #6 Castrol FPR Falcon is his fourth 2008 podium. “The other teams are going to make changes before tomorrow and they’ll come back stronger and fighting,” he said. “We’ve got to improve as well to meet them and I would still like to win this round and mix it up with Frosty!”
Today’s result is FPR’s second one-two finish in its six-year history, the first coming in 2006 when Jason Bright led Frosty home at Symmons Plains. |
Industry News
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Toyota first to export 100,000 cars |
19/12/2008
Toyota Australia is set to become the first Australian carmaker to export 100,000 vehicles in a calendar year.
The milestone car is due to be shipped from Melbourne on Christmas Eve, bound for the Middle East.
It will be among more than 2,100 Australian-built Toyota cars leaving Australia that day aboard the Positive Leader. |
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