Loved the video American and Australians pronounce words differently: no problem. Thank you for taking the time to focus on these amazing vehicles.

Someone needsto do more research. So much misinformation here.

The Torana wasn't the first Australian car to have a 6, all the Valiants, Falcons, and Holdens had at least a 6, if not a V8 motor.

The R/T Charger had a 4.3L 265ci straight 6 cylinder engine, it was never fitted with a V8. The E55 had the 5.6L 340ci V8 but was not an R/T.

when talking about the Ford Falcon Cobra yopu said the standard falcons came with a 4 cyc, No all falcons were either 6 or 8 cyc.. check facts , and the mustang in place of the aussie cobra is just wrong

There been to many mistakes in the vid ...Better check the background info , before give misinformation 😊 Bv: The Sierra RS 500 Cosworth, did not have 204 hp, but 227hp/165Kw & 276 Nm torque( 204 lb-tf). The " normal" Cossie did have 204 hp. Fact: In race trim...the RS500 easely produced +480hp and a torque of 450Nm....

More research was needed as so much info was wrong. The GTR XU-1 was never available as a 4 door but the A9X which didn't make the list and is probably the most sort after and lowest build number Holden was available in 2 and 4 door. And the HK GTS 327 was made in 1968 and into the first half of 1969 (I own a 1969 built one).

There are errors in the description of every Australian car in that list.

sorry, the inaccuracies in this clip are embarrassing.......

Of the Aussie Fords on this list, the XC Cobra would probably be the least desirable. The Cobra was a run-out special, trying to get rid of coupe bodies before the new body style came out in 1979. The most desirable Aussie Ford on that list - the XY GTHO Phase III.

I like this, "the XR GT was only available in two colours", the two mentioned were never available, whilst displaying a gold car, GT Gold! There was five colours available, and I have only ever seen Gold ones when they were daily drivers, also, the model spaned 2 years and the production figures were, 684 GT Gold, 1 Alvis White, 1 Russet Bronze, 8 Gallaher Silver, 1 Ivy Green met for a total of 695 cars!

The XRGT was only in GT GOLD with 7 painted in silver for the Gallahger cigarette company which was a sponser of the Gallahger 500 precurser to the Bathurst 500. As for the XB GT it was produced from 1974 to 1976 after which came the XC. The XC cobra were originally blue and then they were painted white. Ford had 400 coupe shells left that no one was buying so they painted them all the same and made them limited editions with 302 and 351clevelands . And the XYGTHO P hase 3 was the fastest 4door production car of its time.

I think you got most of the information wrong about every single car but none more so than the XC Cobra. Most of the footage you showed was a Mustang. No Australian Falcon between 1960 and 2012 was ever available with a 4cyl engine. They were a short production run as they were left over hardtop shells Ford couldn't sell. They were available with either a 302 (4.9) or 351 (5.8) Cleveland V8.

The RT E49 Charger had a 265 Cubic Inch Hemi 6 cylinder with triple 2 bbl Webers making 325HP, it was also the fastest accelerating muscle car in Oz at the time...The Ford GTHO Phase 3 was the fastest 4r Door production car in the world at the time, also many Australians would place it at number one....

loved the way you talked about the ford cobra - australian model - then mixed in pictures of the mustang series 2 shit box from US , monaro is pronounced with a loud r -

Im no Aussie car expert but had thought the valiant charger GT only came with a straight 6 Hemi engine. No matter what though, the Aussies are so lucky to have had muscle cars available with everything us american car nuts have always wanted in ours. That series of hot Ford Falcon sedans would've been hot sellers here in the US for sure.

you have no idea about aussie cars only 8 of these cars are australian and your info on them is not correct get your facts right

How did a Commodore ute make the list....and the A9Torana hatch didn't...it won Bathurst by 6 laps and Brockie broke the lap record on the last lap. And im a Ford fan...

The Australian Ford Falcon XR GT had a high performance 4 Barrel 289 together with a Hurst shifter and steering wheel from the Mustang and was ONLY available in Gold with around half a dozen or so specially painted in white for the cigarette sponsors for the Gallagher 500 race, and was never available in the blue as the car you showed was an XR Fird Fairmont, but the next model the XT was similar but with a 302, the next was the XW GT with a 351 Windsor and also a HO model first with a 351 Windsor then later a 351 Cleveland, then the XY GT with 351 Cleveland and also the GT-HO which was the Fastest 4 door car in the World at the time in 71-72, a True Muscle car by any means and only lost its fastest crown to the shitty built Aston Martin Lagonda sedan, other Falcon GT’s followed on, but You really need to get your facts right as incorrect information is not on!

The Ford Falcon XR GT was only available in ONE colour, GT Gold. There were only 13 cars ordered in other colours, and they were special orders for different car dealerships

As an Australian, I'm deeply offended at the miss pronunciation of car names and sheer amount of miss information lol

thank you for getting the liters correct when talking about the 351 (5.8) every other motoring channel gets it wrong by calling it a 5.7 liter! and the Chrysler Charger RT came with a 265 Hemi straight 6, there were plans to bring in the V8's the next year but those got shelved due to the "supercar scare" btw, the only Australian Falcon to be fitted with a 4 cylinder as an option was the 2011 FG Falcon!

Pretty sure all R/T Chargers were 6 cylinder

You're wrong on so many of these cars, you need to do more accurate research on almost every car you presented, sorry.

Valiant rt chargers best engine was the Aussie made inline 6 265 Hemi more power then the v8. Please do so research

This must be the least accurate video I have ever seen. EVER!!

Wow somebody doesn't know what they're talking about when it comes to the 1978 XC Ford Falcon Cobra, There was only 400 Produced in 1978 I own car number 355 in Pennsylvania USA And why were they showing an ugly Ford Mustang Cobra 2 when they were talking about The Australian XC ford Falcon Cobra A Lot of misinformation Get your facts straight before making a video

Great to see some Aussie cars here-Love GT Falcons and Monaros. For those not in Australia, 6 cylinder engines were standard in almost every model from the late 40s odd upwards. I'd have added the HDT VK SS Group A in there myself, as well as the HT/HG GTS350 Bathurst Pack Monaro. Did you know they very nearly made an XU2 Torana with the V8 instead of the 6-that would've been amazing to get

That's why they did not sell in USA, they could not get the facts right

Xr came in gold with a handful in silver for the Gallagher cigarette company

Every Holden made from 1948 until the 1968 HK model only had six cylinder motors. Similar story with Falcons and Valiants. Sixes dominated here The Torana XU1 was notable for a six cylinder triple carburettor hot motor in a small body light car.

So many beautiful cars here.

Let's talk about the Falcon and show a mustang 2

I urge anyone interested to do your own research. E.g. XR GT only came in GT Gold. There were only 400 XC Cobras produced and it was a stripe and wheel package. It had no more power than any other V8 Falcon you could order at the time. Also a base XC falcon came with a 3.3L inline 6. All V8 falcons handle and stop like all '70s muscle cars which is crap, something to do with 500kg+ of cast iron over the nose. I could go on. There a lot of 'facts' in this that sound made up.

If you'd like accurate information about Australian Muscle cars, stay the heck away from our channel! 😂🤣🤣

What about the Barra turbo?

I saw a 78 cobra falcon with the original blue an white paint when I was on vacation in deep creek Maryland it was in absolutely beautiful condition.

What a dope, Mustang Cobra in still shots, not to mention so much other wrong info! I mean the Torana was the first 6 cylinder in Australia! Was it?😂😵‍💫😂😵‍💫😂😵‍💫The Charger was based on a US Charger! Really. The Aussie Charger looked nothing like the US box! Only interesting fact in the video was 8 out of the 10 cars were Australian!

You didn't do much research on this did you? The Australian R/T Charger was nothing like the American Charger. It was a unique design to Australia. The R/T was made for a few years starting with the E38 which was a 265 6 cylinder Hemi with a 3 speed manual behind it. The R/T E49 had a more powerful 265 Hemi and a 4 speed manual. There was an E55 which was a 340 V8 but it was not very popular due to the oil crisis of the mid 70s. The Australian Charger was built right through to 1980 and was the most popular car Chrysler Australia ever made. The Australian XC Falcon Cobra was built especially to homologate the Ford Falcon Cobra for Australia's Touring Car Championship. They were built in 1978 and 400 were made. Why 400? Because Ford Australia had 400 spare 2 door body shells sitting doing nothing and they didn't want to scrap them so they made the 1978 Ford Falcon Cobra out of them. Of the 400 that were built 200, maybe 201, had the 351 Cleveland, the rest had the Australian 302 Cleveland. They could be optioned with automatic or manual.

As Americans, we can build a few of these, namely the '67 Falcon and '71 Falcon since our 1970 Falcon 4-door body (the very last year of the old-school 'Falcon' model we had) was very similar to the Australian versions. Also, the Cosworth Sierra could be built on a Merkur XR4Ti. The Jensen Interceptor--we definitely had those here, although I believe he may have confused the Jensen FF (believed to be the first AWD/4WD cars sold in the world--as opposed to 4WD trucks/Jeeps) which we didn't get due to packaging for the 4WD system made them not crash-test worthy and/or the steering wheel could never be left-hand drive. I do wish we got the Cobra Falcons as opposed to the pigs we had here, aka Ford Torino from around the same years. Thankfully we did get some later year Holdens here starting with the 2004 Holden Monaro which was badged as the Pontiac GTO, and a few models later ending with the Holden Commodore (Pontiac G8 and finally the Chevrolet SS in 2017).

far to many mistake... All XR GT's came in GT gold with the exception of 13 cars. Monaro is not pronounced the same as Camaro. Its Mon-R-O. The R8 Malloo was not the first to be offered with a 6 speed manual trans, Holden-HSV first offered in in 1991 in the VN SS Group A. Torana is pronounced wrong... this video has so many mistakes its ridiculous and i cant be bother correcting any more... anyone watching should just assume its all incorrect

Wow how many mistakes can make!

Why was the XR GT said to only come in two colours yet most of the footage was of a gold one? I know the gold is a factory colour because I picked one up for a client last year (2022), original untouched barn find.

The greatest video ever and fantastic looking cars BRILLIANT thank you so much from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

Thanks for appreciating our Chrome bumper Aussie muscle cars. We love 'em all too. We'll just turn the volume down and forget about the commentary

GREAT video!!! Love those cars! BUT, at the end the 1978 Ford Falcon Cobra pics were mixed in with the American Ford Mustang Cobra with the same paint scheme...very different cars there, I know, I owned a 1975 Ford Mustang similar body design. But well done overall! Cheers!

The 78 Ford Falcon was a nice car but again the clip showed a mid 70's Mustang Cobra which doesn't even look like the Falcon. I was surprised that you kept coming back to the Mustang while describing the Falcon. Also the 67 Ford Falcon's only available colors were blue and white yet you showed a gold Falcon. I love the video but try to correct the inaccuracies before premiering it.

Tne Holden HK Monaro GTS 327 gave Holden it's 1st Bathurst 500 mile win in 1968. THE HK Monaro was released in 1968 a few months after the Holden HK series was released.

Nice cars, that's one the BEST thumbnails I EVER saw 😮😎

Miss information on Australian cars and the biggest motor ever fitted to a ford falcon in Australia was exclusive to the Ford Australia ceo at the time in 1970 Bill Bourke got them to pull out the 351 Cleveland 5.8 litre & then 428 Cobra jet 7.0 litre was slotted in the Ford Australia ceo car

The malu is basically a Ute. I’ve got the G8 same thing as a Holden Commodore.

About 500 Capris were converted by specialist Basil Green Motors to run the 302 Ford Windsor V8 engine. These models were known as the Capri Perana and were very successful in local touring car events, winning the 1970 South African championship and, in a different format, the 1971 championship as well. No Mk II and Mk III Capris were exported to, or built in South Africa.

There 's a lot of wrong info on the Cobra here. Firstly the pictures are mostly of an American Mustang Cobra which is not a Falcon, secondly, there were only 400 Australian XC Falcon Cobras built. Also, I don't believe any Falcon came with a 4 cylinder engine until the Ecoboost engines of the 2000's.

I really think you need to research Australian cars a lot more because most of your facts where completly wrong

as an owner of an XB 2 door , 73 , they do not handle well at all , they push in corners because of the front wieght of the motor , but they are fun to drive , and trail breaking helps :)

Imagine straight up ignoring the xr6 turbo. Americans still port the barra engine over there to swap into everything from mustangs to supras.

Uniquely, the South African market also saw the introduction of a 5.0-litre XR8 between June 1984 and 1988. A limited number of 250 x 2 Sierras were made for the purposes of homologation,[34] as this model was the premier Ford used in Group A racing. The XR8 was fitted with the 302 ci engine from the US Ford Mustang, and the Borg Warner T5 heavy duty transmission. Front brakes were AP Racing four-piston calipers on 280 mm discs. Max power is 209 PS (154 kW) and a top speed of 225 km/h (140 mph) was claimed.[35] The XR8 is easily recognized by having four cooling slats between the headlights, whereas lesser versions were sold with the original smooth front.

You REALLY stuffed up FACTS about the 1967 XRGT. Colours and numbers made both hilariously WRONG.

Thanks for sharing these cars, I've never seen them before

So much mis information , 2 British fords … my head just exploded watching this .

As an Aussie, I don't mind you stuffing up the names, but gee mate, you got so many things wrong. XR GT only came out in Bronze. Torana XU1 was only a 2 door, never a 4 door. The 1978 Ford Cobra had over 325HP, not 175HP. And there were only 500 built as they were the last 500 Hardtop bodies. Ford stopped making 2 doors after that. Only 300 of the 1971 XY GT HO were made. The other 1250 were just XY GT's. The GT HO was for homologation for racing.

All these aussie muscle cars are now worth upward of 200K, I really wished I'd bought an XU1 when I was young and kept it until now - what an investment

The monaro also came with a 350 chev.

It’s sort of funny how they go on about this being a “true performance” car that does 0-60 in 9 seconds? 😂

After finishing the video, my only comment is to delete this video, because of how incorrect it is.

How can you be talking about the XC Cobra and be showing a Mustang Cobra instead? 175HP? Dude, you are getting your Cobra's mixed up badly. Do you want this channel to grow at all?

XRGT was only available in "GT Gold", except for eight that were Gallaher Silver and another five that were Russet Bronze, Sultan Maroon, Polar White, Avis White and Ivy Green.

Was this video created and edited by an AI? So many mistakes... Why do you keep showing a Mustang Cobra while talking about a Falcon Cobra?!

Ford Australia XR6-TURBO (FPV Typoon)...powered by the I6-Turbo Barra Engine (strictly the Turbo Barra is called the Gull) 315KW and 345KW on overboost on low grade fuel, add 10% for 98 octane (Aussie rating). Perfect flat torque curve from 1500rpm to red-line means perfect RWD-LSD chassis control in even soaking wet conditions on the most complex of road sections. Perfect straight six smoothness. The Barra NA is dirt cheap and incredibly tough, robust, and reliable. The NA Barra engine ran the Aussie taxi fleet for decades. If you must tune it, and the perfect flat factory torque curve suggests strongly that it is a retrograde step to tune , 1000hp is a simple off the shelf solution, with 2000hp turning solutions becoming more common.

Enjoyed the video as I'm very ignorant of Australian autos. That said, I'm sure I'm not the first to notice the mixing in of the US Ford Mustang II from the mid-70s with the number one Ford Falcon Cobra from Australia. While they had the same paint scheme, they certainly don't look the same...and I'm not even a Ford guy.

You will find the performance rt valiant charges were, in fact, 4.3 liter 6 cylinder cars the 71 E38 and 72 E49 302bhp triple Webber carburettors The E49 was also Australia's fastest accelerating car for years aswell.

You some how missed South Africa who also had muscle cars like the 1971 Ford Fairmont GT Super rhino. The car was made in Australia, but never sold in Australia. We did have the Fairmont, but not as a GT. Chevrolet also had the SS and others that were not the same cars as the USA and were made in Australia, not holdens, but made by holden.

Another thing you left out along with all just about everything else that is totally incorrect is that the R/t Charger only came with a 265 ci six that was a high performance triple Weber car straight from the factory and was the fastest accelerating six cylinder car in the world at the time doing the quarter mile in the 14’s and NEVER did the R/T come with a V8, the 340 4 barrel was in the E55 and other models of chargers and Valiants had the 318 & 360’s, do your bloody homework for a start before you spread crap around man!

Love most of these cars, however some of the information given is totally inaccurate, especially with the final car, the Ford Falcon Cobra. The original 1978 Australian Ford Falcon never came with a four cylinder engine, the standard engine was a 3.3 liter 6 cylinder engine and the other options were a 4.1 liter 6, and the Cobra's came with either a 302 cu in v8 and a 351 cubic inch v8.

The Jensen was sold in the US. I saw one in the show room of a Ford dealer in Orlando FL.back in the 1970s

This is nothing but an insult to Australian car enthusiasts. Mistakes and errors as well as pronunciations are shocking.

In actual fact there were only 400 Ford XC Cobras produced. Not the over 1000 as quoted in this video. It was produced because Ford Australia had 400 bodies of the coupe style left and were retooling for the new ford series cars the Falcon XD model, these coupe bodies needed to be sold quickly. This was a design idea by Edsel Ford II the assistant manager of Ford at the time in Broadmeadows, Australia. As a result Ford Australia produced the XC Cobra as a limited edition, each body had it's number printed on the front guards 1 through 400. And yes they were and still are an amazing piece of Oz Muscle.

The only reason people seem to think the XC Cobra is better than the XA/XB GT coupes was marketing. The Cobra engine was very restricted with the newer emissions standards and its output was way lower than the previous models. 302cui Cleveland V8 vs the 351cui 4V Cleveland V8 in the top spec XA/XB GT models. The reality of the XC Cobra is that it was a clever way for Ford to "sell off" the remaining 2 door coupe bodies it had produced in the XB era that did not finish production or sell. "Face lift" XB coupes with a dull performance, but a catchy paint job. The real king of the Aussie Falcon 2 door coupe models was the very specific and order only RP083 GT models. These models had the Phase 4 spec, but without the nametag as the "muscle car scare" of the 70s put the Phase 4 nametag in a bad light. As a result of that, there are only four official GT Phase 4 cars (the press release cars), and all of them are 4 door, but you could still order the same spec car at a dealership. I owned one of these RP083 models in my 20's. They are also a dog to drive (to quote Dick Johnson - Aussie racecar driver). Very unpredictable suddenly going from the expected slight understeer to snap oversteer quicker than you can blink. The power steering units on these models didn't help and gave little to no feedback on the direction the front wheels were pointed (numb steering). The best model to use this Falcon platform (same platform from XR to XE), was the XD and XE 351cui Cleveland S-Pack and ESP models. The steering geometry and feel was sorted, and the live axle rear end was now on a 5 link rear end and no longer flopping around on leaf springs. There's a great video of Dick Johnson's 1983 qualify lap at Bathurst on YT to gauge its performance and handling (up until about 2/3rd track anyway).

Americans loved the XA XB coupes and the ford and holden utes as well. Shame Ford and GM were not switched on to the wants consumers.

The GM Holden Torana GTR XU1 "was the first production car in Australia to be fitted with a six cylinder engine"? ROTFLMWAO! Try again and you may get it correct next time.

The XB GT was built from 1973 to 1976, try and get your facts straight.

The Jensons Achilles heel is that the early ones employed Lucas (The Prince of Darkness) lighting systems.

That '68 Holden Monaro is fantastic, and would've went over well in the U.S. The 327, is probably the BEST American made smallblock. I had one, You can tweak it to just about any HP rating. The" Maloo" Utes, should've been available in the U.S. '72 Holden Torana, was also awesome looking! However, it needed a hefty V8. Valiant Charger was awesome looking, but had weak motor options. The Ford Falcon XB GT is my favorite Aussie car. Some exchangeable parts with a '71-'73 Mustang, it looks like.

A limited edition version of the Firenza was built in South Africa known as the Chevrolet Can-Am (or the Little Chev) by South Africans using the 5-liter (302ci) V8 from the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. In order for the car to qualify for racing, 100 had to be sold to the public, so only 100 were built.[4]

Cool video but quite a bit of misinformation with the charger & Falcons ((not sure with the Holdens, not a Holden guy)

They should have made 500 or so of the "Holden effigy! Work of art! The orange ford XB GT shown here is Aussie actor"Eric Bana's I'm pretty sure?

Best way to get the KZfaq algorithm working for you: make vids with a tonne of misinformation and wait for all the comments to correct them. Very tricky Blurred.

The Holden Torana LJ GTR XU1 gave Motor Racing Legend Peter Brock his 1st of 9 Bathurst wins in 1972.. The GTR XU1 is the Option of the LJ GTR 2 door. GTRs and the XU1 were only available in 2 Door

@ 14.05, The Ford Cobra is the XC falcan, the engines available on the XC were the 200ci, 250ci six cyl and 302ci and 351ci V8's, they never were fitted with 4cyl engines.

The Ford GT Phase 3 at the time was the fastest four-door naturally aspirated production car in the world.

Facts. XRGT came in gold... Valiant charger was a 6 cylinder XU-1 never came in 4 door. Falcon never had a 4 cylinder engine.....

Nr. one never sold in USA is Opel Lotus Omega! Beat all these cars with ease....

Almost everything said in this video is wrong. In some cases, the images shown contradict what is being said so the video disproves some of its own claims. As a car enthusiast in Australia, I can tell you that almost everything this clown says is bullshit. You don't have to take my word for it a quick internet search will debunk most things said here.

1970's Falcons never came out with a 4 cylinder engine, Engines variants were a 250 straight 6, 289 v8, 302 v8 or a 351 v8

Jensen Interceptors were in the U.S. I remember seeing a number of them, in convertible form.

I had an XR Panel Van!! Was a beast/boat.. My brothers mate has GENUINE 1978 Ford Falcon Cobra

The Maloo was first introduced in the 90's

I like the 68 XRGT Falcon in gold, the 68 GTS Monaro in blue and the E49 RT Charger in silver 😍😍😍

WoW the A9X was so famous we wont even mention it, Peter Broke would be turning in his grave.

There were only 400 made of the xc Cobra. Ford were at the end of the xa - xc model run and had 400 body shells left over that they intended to scrap. An idea was put forward to paint them in Mustang Cobra colours, put V8's in them and sell them off as XC Cobra's. Except for 19 versions that were built for racing homologation reasons they aren't considered super high performance and have only seen interest from collectors in the last 10 - 20 years.