Ford Falcon XY GT

The Ford Falcon XY GT was a sports sedan based on the Ford Falcon XY, released by Ford Australia in 1970, with the GTHO Phase III following in 1971. It was the fourth in the initial series of the Ford Falcon GT. Some 1,557 were produced from September 1970 to December 1971, including 300 GTHO Phase IIIs built from May 1971 to November 1971, and a limited number were exported to South Africa with Fairmont GT badging. It used a 351 cubic inch Cleveland V8 carried over from the XW GT and GT-HO Phase II, with a factory claim of 224 kilowatts, and was sold with four-speed manual or heavy duty three-speed automatic transmissions. A Falcon XY GTHO Phase III sold at auction for A$683,650 in March 2007.