Ford Fairmont (Australia)

The Fairmont was the upmarket version of the Ford Falcon built by Ford Australia from 1965 to 2008. It arrived in September 1965 with the XP Falcon range and replaced the Falcon Futura sedan and the Falcon Squire wagon. It carried a higher level of standard equipment than the matching Falcon, and for much of its first 25 years a larger engine, disc brakes, power steering and automatic transmission that were extra cost options on the Falcon. It was always sold as a four door sedan, as a five door station wagon until 2002 and as a two door hardtop from 1972 to 1978. Australian built Fairmonts were exported to the United Kingdom between 1967 and 1978, and the line ended in 2008 when the FG Falcon range replaced it with the G6 models.