Here we have put together a bit of a write up comparing the cost of petrol when each Falcon model was released up against the new car price. We have worked out how the price of petrol compares to the price of the new car by showing how many litres of petrol it would have costs to buy that model Falcon. All price in $AUD. Petrol prices quoted are in cents. Beware that decimal currency was not brought out until 1966 (XR Falcon), however it has been converted.
1960 XK Falcon:
New car price in 1960: £1 137 ($2 274)
Petrol price in 1960: 7.79
Litres of petrol needed to buy XK Falcon in 1960: 29 191 Litres
1962 XL Falcon:
New car price in 1962: £1 070 ($2 140)
Petrol price in 1962: 7.48
Litres of petrol needed to buy XL Falcon in 1962: 28 610 Litres
1964 XM Falcon:
New car price in 1964: £1 051 ($2 102)
Petrol price in 1964: 7.43
Litres of petrol needed to buy XM Falcon in 1964: 28 291 Litres
1965 XP Falcon:
New car price in 1965: £1 075 ($2 150)
Petrol price in 1965: 7.41
Litres of petrol needed to buy XP Falcon in 1965: 29 015 Litres
1966 XR Falcon:
New car price in 1966: $2 226
Petrol price in 1966: 7.99
Litres of petrol needed to buy XR Falcon in 1966: 27 860 Litres
1968 XT Falcon:
New car price in 1968: $2 330
Petrol price in 1968: 8.52
Litres of petrol needed to buy XT Falcon in 1968: 27 374 Litres
1969 XW Falcon:
New car price in 1969: $2 320
Petrol price in 1969: 8.56
Litres of petrol needed to buy XW Falcon in 1969: 27 103 Litres
1970 XY Falcon:
New car price in 1970: $2 435
Petrol price in 1970: 8.73
Litres of petrol needed to buy XY Falcon in 1970: 27 892 Litres
1972 XA Falcon:
New car price in 1972: $2 750
Petrol price in 1972: 10.10
Litres of petrol needed to buy XA Falcon in 1972: 27 228 Litres
1973 XB Falcon:
New car price in 1973: $3 236
Petrol price in 1973: 10.10
Litres of petrol needed to buy XB Falcon in 1973: 32 040 Litres
1976 XC Falcon:
New car price in 1976: $5 456
Petrol price in 1976: 16.16
Litres of petrol needed to buy XC Falcon in 1976: 33 762 Litres
1979 XD Falcon:
New car price in 1979: $6 600
Petrol price in 1979: 22.58
Litres of petrol needed to buy XD Falcon in 1979: 29 229 Litres
1982 XE Falcon:
New car price in 1982: $9 758
Petrol price in 1982: 35.95
Litres of petrol needed to buy XE Falcon in 1982: 27 143 Litres
1984 XF Falcon:
New car price in 1984: $12 007
Petrol price in 1984: 46.08
Litres of petrol needed to buy XF Falcon in 1984: 26 057 Litres
1988 EA Falcon:
New car price in 1988: $19 431
Petrol price in 1988: 54.73
Litres of petrol needed to buy EA Falcon in 1988: 35 503 Litres
1991 EB Falcon:
New car price in 1991: $24 042
Petrol price in 1991: 69.43
Litres of petrol needed to buy EB Falcon in 1991: 34 628 Litres
1993 ED Falcon:
New car price in 1993: $25 255
Petrol price in 1993: 68.14
Litres of petrol needed to buy ED Falcon in 1993: 37 063 Litres
1994 EF Falcon:
New car price in 1994: $27 035
Petrol price in 1994: 67.00
Litres of petrol needed to buy EF Falcon in 1994: 40 754 Litres
1996 EL Falcon:
New car price in 1996: $29 594
Petrol price in 1996: 70.65
Litres of petrol needed to buy EL Falcon in 1996: 41 888 Litres
1998 AU Falcon:
New car price in 1998: $29 990
Petrol price in 1998: 70.62
Litres of petrol needed to buy AU Falcon in 1998: 42 467 Litres
2002 BA Falcon:
New car price in 2002: $33 640
Petrol price in 2002: 83.80
Litres of petrol needed to buy BA Falcon in 2002: 40 143 Litres
2005 BF Falcon:
New car price in 2005: $34 880
Petrol price in 2005: 101.62
Litres of petrol needed to buy BF Falcon in 2005: 34 324 Litres
2008 FG Falcon:
New car price in 2008: $45 790
Petrol price in 2008: 135.02
Litres of petrol needed to buy FG Falcon in 2008: 33 913 Litres
2014 FG-X Falcon:
New car price in 2014: $35 900
Petrol price in 2014: 150.64
Litres of petrol needed to buy FG-X Falcon in 2014: 23 831 Litres