The XR Falcon introduced the ‘GT’ variant
The XR Falcon was the first Falcon to offer a V8 engine
All XR GT’s were originally painted gold
The XR Falcon was the first of the second generation of Australian Ford Falcons
The XR series was offered in 9 different models
The XR Falcon won Wheels Car of the year in 1966
The XR Falcon was available with 3 transmissions, 2 of them Automatic
The XR was promoted as a ‘Mustang bred Falcon’ hinting at its performance. Ford backed up their talk by winning Bathurst in 1967 with an XR GT.
The XR V8 could get from 0 – 100km/h in about 10 seconds, very good for its time.
Fuel economy for the XR V8 was around 16L/ 100km