Ford AU 2000 Falcon XR8 '00

The Ford Falcon XR8 (Tickford Falcon XR8 in earlier games) is an Australian Race Car produced by Ford/Tickford. It is powered by a highly modified 302 cubic inch (5 liter) OHV Windsor SVO V8 which puts out figures of 610 horsepower and 623 Foot Pounds of torque. Because of this power, the car tends to suffer from small amounts of oversteer when given a spirited drive around a track.

The Car


This specific car was driven by 2-time V8 Supercar Champion Glenn Seton during the 2000 season of the V8 Supercars Australia Championship, where he drove it to a respectable finish of 5th place out of 74 drivers classified in the championship that year with 5 Podium Places, including a 13th place at the most difficult race of the year; the 2000 FAI Bathurst 1000, a demanding 1000km (622mi) race around the Mount Panorama circuit, situated in Bathurst, NSW, Australia.