In Australia, the ute as a body style dates back to the 1934 Ford Coupe. When it comes down to the Ford Falcon Ute, the first of its kind dates back to the XK generation from the 1960s. Now, though, ...

In 2013, Ford Australia announced that it will stop making cars by the end of 2016. The company quoted uncompetitive manufacturing costs, poor sales, as well as losses of AUD$141 million and AUD$290 ...

The final Ford Falcon and Territory have rolled off the Broadmeadows line in Australia, marking an end to 91 years of Ford manufacturing in the land of Oz. The last four vehicles to be produced—a ...

Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] in 1925 became the first major automaker to start car production in Australia. Ford’s arch rival in Australia, Holden, also ended production of its version of the ...

From 1957 to 1979, Ford produced the intriguing Ranchero pickup, officially classified as a ‘coupe utility’ vehicle or a ‘ute’ in Australia, where it had its own Falcon Ute counterpart. The Ranchero ...

The El Camino gets all the glory, but the utilitarian Ranchero embodied car comfort and pickup utility for more than two decades.