Ford Motor Company’s global chief executive Alan Mulally last week confirmed the next Falcon would end the nameplate’s decades-long run as a model designed and developed exclusively in Australia. It will instead be based on a new global large-car platform, likely to be shared with the US market’s Taurus, currently a front-wheel-drive.  For the full story please visit drive.com.au

A terrified 22-year-old driver thought he was going to die when a jammed cruise control trapped him in his four-wheel drive for half an hour as it raced along the Eastern Freeway. The Ford Explorer’s cruise control got stuck at 100 kph. For the full story please visit smh.com.au

Designed to enhance rear passenger safety, Ford has unveiled the first passenger-car seatbelt airbags, due for production late next year. In the event of a front or side impact, the seatbelt airbag will inflate in 40 milliseconds, distributing the force across an area five times greater than a regular seatbelt. For the full story please visit www.themotorreport.com.au

The Ford Falcon will gain a turbocharged four-cylinder engine in a bid to appeal to buyers looking for a more fuel efficient vehicle. The company claims the new turbocharged 2.0-litre direct-injection four-cylinder petrol engine will deliver six-cylinder performance with the fuel consumption and emissions of a small car. It claims the four-cylinder will use 15 to 20 per cent less fuel than V6 alternatives. For the full story please visit drive.com.au

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