2025 Ford Australia 100 Years - FG-X XR8 Falcon 2014 Stamp and Coin Cover PNC

The Perth Mint and Australia Post have released this to mark 100 Years of Ford Australia with this specially crafted FG-X XR8 Falcon 2014 2025 Coin.

In 1925 the Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited (known as Ford Australia) was founded as a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, with headquarters in Geelong, Victoria. On 1 July, in an improvised factory in a converted wool store, the first Australian-built Ford vehicle was completed. The company built a permanent Geelong factory that produced various models over the years, and in 1956 opened a second complex in Broadmeadows, which became its headquarters in 1961.

Ford manufacturing in Australia ended in 2016. Ford Australia continues to lead design and development of the Ranger utility and Everest SUV models, and imports vehicles for Australian buyers.

The best-known Ford in Australia was the Falcon, with more than 3.5 million vehicles produced here between 1960 and 2016. Originally based on an American design, over the decades it was increasingly adapted to Australian conditions. The FG XR8 Falcon was another powerful eight-cylinder car. Its successor, the FGX XR8, was the last locally manufactured V8 Ford car.

The coin’s reverse presents an illustration of the FG-X XR8 Falcon - 2014