KEY POINTS:
Ford will drop the V8 engine option in all models but the performance-orientated XR range.
The HSV-competitor FPV range will not be effected.
A decision was made by Ford Australia to drop the three-valve 5.4 V8 that's available in the Fairmont Ghia, Fairlane and LTD models.
Ford removed the V8 completely from the Falcon range during most of the 1980s.
The four-valve engine in the XR8 sedan and ute will now be the only V8 available in the mainstream blue oval range of Aussie-built cars.
- NZ HERALD STAFF
