News Source: topspeed.com

The Ford Falcon has been in production since 1960, and since 1972, it’s been entirely a product of Australia  — designed, developed, and produced entirely separate from the U.S. It holds the position of Australia’s best-selling car, and sells with a variety of engines and trim levels. Over the last seven generations, more than 3 million of them have been sold. That’s a lot of Falcon  s. They even produce a Ranchero-like ute version that takes the awesomeness to a whole new level. Heading into 2015, Ford is releasing a new performance version of the Falcon, dubbed the FPV GT F.

Sometimes, I swear Ford  is just trying to make its customers in the United States jealous of its customers in Australia. Sure, they gave the U.S. a much more capable Focus  than was previously available, the tiny-but-flickable Fiesta  , and a number of quite enjoyable ST models, but even so, it seems like the Australians have all the fun.

Even as the Fusion  and Taurus  improve leaps and bounds over their predecessors, neither sedan is offered with a V-8, and neither is rear-wheel drive. The Australian Ford Falcon, however, comes with both rear-wheel-drive and an optional V-8, which makes it much more desirable than the Fusion or even the Taurus in the United States. If you want tail-out fun from an American sedan  , then the Ford Falcon is one of those cars that you know you love, but you know you can’t have.

To make things worse, Ford has just introduced the Falcon-based 2015 FPV GT F, a 5.0-liter, V-8 monster of a sedan that makes more horsepower than a Mustang GT and still manages to have the capacity to drive your friends down to the neighborhood pub.

If you were jealous of the Ford Falcon before, the 2015 FPV GT F will leave you even more jealous than before. If you’re looking for a performance sedan, then you’re probably not looking for the most ostentatious sedan that you can get your hands on. Sure, there are the guys out there who are desperately searching for the finest golden rims to put on their brand new, fast-and-furious Subaru WRX STI  , but not every guy wants to draw attention from as many onlookers as possible.

The interior of a car like this is often the least of anyone’s worries. After all, it has a bigger engine, and it’s faster, so who gives a flying fornication about the interior? Surely the guys who care about speed don’t care about the fact that the interior is basically the same as the base model with the six-cylinder, right?

Lately, however, members of the automotive press have been getting onto manufacturers who don’t bother to update the cabin, even as the price of a particular trim level climbs to three or four times its original level. Ford has taken particular heat in the past for not updating the Mustang’s cabin enough between the base level vehicles and their more performance-oriented siblings.

Luckily, Ford promises improvements in the GT F’s cabin, claiming that there will be darker tones and more lustrous finishes. The instrument panel spears receive particular attention, as they will apparently have a completely new look when compared to previous models.

The FPV GT F is a performance model, and as such, the drivetrain is pretty much all that anybody cares about. As the most powerful model in the Falcon lineup, the drivetrain is probably the only thing that anyone cares about.

To make things short, the engine is a 5.0-liter V-8 that cranks out 470 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque. If that sounds like a lot to you, that’s because it is. If that doesn’t sound like very much, that’s because you’ve been reading too many forum posts about hypothetical matchups between the Veyron and the P1.

Because Ford of Australia loves its customers and wants to make Americans even more jealous, the FPV GT F’s engine has a function that will allow drivers to access up to 15% more power, assuming that driving conditions permit it. It won’t be available in first gear, and it won’t be available below 4000 rpm, but it will exist and be very real.

The rear suspension also comes with rear camber bolt adjustment, which should allow owners to tune their suspensions for either the road or the race track. Pricing is expected to start at $77,900 in Australian dollars ($73,271 USD as of 6/12/2014), but if there’s one thing that we know, it’s that international pricing doesn’t translate well across the ocean. Considering that the Ford Focus ST begins right around $38,290 in Australian dollars, and the Ford Focus  ST has a starting MSRP of $23,700 in the U.S., the price of the FPV GT F in American dollars would likely be somewhere around $50,000. Hypothetically speaking, of course — Ford would ever pull a Chevy SS and import the FPV GT F to the States.