FORD Performance Vehicles this year celebrates its fifth anniversary of production.
To mark the occasion, FPV has announced it will build a special commemorative model that will be revealed at next month’s Australian International Motor Show.
FPV general manager Rod Barrett was coy about revealing too many details, but promised FPV enthusiasts that the vehicle would be a great collectors’ item following last year’s 40th Anniversary GT and Cobra.
Five years may seem embryonic in the automotive realm, but FPV’s heritage can be traced back to the golden years of Australian motor sport when the GT legend was born.
The FPV GT was launched in 2003 and marked the beginning of a new era in performance motoring, bringing with it fond memories of 1967 when the XR GT won the Bathurst 1000.
“FPV has established itself in the Australian performance market in such a short time,” Mr Barrett said. “When we first launched FPV the brand revolved around the iconic status of the GT. Now FPV has grown in only five years to include two families – the GT and the F6, available in sedan, ute and SUV models.”
The FPV F6 has become one of Australia’s most lauded performance vehicles, with the original 270kW F6 Typhoon winning Motor Magazine’s Performance Car of the Year in 2006.
Top Gear Australia recently labelled the new FPV F6 as “quite simply the best sports sedan on sale in the world today under $100,000.”
Motor Magazine heralded the new FPV F6 as not only “the company’s best car by some margin, it’s also quite possibly the greatest performance car Australia has ever produced.”
“These guys are comparing our car to legends like the GT HO and that’s just amazing for our brand,” Mr Barrett said.