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Stated simply these are the best brakes available on any car built in Australia and go close to being the equal of any braking system fitted on any road car on the world. The other change on the XB we really appreciated - and which somehow manages to help give the Falcon GT an almost European feel - is the switch to four-wheel disc brakes, as on Ford's LTD and Landau. Now Ford Australia has shown the lead hopefully we can expect GMH, Chrysler and Leyland to follow suit.Įuropean and Japanese manufacturers probably think it's crazy to make such a big deal of what is, in engineering terms, really just a minor change, but for an Australian car it is a major breakthrough and should lead to stalk operation for not only headlight dipping/flashing and horn operation (as on the Falcons) but also for the wipers and washers. The astonishment that, here at last, was an all-Australian car with such a desirable device had gone, but the pleasure of knowing it was at finger tips distance from the steering wheel remained. today's Falcon GT is more than ever a grand tourer.įirst published in the January 1974 issue of Wheels magazine, Australia's best car mag since 1953.ĮVEN ON THE VERY LAST mile of a 1200 mile test of the new Falcon XB GT we took great delight in flashing the headlights with the car's new steering column stalk. Four wheel disc brakes and a headlight flasher.