The current focus on the Ford Ranger has wholly usurped the brand’s other ute – the Falcon ute – which has just slipped unobtrusively into oblivion.
In fact, the 467,690th ute built also happened to be the last to edge off the Broadmeadows production line this week.
The concept for a ute was conceptualised by Ford in 1934, with the first Falcon ute, the XK, launched in 1961.
The current model FG, which has been in production – with updates – since 2008, is quintessentially seventh generation.
Falcon production is terminating entirely at the end September.
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