10 Cars From American Brands Never Sold in the U.S.

[@lunch6360]

7:33 not a GT HO Just a standard XB GT Falcon What is a shame that you’re missing from your list is the 1971 Australian XY GT HO Phase 3 Ford Falcon. At the time was the fastest 4 door production car in the world

[@omar15964]

Should have had a Ford GTHO Phase 4 xa sedan, worth $2 million dollars +

[@omar15964]

Th xb bonnet is wrong as it should haven coloured co ordinated a darker green as the wheel arch and bottom of the doors. I had the 351 XB in two door in the same colour scheme

[@lunch6360]

omar15964 still a super clean XB though

[@omar15964]

True

[@phaztheaussiebastard]

They also failed to mention that the cobra also came with the option of a 4.9l 302cui V8, and the Australian charger came with a 265cui 6 from factory, was the fastest accelerating car in AU at the time

[@blebhan8213]

Hold it. The Ford Capri was sold in America as the Mercury Capri.

[@robertlsmith6387]

But not that particular model

[@XA351GT]

Yes they were. They didn't have rectangular headlights , but it was sold here. My best friend had a 1974.

[@robertlsmith6387]

@@XA351GT it was a ford?

[@luckyb3859]

Same vehicle. They just had more flavors across the pond. "...(1970-1977)... Priced at $2,300 at the time of its launch, the Capri was marketed as an economical sporty coupe (with no upscale trim levels unlike its European market variants e.g. the GT, RS, L, XL, and XLR which were trim levels), far smaller than the Mercury Cougar and Montego.[2] In its adaptation to the American market, the Capri saw several minor revisions, with the two rectangular headlights of the Ford Capri replaced by four circular headlamps (shared with some upscale Capri models sold for the European market eg the RS or GT - the rectangular lighting did not meet FMVSS 108), grille-mounted turn signals, and side marker lights; Rostyle wheels were fitted as standard equipment. While produced in Germany as a variant of the Ford Cortina, the Capri adopted powertrain commonality with the newly introduced Ford Pinto. Originally powered by a 1.6L Kent "crossflow" inline-four, the Capri received a 2.0L "OHC" inline-4 for 1971. As an option, for 1972, Mercury introduced a 2.6L Cologne V6, becoming the first American-market vehicle marketed by Ford Motor Company with a V6 engine. For 1974, the V6 was enlarged to 2.8L, as Ford revised castings for both the engine block and cylinder heads..."

[@joshmcdaniel7219]

Ford Mercury Lincoln all the same thing really

[@rockthesix1679]

Australia had some really cool cars that we in the US never had. I'd imagine they would want what we had that was never sold there.

[@TCM215]

Exactly:) mustang and corvette to only name two. Heaps more. They exist here though, have been converted to great expense to right hand drive. There are quite a few American cars here. The F100 etc series was sold here

[@randomdude4669]

@Green Mamba Games there were still large importers back when they were semi new with dozens of old camaros and cudas

[@bghoody5665]

Agreed. Those Falcons were pretty nice. The Holden Monaro eventually made it to NA as the Pontiac GTO, but too little too late for Pontiac.

[@snoopgranny474]

the video is wrong, these fords aren't American brands. Ford was made in Australia and American fords are pretty much an entirely different brand. Ford Australia were designed, manufactured and sold by Australians. These falcons have nothing to do with America at all, it's called Aussie muscle because it's Australian. Also to the guy saying that we never got any big muscle cars you need to research more because thats mad bs i can name hundreds of the top of my head with bigger motors and shells than any of your self crashing pieces of trash.

[@marcosscheneider2586]

In Brazil the opala isn't the sight to see, because they are not as rare as the Maverick, even rarer is the Maverick Interceptor. Gods i wish we could bring more american cars to brazil

[@germancavallo8277]

marcos scheneider sopa do macaço

[@guimach]

@@germancavallo8277 uma delicia

[@JDsHouseofHobbies]

My parents had a 1973 Maverick Grabber with a 302. Still have fond memories of that car!

[@alexandreamadio4780]

Se tivesse importação desses carros para serem usados nas ruas do Brasil, o governo brasileiro iria querer cobrar imposto a mais no ipva desses carros, e ainda os donos pagariam multa por modificações não autorizadas pelo detran. Parece piada, mas é verdade.

[@ShadowACE1998]

God those Aussie Fords are beautiful. You guys really knew what you were doing down there.

[@jeremiahjase6041]

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[@simonazariah395]

@Jeremiah Jase Flixportal =)

[@jeremiahjase6041]

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[@simonazariah395]

@Jeremiah Jase glad I could help :)

[@samkendall8471]

Those Australia cars would be bad ass if they were sold here in the U.S.

[@GeneralG1810]

Mate check out this beast called Xboss, it's an XB Falcon coupe kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWWrpauXidqfZ6c

[@brandobee2264]

Only Aussie cars we get are the g8 gt and the gto, I'm personally a ute fan tbh Edit: forgot about the Chevy ss

[@Expedient_Mensch]

@@brandobee2264 Your the wrong generation mate,

[@GeneralG1810]

We used to have nice utes too, but these days they're all 4x4's. I remember Holden had a ute add with the SS doing circle work in a field to the song Thunderstruck by ACDC, was a great add but it got canned because the SJW cry babies said it promoted unsafe driving

[@paulmcateer1595]

Check out madmaxcars.com & "Left hand Utes" for Aussie stuff that's available in North America.

[@boogiebarbie7792]

Chevrolet Opala shared the body from the Rekord Coupe

[@neilgibbons2532]

D rekord is an opel. Is it not????0

[@sarahwebster8927]

Indeed it is...Opel Rekord C coupe, I own one, they came out in ‘66 to ‘72 then sold the tooling on to Cheverolet in south America to produce the Opala.

[@leonardobarbosa2113]

Yes the Rekord is from Opel, and Opel is one of the inspirations to the name Opala, the another inspiration is the Impala

[@styrelsefksu4463]

@@sarahwebster8927 My first var was a Opel Commodore GS coupe they came out in 67 to 71 although it had its first debut in 66 and had the same body as the Record C Coupe but it had a straight six with two carburetors Mine was upgraded to two Weber 36/36 at some point there was a record B model with a straight 6 produced in 65-66 The Record D /Commodore B was introduced in 72 and discontinued in 77

[@letstrythis2024]

DogieBuster it looked like a nova

[@maddogmcrae]

That German Capri was sold in Canada for a while as the Mercury Capri. A family friend had one, it was a sweet little car.

[@killabee623]

I am A GM man but that ford cobra looks hot.

[@plymouth491]

That's the 'XA' Falcon, the model that Mad Max's car was based on. Aussie cars at the time used letters to designate a series of a particular car, like the 'VH' Valiant Charger, but that series wasn't necessarily just a single year the way we would say, "I own a '69 Dodge Charger." Does that kinda make sense?

[@deathnights-bane3301]

@@plymouth491 the letter system worked better in my opinion especially when it came down to the gtho series, with it becoming easy to mix up the xy and the xw phase 3 and phase 2 respectively, whose only design difference was a shaker in the xy and slightly different rear lights, however the two cars were made so closely that it becomes hard to differentiate when it comes to years.

[@matthewharris4966]

Those Ford Cobras are so rare i haven't seen one anywhere accept at car shows for about 20 years & I'm on the road travelling for work every day up and down the Aussie east coast.

[@deathnights-bane3301]

@@matthewharris4966 true then again, I hardly see xws or xys, generally people keep them safe inside to protect them like my pops xw and my dad's two xp falcons

[@fugawiaus]

Jim Kelly the cobra was an xc falcon, not an xa.

[@inquisitor229]

Aside from the Escort RS1600 having 110bhp (not 220) there was also the MKII RS1800. From South Africa you need to add the Capri 5.0 V8 Perana and the Cortina 3.0 V6 Interceptor. And the 5.0 V8 Sierra XR8.

[@garygritter5701]

They also made the perana escort

[@michaelmixon2479]

I really liked the Ford Falcon Cobra!

[@ras4782]

Man them things was sweet

[@DirtTherapyDownUnder]

Piss weak compared to the E49 Hemi 6 Pack Charger that was missing off the list

[@neilgibbons2532]

Not tin can touch that ford escort!!!!

[@xpusostomos]

The cobra is great. Never could figure out why half of them only had 302s though. That was a travesty.

[@TheWolverine-rm2kr]

I loved the sound of the Chrysler Valiant Charger 5:43

[@ericjohnson7632]

Great video! Good to see American iconic car brands in other countries that fellow gear heads love. 👍👍👍👍 Keep up the good work!

[@rotaryrocket74]

Actually, the Ford Sierra Cosworth was sold to us in the states, as a rebadged Merkur XR4Ti

[@ThisIsVinecessary]

The Cosworth is a 2ltr twin cam turbo where as the XR4Ti is a 2.3ltr SOHC turbo.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

^ yep! Big difference! I have a 2.3t out of an xr4ti swapped into my '89 Ranger

[@SvenTviking]

The Merkur is closer to an XR4i, which was not turbo.

[@Embargoman]

Yes, it was well Ford of Britain have some better version of cars that sold in the US like the Escort.

[@rotaryrocket74]

@@Embargoman Agreed

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

Those Aussie Falcons are just awesome. The Mad Max Interceptor is one of my favorite movie cars of all time.👍

[@kevinguadarramarodriguez800]

In Mexico, the Valiants has two alternative series Super Bee and Duster

[@huntingtonbeachsasquatch]

First one's like a mini Nova! ......Looks like it has a lot of room for bigger and better! 👍👍👍

[@davidhollenshead4892]

The Ford Capri was sold in the US, with a 4 or v6 engine....

[@blanchae]

@Tom Stack I had one in the late 70s, very nice car. In Canada.

[@TrueIgnition]

Absolute rust buckets pile of shit motor but lovely at the same time. You’ll understand it when you’ve worked on em ahah

[@realname2158]

@@TrueIgnition -Made me laugh. Owned 4 of them at different times in Germany back in the 80's. A 2.0l S, 2.3l S, 3.0l S and a 2.8l turbo. Rear ends are light as hell so you have to sacrifice the spare and lay a steel plate in the back. Europe they salt the roads so every car suffers from rust but the Capri's seem to get it really bad. The 2.8l turbo was the best engine for the Capri imo, but my brother in law and I would tune our cars to bring out more hp hence the need to add weight to the rear. But they are so easy to work on which makes maintaining them actually very inexpensive.

[@realname2158]

@Jeremy Robertson They didn't build a specific cosworth tuned Capri but you could modify them and put cosworth engines in them. I think one of the Brit racing teams back in 79/80 used a cosworth modified capri for rally briefly, I remember seeing it on tv while I lived in Germany. But they shelved it as the capri's weren't that great as rally cars back then due to the body size/weight ratio.

[@bigphil815]

I had a Mercury Capri so yeah it's a Ford. It was pretty much a Mustang with a funny bubble hatch back window

[@raychang8648]

01:11 I'm sure I'm not the only one that was like "Oh, wow, Dodge Charger R/T. That's a pretty nice looking ca....what the hell was that noise??????" Chevrolet Opala SS: god I love the sound of a straight-6! For straight-6 lovers, check out Doug DeMuro's TVR Tuscan video. There are some beautiful sounding flybys, and the "quirks" portion is pretty entertaining. (Straight-6 was the first engine I ever overhauled with my Dad. I still remember the 153624 firing order.) Excellent video, Car News TV!!!!! I love this channel!!!!

[@TA_Plus_Hemi]

The Australian Valiant actually came with the slant 6 as a base engine. I don't know about their Chargers

[@XA351GT]

It wasn't a slant 6 it was a vertical 6 265 ci the big performance model had 3 2bbl carbs .

[@CarNewsTV]

Ray Chang + Thank you ! We really appreciate it :)

[@girlsblouse7866]

@@XA351GT The ''Brazilian R/T '' closest Aussie comparison would be the 245 Hemi PACER. VF/VG VH and on CHARGERS had the 265 + triple Webers, known around the traps as the HO EATERS. lol

[@anfnifarr]

@@XA351GT The 225ci slant-six was fitted to Australian Valiants up to and including the VF series, when the first Pacer appeared (so there are even slant-six Pacers). The Hemi-Six was introduced in the VG series in 1970, in 245ci form. The VH series of 1971 intoduced the 215ci and 265ci versions of the Hemi-Six.

[@Greg-Storm]

Miss true aussie cars. My old man had a XB GT coupe. 351 Cleveland, twinbarrel Holley carby, extractors, Short Burn mufflers and a Centrifugal Supercharger. I felt like the luckiest kid in school when dad would pull in every Friday and you just hear that sound. Can't believe we sold it for $5000. Desperate times.

[@phantasyboy1031]

Bloody Brill mate! Where did your old man get the supercharger was it from Ford?

[@Greg-Storm]

@@phantasyboy1031 My dad was a tire fitter then and he's mate owned a wreckers next door that got some good stuff in including performance parts and rare spares. I think it was an after market but I can't be sure. I was probably in school at the time when he installed it but remember riding my push bike back one day and hearing it in the shed. That whistle sound when dad was reving it tuning something was glorious. Knew something was done to it the minute I heard it.

[@phantasyboy1031]

@@Greg-Storm Did it sound like MAXs?

[@Greg-Storm]

@@phantasyboy1031 Not really. The movie really exaggerated with the super charge whine and our car sounded a lot different but they're probably 2 entirely different set ups. The super charge on the movie sounded more like a twin screw super charge than a centrifugal

[@j.thomas7128]

8:30 The Ford Capri was available in the US as the Mercury Capri... The Mercury Capri was three distinctly different vehicles sold in the US. Sold in the US as the Mercury Capri from model years 71 to 78 (no Capris were imported for model year 1975, but was sold early in 1975 as a 1976 MkII model) and sold in Europe as the Ford Capri as model years 69-86 and in Britain until 1988. The US model was built by Ford of Europe in Cologne, West Germany and brought in as a captive import. It did receive a facelift redesign in 1974 changing the model code from MkI to MkII hence why it's referred to as the Capri II. The MkI was a coupe/fastback (trunk) while the MkII was a hatchback making use of the rear storage area much more accessable. The US never got the V4, but it was the first American-market vehicle marketed by Ford Motor Company with a V6 engine. Neither Europe or the US got a V8 sold as either Ford or Mercury respectively. The 302ci V8 'Capri' was built by Basil Green Motors a kind-of in-house tuner for Ford and calling it the Capri Perana; a deliberate misspelling of Piranha as this was already protected. It was built in Johannesburg, South Africa, but technically the Capri Perana was a mix of the Australian Ford Falcon (XE) and the American Ford Mustang on a Capri (MkI) body. It was sold with a 4 speed Toploader and the 3 speed C4 automatic. It was built from 69-73 (MkI) but only 500-550 units were produced. Confused yet? It gets worse. The US market adopted the Fox body of the Ford Mustang and rebadged it as a Mercury Capri from 1979 until 1986 when the Capri took a five year hiatus in the US while Europe gave the MkII another facelift still calling it a Capri and still looking like the original Capri. It is referred to as the MkIII for model years 1979-1988 until the Mk body disappeared forever. Keep in mind that in 1984, production of Capris for the European market ceased. From then on it would only be produced as a right-hand drive model for the British market until model year 1988. The Capri moniker came back to the US as a 2+2 convertible built by Ford of Australia. Derived from the Australian Ford Laser (sold in the United States as the first-generation Mercury Laser), the Ford Capri also shares drivetrain commonality with the Mazda 323. This was another captive import for US markets. OK I'm done.... I had several MkII's and loved dusting Mustangs, Camaros, and even Corvettes on the more twisting roads. It was never a speed demon albeit for the Capri Parana (0-60 in the low sixes; great numbers when you consider the rubber used in1973), but it was a great handling car in proper hands.

[@stewartw.9151]

That Escort 1600 with the twin cam head was known as I recall as the Ford Cosworth BDA. I drove one, borrowed from a mate from Sunderland to the Lake District and back, just for the fun of it - I remember seeing 145 mph on the speedometer on twisty roads - it went like a rocket!

[@rodneyveigas3845]

Thanks for not adding any music and for providing the specification as well. Love each and every minute of the video 👍

[@CarNewsTV]

Thank you ! We really appreciate it :)

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Great cars.... we have a few good oned down here in Australia. The only really important one you missed was the XY Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III 351.... such a beautiful and classic car.

[@tomnewham1269]

and the Torana A9X.

[@bashyamate2613]

@@tomnewham1269 its not really from an American car company tho still a good car

[@rodrigomillan8483]

Great Video

[@HWolfeIII]

Great video, Mad Max cars represent! The Capri was sold in the U.S as a Mercury. I'd rather drive these over a crossover any day!

[@xpusostomos]

I reckon the Australian Falcon 2 door, as pictured in the thumbnail of this video, is the best looking muscle car of all time. The tiny rear seat windows, the concave rear window, the bulging rear wheel arches, I think they really nailed it. Better than the American Mustang. Also the Australian Chrysler Charger of the same era is a close 2nd, and better looking than any of the American Chryslers or Dodges.

[@ernestonavarro1906]

It looks like a trans am mixed with an older gen mustang. All three look great

[@Shane_Torok]

I remember the falcons being about as a kid. Literally couldn't even give them away back then due to there rust issues they had. Great looking car but. One of the only few times ford Australia nailed a good looking car.

[@derrickking8759]

When i was younger we had one sitting in are shed. Practically a mustang mach 1 with afew other lil changes. Had a 351 Cleveland with a 4 speed. It was insane. There going for 150000 at the moment in show room condition. They also can in 4 door coupes but no conventional ones ever came out

[@xpusostomos]

@@derrickking8759 conventional? What are you talking about?

[@randomdude4669]

@@derrickking8759 how is it a mach 1?

[@osvaldovidela6466]

You missed the Dodge GTX that was made in Argentina

[@germancavallo8277]

Osvaldo Videla he is a head of chota

[@germancavallo8277]

Osvaldo Videla also the IKA torino

[@josuegonzalez8911]

@@germancavallo8277 jajajajajajajajajaja

[@osvaldovidela6466]

@@germancavallo8277 380 w GSX TSX ZX

[@ascars5588]

nice video ;-)

[@ericbarnett6771]

The Sierra Cosworth came to the states as the Merkur XR4Ti. It had the same 4 cylinder turbo. Same body, same everything, really.

[@bazdavies8057]

The one people bought was the 500, that was never on sale in the states. Double the BHP.

[@jimjam8149]

Baz Davies you talking about the RS 500? If so it wasn’t double the BHP

[@silviosweeper1006]

I remember the Sierra XR 4 in Germany with a 2.9 liter (176,969 cui) 6 cylinder and 4 wheel drive. It was rare and good ones are hard to come by these days. I had a Sierra myself but with a humble naturally aspirated 2.0 liter 4 cylinder (120 bhp). It was my first car. I did a lot of miles in it and had a great time. It was a good and reliable and I miss my good old rear wheel drive Ford Sierra.

[@seed_drill7135]

The Capri was also available in America, as a Mercury Capri. But it was so choked with emissions controls that it didn't perform like the Euro versions.

[@thatoldschoolvolvoguy5012]

The xr4ti came with a 2.3 turbo pinto engine actually. We got screwed out of the good engines.

[@amanteapasionado6836]

Chevy Opala SS, Taunus fastback, and the Escort RS are badass.

[@lud8mark]

The reason for my Opal addiction is when I was stationed in Germany with the British Army I owned a Manta, and my girlfriend at the time had a Diplomat,both were beautiful Autobahn cruisers and the little GTs were everywhere, amazing power from that little 1900cc engine

[@elbecko7969]

Yeah, the big old Opels are underrated

[@torstenraab532]

@@elbecko7969 - same for the small ones. Remember Oliver? ;-)

[@elbecko7969]

@@torstenraab532 Van Halen's Panama

[@TEMUJINARTS]

Wow! What a great channel!

[@carm44035]

I wish the year of the car was listed.

[@debbiemorrisson60]

Mad max car based on 76 to 78 model. Nose cone was a show car concept ..body shape a pillar back remained unchanged excluding Landau Variant unique to oz with obvious US ford styling.

[@DADPOOL8297]

Bro these cars are awesome! Nice vedeo

[@CarNewsTV]

James Maynard + Thank you sir

[@johnnyhawkins43]

If only the government had kept their big nose out of our car's!!!!!!!

[@AnthroGearhead]

Well...these muscle cars were no match for those US muscle cars Btw you can import the Sierra and Escort Cosworth these days

[@homericteacher]

Yep. silly goberment wanting us to breth clean air and see across the street in major cities. Stubid clean air Act.....(Sarcasm off)

[@Expedient_Mensch]

@@AnthroGearhead Aussie muscle and Brit racers would shit all over almost any yank tank in stock form, and use a fracton of the fuel, capacity and tack at that. Want a good car? don't get an American car.

[@nameundetected6867]

Chouun Shiryu in 1971 fastest 4door production car in the world was the falcon Xy GTHO phase3 Aussie muscle car. Absolutely spanked any US or German 4door, the phase 4 with over 500 hp was going to be even faster but production was stopped by the government after only 4 were built.

[@AnthroGearhead]

Whats wrong with the Buick Grand National GNX

[@andystone6777]

0:46 - 1:09 - what car is it ? Looks different to the Opala (front turn signals, tail lights, rims) but like kinda step brother to my 72 Nova

[@markaylott1780]

Major error! That green falcon was not a GT HO! And you missed, the Aussie RT E49 CHARGER 265 HEMI!

[@steve123896]

Yup never seen or even heard of a XB GTHO Maybe it’s it a unicorn phase v??? Lol

[@anfnifarr]

​@@steve123896 After the 1972 supercar scare, and the resultant realignment of production car racing categories, it was no longer necessary to homologate an entire car as a single design. So, Ford didn't need to sell any actual GTHOs any more. They, and other auto-makers, could just homologate the specific parts they wanted for their race program by peppering them throughout the production cycle as special options. For the most part the GTHO's engine homologation was enough to get them through the remainder of the (Australian) Group C era with only smallish changes but without needing to sell that whole engine in any further road cars. That's why the Falcon Cobra had such an insipid version of the 5.8 ltr even though it still raced with an evolution of the 351 HO Cleveland.

[@louissomerville3166]

Yes the valiant charger was known for the hemi I6

[@paspax]

7:33.. That is the Ford XB Falcon GT (in green). There was no HO variant after the Four previous model XA HO's were built. The white Falcon at 8:23 is an XY, the model prior to the XA. It appears to be a GT or GTHO. It's nice to see the Chrysler Valiant Charger getting some love.

[@robpk84]

It's funny how different people adapt their cars. As Australians we made large cars to carry our families, tow our boats/trailers and caravans and we have nice wide roads to accommodate. I see the British Fords have done the opposite, they have thinner lanes, they engineer more efficient engine and excel at rally. It's just horse for courses.

[@english1midlands]

You can't compare Aussie cars to UK cars.You've made what you were able to with the equipment available.Mostly GM parts.Its got fuck all to do with your roads lad.

[@Greg-Storm]

@@english1midlands the only thing GM in an original Holden is the motor. And that's the V8s not the 6 cylinders or straight 6s. Aussie cars were indeed built to not just cater in racing and efficiency but be multi purpose vehicles to take the harsh conditions of Australian weather and terrain while being big enough to for families. And he's right though. Not much thought was put into most UK cars for size and practicality. It lead to problems where people had to own more then one car which was impractical and expensive back then. Instead of having a go at the bloke try actually seeing the point. UK built cars for performance and efficiency. Australia built cars for a variety of situations mainly consisting of durability and practicality. The 2 Groups are incomparable indefinite like you said. Australia is Muscle car country and Brittan is exotic country.

[@robpk84]

english1midlands how can you make a Ford Falcon with mostly GM parts? I get what you're saying but it's only part of the picture.

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

@@english1midlands Ever driven on Australian Roads? The Australian Fords shown, well in those days, half our roads were gravel and the rest were rough tar. And I am old enough that I owned cars similar and I drove on the roads, and trust me, they were crap! Also, you would drive up to 200 to 250 kays between towns on country runs, sometimes more the further out you got. My Grandparents are from England, and one of their cousins came to Perth for a holiday and looked at map and wanted to go to Shark Bay for the day. Until we told them that it was 750 kays!

[@chrish4469]

@@english1midlands Most of the parts were made in Australia by 3rd parties. It's not like we just got them out of GM's parts bin, And we made bigger cars here as in a lot of places it's 100km+ to anywhere.

[@ghostofakina7525]

Chrysler valiant charger I'm in love 😍

[@bazdavies8057]

Missed out the Ford RS200 Built in 1984 fastest accelerating car for 20 years at 0-60 in 3.0 secs one of the greatest cars Ford ever made.

[@g8ymw]

How did the Escort Cosworth stack up? BTW another error, the RS1600 was a 1.6 litre also referred to as BDA (belt driven accessories). Was this the original Mexico rally car ?

[@echocompany2484]

g8ymw what? The cosworth and RS escorts were European rally cars

[@g8ymw]

@@echocompany2484 Mexico, as in rallied successfully in Mexico (1968?). Certainly British (maybe also European) built There was a tame version sold to the general public with the "Mexico" badge and wings with flared wheel arches

[@Expedient_Mensch]

@@g8ymw RS2000 WAS a cosworth, normally aspirated, webbers?, twin cams

[@g8ymw]

@@Expedient_Mensch The RS2000 (certainly in Britain) was NOT a Cossie, it had the SOHC engine from the Cortina (sometimes. called the Pinto) The RS200, I'm not sure about

[@BobZed]

Glad you included the Ford Escort MKI RS 2000, I've lusted after that car for a while. Good examples still go for more than $50K. But you missed the Ford Escort RS Cosworth. ANd yeah, I know it's substantially similar to the Sierra you featured.

[@jocemirjunior9256]

Olha o opalão ai representando o BRASIL!!!

[@mattbrower7824]

Cool!!

[@CarNewsTV]

Matt Brower + Thank you sir :)

[@RafaelArdilesLemke]

Hi, I am from Brazil. I own a Opala SS, thay made the 6 cilinder to compeet with the v8 dodges, at that time. Sorry for my bad english. U can find more if u put "opala arrancadão" on the search camp.

[@outermostoutermost9418]

You are lucky I love to have one .only thing is I believe that thire right hand driver set up no way I could get use to that like driving a mail truck lol couldn't get my head around it

[@uknowwhodontyou921]

Cool cars!

[@johnkassavetis9301]

The blue and white cobra was based on the Aussie Ford XC coupe. Not the XA or XB And that green Aussie Ford is by no means a GT HO, it's an XB GT. The GT HO was only ever based on the XY Falcon Search KZbin for Mt Panorama and see the footage from races there. Especially early 70s. Feel free to ask me any questions regarding 50s, 60s and 70s Aussie built Ford, GM and Mopar

[@43RC777]

The GTHO was also in the XW series.

[@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310]

There was also a gtho in the xa series. One complied car and four race cars

[@smurftums]

Green ford Falcon shown at 7:31 is a 1973 to 1976 XB series GT, not GT HO. The GT HO models were only available from 1970 to 1972 (including one XA Phase four GT HO prototype).

[@quadflopper1012]

the last car you showed in the video is a 1st gen capri which they did sell in the US from 72-74 because I had one!

[@jeffking4176]

Quadflopper101 Yes - only marketed under the Mercury badge here but was same car.

[@MikeS-um1nm]

What an awesome video. Just when I thought I knew a thing or 2 about American muscle cars, along comes this video! Some of these cars are nice, but mostly kinda' look like the baby sister of American cars. If I ever saw that yellow Dodge Charger, Brazil version on the streets, I'd be beyond perplexed!! It "kinda'" looks like a Charger, kinda looks like a Coronet, it just looks weird and I've NEVER seen that before! I think the best one was the Ford Falcon Cobra from Australia. That looks better than the American version !! (in my opinion) THAT car looks like it has some BALLS! I'm not a fan of Ford (that much) but I like that car !! Even the name"Falcon Cobra" sounds cool AND fits that car! That green Ford Falcon from Australia looks great....from the front doors forward! That car should have been a 2 door. It just doesn't look right as a 4 door, and it almost looks like 2 cars put together to make ONE! The styling on the front end looks SO MUCH NICER than the rear. The rear looks like it belongs to a totally different car! One thing I thought of when watching this, was how open and free from emissions clutter and computerized bull shit, the engine compartments were! These cars ACTUALLY look fun to own and maintain, as if you could actually do some work on'em yourself, unlike today's American cars with a computer every 6 inches apart!!

[@julianmumford-huggins3829]

Mike S that model falcon GT. The green one did come in a 2 door model also

[@KS-lf6nv]

With the valiant charger you should have gone for the hemi 6-pack instead it out performed the v8 in everything except top speed but top speed doesn't matter when you can corner better and have better acceleration as well as weight distribution and the straight 6 used less fuel than v8 ( yes I'm Australian and yes I love valiants)

[@greenviper6644]

I agree

[@markthompsons7675]

E49 with A84 track pack, triple Webber's 265cu in straight six 🤤🤩

[@phantasyboy1031]

The Valiant Charger only had better acceleration in it's own group category, which was Group B It could NEVER out accelerate a XY GTHO Phase 3 which was Group A the fastest in its group. But yes the Valiant could out corner a GTHO in a tight bend because they were a smaller car and were lighter.

[@stephenhadley2490]

The Charger also came with a 340 which outperformed the 360. I used to have the 318 which was a bit breathless up in the revs.

[@grantw.whitwam9948]

I like them all even though many were not stock they were all good looking.

[@HowlinMad37]

Wanted of Falcon GT ever since Mel Gibson drove one in the Mad Max movies... last of the v8 interceptors!

[@Expedient_Mensch]

"last of the v8 interceptors!" not at all, still making them right upto recently. The coupes where never used by the jacks anyway, not in Victoria anyway.

[@HowlinMad37]

@@Expedient_Mensch it's a line from mad max

[@chrish4469]

@@Expedient_Mensch The last of the V8s in the XE Falcon was in 1982, No V8 Falcon again until the EB Falcon in 1992

[@DL30Creations]

I liked it better in Mad Max or before the front was smashed in Road Warrior. That front end was slick.

[@Savadorason1]

-@2:21 That was Mel Gibson's classic black monster in the late 70s-early 80s Australian 'Mad Max', 'Road Warrior' movies.

[@boataxe4605]

Missing the Holden Monaro.

[@lunch6360]

Holden is an Australian company, not American

[@boataxe4605]

Lunch Well they are part of GM.

[@lunch6360]

Boat Axe absolutely GM is but Holden isn’t, you try telling a proper Holden nut ( not the losers that put Chev badges on their Commodores ) that their Monaro is a Chev..

[@randomrandom5438]

@@lunch6360 that comment needs more like lol or the dickhead who put Chev badges on a Vn cause what 150ish came with a 327 Chev but they keep the dam Buick boat anchor in or the same with old kingswoods

[@lordred4116]

Owned by GM sold in UK badged as a vauxhall VXR8.

[@wadeguidry6675]

That Opala is a great looking car. Actually all of them are cool looking. Kinda like smaller versions of the American ones. The Capri was available here in the US. My best friend had one back in the 90s. It was a nice little car. I think it was made in Germany with a body designed by an Italian company called Ghia.

[@teddyghioto]

i had a 1977 ghia capri..made in west germany...had daul glasspacks on it..best sounding v6 i have ever heard...

[@chrislynn2658]

Would have been nice to see years of production of all these cars.......Thanks

[@gilgarcia8551]

Ever heard of google search

[@jeffking4176]

This is an interesting video. It could use a couple of corrections and an easy expansion. Would love to see it. 👍🙂‼️

[@vinipcplayer]

here in brazil we had the chevy/GM opala

[@thatpanamahatlife1497]

I had an XA falcon with the 3 on the tree, and 250ci motor. Bought a wrecked Fairmont GT with cammed, ported and piped 302 Clevo and 4 speed. Swapped it all in. Was a complete rolling rust repair, but went like the clappers. I remember holding the go pedal flat to the floor and letting it wind right out to about 130mph, everything vibrating like crazy. Ah fun times.

[@johnwahan9086]

The damn click bait was Mad Max Original. This car chased Toe Cutter and Nomad Bikers. Are you sure you can be using this ? MFP. tag and everything. Every Mad Max Fan knows this car.

[@steve123896]

Drive those roads regularly surprising how little some have changed for example Hopkins road where he ran down the Nightrider.

[@wolfdomination6389]

I wanna Ford falcon. They are cool cars

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Yeah, i was waiting for the XA/XB 2 door done up like the road warriors car.... that's why I clicked too. Having said that i enjoyed the video anyway.

[@justjamesAMX]

It is an Australian only car tho it's a ford falcon XB GT that has been modified

[@xpusostomos]

The click bait is NOT the mad Max car. It's a regular Falcon with a Mad Max inspired spoiler and colour scheme. If it was mad Max there would be no rear window and massive fuel tanks there.

[@SVMSICE]

I just love the sound of old muscle cars!!!

[@Lighter13112]

The brazilian charger is gorgeous

[@TA_Plus_Hemi]

Brazilian Charger is a Dart with buttresses and that's all. That being said I'm starting to search.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Dart, not Charger. Only Chargers shown were Aussie ones.

[@callaywhaanga7071]

The dart,the charger ,and the Aussie vf,or VG ,or Bathurst pacer , it never came with a 440 ,but you know Aussies and kiwis would stuff a 440 in there

[@derekhobbs1102]

Were Valiant Mexicana in Australia.

[@6stringgunner511]

Really Cool 😎👌 video!!!! Anyone remember vinyl tops??? You don't see those anymore!!!😂

[@MrEdwin57]

This is what you get when you keep washing your 69 Mercury Cyclone GT with hot water ! ! ! 4:53....

[@derekcolvin9944]

Where the fenders on the Ford Escort stock or was that something done after manufacturer?

[@azrifadli7900]

Most of cars in video can bring to US because their age are 25 years older

[@GruesomesGarage]

@Ben W Germany, United Kingdom,and Australia are not third world countries.

[@psychosode]

@Ben W actually Opalas here in Brazil are really taken care of...

[@Mr._Flunky]

Dodge Charger at 2:03. I had to go back and freeze frame, cause at first glance looked just like another LS turbo swap. But it looks like someone actually used an LA V8 and did their own custom turbo setup on it! Great job guys! 👍👍😁

[@nickp5036]

That brazil charger though

[@ffaandchevrolet8294]

Ikr I think it would have sold great in the us

[@benderrodriguiz3222]

I love the random peacock noise on the second car!

[@paulforti9847]

The specs on the aussie fords are all wrong...

[@plymouth491]

The Charger at 6:05 has a 440 Six Pack and a matching Six Pack hood scoop, but they were never available that way. The biggest Charger engine from the factory was the 360, code E58, I believe. The 340 4 bbl was code E55, but intended as more of a grand tourer than a quarter mile monster. But then, you couldn't get steeper gears than 3.23 anyway.

[@gazza9481]

OMG...fancy showing a grotty 318 boat anchor powered Aussie Charger as a muscle car...jeeebuzz...I nearly fainted when I saw it. The REAL Aussie Charger was the Chrysler Valiant RT-E49 265 cu Hemi Six Pack 4 Speed manual Coupe. An inline 4.3lt triple Webber 45mm DCOE carbied motor that punched out 302HP and was good for a standing quarter mile of 14.4 seconds. This Aussie Charger was the fastest accelerating naturally aspirated inline 6 in the world for many years until Holden bought out the Nissan RB turbo powered Brock Calais Director Special about 10 yrs later. Until then it would eat almost any V8 on the road in a straight line drag and it shamed more than a few Ricers in their Japanese buzz boxes. It never won at Bathurst as it didn't have the grunt of the 351 and 350 cubic inch Fords and Holdens up the steep Mountain Straight and the torque to drive them as quickly down Conrod Straight...but it was all over the rear bumpers of the bigger engined cars in the twisty bits. The 318 was reserved for the 'go slow' luxo barge option, even the 340 ci V8 couldn't get anywhere near the Hemi 6 for all out performance.

[@rossbrumby1957]

The brock turbo wasnt naturally aspirated, turboed as you said so doesn't count. The E-49 held it's record for 25 years.

[@gazza9481]

@@rossbrumby1957 My humble apologies Ross, perhaps I should've said "it was only barely matched by theTURBO enhanced 6 cyl Nissan RB powered Brock Calais Directors Special many years later, but it took 25 yrs for a naturally aspirated in line six to beat it"

[@stevenwithanS]

Very cool.

[@preston121068]

The Ford Taunus I know for a fact at least 1 was sold in the US. My father wast stationed in Baumholder Germany when I was between 10 to 13 years old, he bought one new when we got there, had it shipped back to the US 3 years later and dropped a 5.0 in it. Drove it for 3 or 4 years the SOLD it here in the US. So yeah, can't say one never sold in the US. Betting most of these have made it back to the US at one point or another too.

[@johnbeer5242]

preston121068 even the Ford disgustangs🤔👏👏👏✌

[@frankpearl3233]

But he didn't buy it in the US.

[@g8ymw]

Looks like a Mk3 Cortina with the V4 from a Mk1 Granada (From a Brit)

[@preston121068]

@@frankpearl3233 But it was SOLD in the US. Title says "10 Cars From American Brands Never Sold in the U.S" Emphasis on "never" here.

[@billiejean26mj]

@@preston121068 lmao thats the stupidest thing i read today congrats

[@juanma590]

In Argentina, they're 2 great cars from american brands, and they were sold only in that country. They're the Dodge GTX, and the Ford Falcon Sprint 221 SP. BTW, the Ford Taunus was made too in Argentina, and UK (this last one under the name Cortina).

[@gustavbabic5004]

Man, I really love the shit out of that Australian Ford Falcon, but I wish that the grill looked a little bit more like the grill of a 1971 US Ford Torino, but that's just me.

[@glennarmstrong7891]

A couple of detail errors. Someone already mentioned that the RS 1600 Escort was in fact a BDA Escort (Belt Drive type A). The Falcon Cobra was listed as a 5.8L engine but was only a 4.9L (see badge on car). The GTHO Falcon shown was an XB GT (1973-1976). The GTHO was in earlier XW & XY models from 1969 to 1971.

[@petrospago3515]

Wait a sec this video shows the same car 2 times first it shows the Ford falcon xb cobra and after it shows the Ford falcon xb gt 351and the hp on this video is wrong about the falcons first the green xb gt 351 have 330hp and the Ford falcon xb cobra have 450hp not 280 holly shit it says that the capri have 3.1l v6 wtf it has a 2.0l line 4 it even show it in the back of the car this video is full of mistakes and incorrect informations

[@lunch6360]

Brother, do not mistake an XB GT for an XC COBRA..

[@gentrest6421]

Capri MKIII has 3.0 V6 Essex

[@petrospago3515]

@@gentrest6421 I agree but he shows the 2.0l model :)

[@petrospago3515]

@@lunch6360 oh my bad mate your right I forgot the xb never hade the cobra version but still xa,xb xc they look so alike :)

[@aussieausdeutschland4245]

@@petrospago3515 mmmmm NO the XA has a totally different front on it to the XB and XC

[@Ale_giro]

3:16 Not a "simple" Ford Sierra Cosworth, BUT it's a COSWORTH *RS* version, you can recognises it from the back spoiler (RS much bigger and higher than "standard Cosworth" very little and lower).

[@ismapandiani]

Falta el Chevy Serie 2 , El Ford Falcon SP221, Ford Fairlane and Dodge polara and GTX (argentina)

[@panterapro162]

Si pero todos esos se fabricaron tmb en usa

[@panterapro162]

Nose de donde sacaste lo de la elite, cabeza de termo.. Lo digo que todos los autos mecionados en este comentario son todos bases americanas..

[@ismapandiani]

@@panterapro162 la serie 2 no es igual que el Nova, el Falcon solo la primera generación es parecida a la yankee , y los dos Dodge ninguno es parecido al de allá , me faltó mencionar al Torino :)

[@Toxic2T]

@@panterapro162 La GTX solo tiene la base A del Dodge Dart, el auto solo se fabrico en la Fevre de aca, lo mismo el Falcon Sprint, la Chevy Serie 2, etc. Ninguna de nuestras versiones jamás piso suelo yanki. Por ende serian parte de éste video.

[@misterm8770]

There are so many! Chevrolet Corsa, Chevrolet Vectra, Ford Fiesta, Opala like the ones on your video and the list goes on and on

[@omar15964]

Should have had a Ford GTHO Phase 4 xa sedan, worth $2 million dollars +

[@anfnifarr]

That's a moot point, because Ford Australia only 'walked' a single road version down the production line as a pre-production test vehicle, and in addition hand-made three shells for their race team. When the Phase IV got cancelled before actually going into production because of the 1972 supercar scare, the cars became almost an embarrassment so Ford quietly sold them off to private buyers. The race-built ones were only sold into the motor racing community. One was subsequently destroyed in rallying, and the rest are closely held by their owners. So, the GTHO Phase IV was never really a production car and that's why it shouldn't be in this list.

[@ThisIsVinecessary]

2:27 That XC Falcon Cobra is the 4.9ltr 302C model not a 5.8ltr 351C model.

[@firedog93551]

I don't get how the 5.8 Cobra Falcon has less horsepower than the base model 5.0 Falcon which is rated at 240 horsepower. There's something wrong with that figure I think because the same 5.8 GT Falcon of the same vintage has 300 hp.

[@mickbellman6052]

Emission control. The Cobra had a 16 second quarter mile time. Slow, heavy and underpowered

[@vintagetintrader1062]

Yes emissions were power killers, had a Cleveland 302 (destroked 351) in a 1975 XB, they were gutless, but just a cam swap really got them going hard

[@firedog93551]

@@vintagetintrader1062 Thanks for the hint, my Falcon is a 5.0. :) I haven't got it on the road yet but I'm working on it. I'm in the U.S. so a 5.0 Cleveland is one of those "Say WHat?" engines so I plan on keeping it, since when you hear Cleveland here it's always attached to 5.8.

[@firedog93551]

@@vintagetintrader1062 Which Cam BTW?

[@ldnwholesale8552]

XY GT had a genuine 300hp. Ph 3 had maybe 380 but listed as 300. XA GT closed chamber 300. open chamber less. XB early open chamber same as late XA. Late XB GT had 2V heads with 4bbl intake,,,250hp. XC simply had asthma, as XD XE also. 12mpg and burnt valves burnt up the guides, cam was junk etc etc. All for pollution requirements that burnt 50% more fuel for half the power!!

[@hunterglass1840]

Good video, very interesting, would have liked to have seen the dates to compare with US models.

[@smithy2]

Not being biased (much😁) but dam australia used to make some awesome cars... used too 😔

[@yaboyblacklist2431]

Agreed.

[@ashleymalzard2865]

I'm Australian, and i completely agree. Nothing beats the sound of a 1970s 351 Cleveland V8 (falcon gt) with the hammer down 😍😍😍

[@skipintroux4444]

Oh well China owns you now so you get their shit instead.

[@Deevo037]

You had Chrysler and Ford Australia's contributions but you left out the GM product, the Holden Monaro. And the car at 7:32 was not a Falcon GTHO, that option was out of production by the time the XB model was introduced. The last production GTHO was the XY model in 1971-72 (it had the distinction of being the world's fastest sedan at the time). There were prototype XA GTHOs built but they never went into production. One last nitpick, the XC Falcon Cobra shown at 2:28 wasn't a 5.8 litre 351 V8 (though that engine was available in the model). The car pictured had the smaller 4.9 litre, 302 V8.

[@Seele2015au]

Deevo037 But Holden isn't a brand from the US though.

[@Deevo037]

@@Seele2015au Yes it is, its General Motors. Doesn't really matter any more because the American companies have fucked over the local industry here anyhow.

[@jeffking4176]

Seele2015au Technically correct, but is G.M. ...and look at the Pontiacs that were essentially rebadged Holdens.

[@consciousbeing1188]

@@Deevo037 - The local automotive industry in Oz was never fucked over by GM... Sure some pretty fucked up business decisions were made by the suits at Gm and Holden but, at the end of the day, the car manufacturing industry in Oz was always going to be canned. Why?.. Because in 1975, under PM Fraser, our UN ambassador signed the UN Lima Declaration. That was the beginning of the end for our automotive industry. It was destined to fail. Think I'm taking the piss?.. Google UN Lima Declaration.

[@stephenhunter70]

@@consciousbeing1188 From memory up until then they (Holden, Ford Australia etc) used to export to Africa and the middle east. After that they seemed to always have the capacity to produce more then they sold.

[@verissimonascimento9223]

Brazilian muscles legends!!

[@carlthornton3076]

Great!!

[@english1midlands]

The Cosworth cars of the 80s//90s are far superior to anything the yanks were making at the time.Iv always said that we make better Fords than the yanks.Says an awful lot when its their company.

[@centralcamel]

So do us Aussies, our falcons shit on anything they can make

[@redline1916]

@@centralcamel US cars often become shit because of low manufacturing standards and poor research. They go by what they know, not by stretching what they're capable of.

[@geirmyklebust]

Remember well 70s GM cars in Brazil, its a mix between European GM and US GM.

[@pariswatkins4841]

Didn't Mad Max drive the Ford Falcon Cobra?

[@billpreston2162]

I think it was a Ford Falcon Interceptor that was made from a Ford Falcon XB GT. The Cobra was the next model XC

[@XA351GT]

Correct Bill, the movie car was a 1973 XB GT coupe

[@leroycolejr6336]

it was a mustang ll in America

[@XA351GT]

What?? If you mean the Cobra II package for the Mustang II they had similar paint schemes . The cars were drastically different.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

XB based vehicle with ugly hangons on an ugly car. Double ugly!!

[@TA_Plus_Hemi]

The body of the Sierra was sold over here as a Mercury Merkur no Cosi option ours was the XR4TI. Also the South African Mark 1 Capri actually came with a 302 CID optional engine. I would use those specs to sound a little more impressive.

[@XA351GT]

They called those v8 capris the Perana

[@blebhan8213]

Taunus looks like a Cortina.

[@TheJetJONES]

Because the Taunus was the German counterpart of the Cortina. On MkIV Cortina onwards they were even the same car :)

[@ahorsewithnoname643]

Front of Mk3 Cortina put on the back of a Capri.

[@juanma590]

Same car, different name. Since the model mk.3

[@bunky060171]

Capri was sold here in the states, under the Mercury division of FoMoCo long before it was the Mustang twin late 1970's, Sierra was sold here under the Merkur brand (XR4Ti).

[@blebhan8213]

Chevy Nova: Never sold in Spanish-speaking countries.

[@TA_Plus_Hemi]

It was in the eighties if Toyota sold cars there

[@boataxe4605]

Bleb Han Well they actually tried to sell them in Mexico, yes they went that far before realizing that Nova means No Go!

[@valemarin821]

@@boataxe4605 Here in Argentina they sold the nova II as Chevrolet 400 and later the nova III as Chevrolet Chevy for the same naming reason, they sold pretty good tho, the Nova III (Chevy) is one of the most iconic cars here

[@valemarin821]

@@boataxe4605 I suggest looking for Chevrolet Chevy 250 serie 2 ss, beautiful car

[@krb5292]

I've read that is an Urban Myth.

[@MICKSS350]

You probably should have added Acadian and Beaumont (1962 to 1971) built in Canada. Google Canadian Acadian chevelle, here`s an example www.hotrod.com/articles/thats-no-chevelle-rare-l79-powered-1965-acadian-beaumont-sport-deluxe/

[@ticnatz]

Whole heck of a lot of want there.....

[@ish6012]

so cool!