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Ford Falcon
The Falcon was more successful in Australia than America. The first Australian Falcons were modified copies of the American car but each new model diverged more until an entirely Australian design emerged. The Falcon quickly became, and continues to be, Holden's rival as the most popular Australian car
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When Robert MacNamara became President
of Ford in 1960, he immediately set the Company on the course of
producing a new mass market family car. The result was the Ford
Falcon. (MacNamara went on to become Secretary of Defence under
President Kennedy and, then, head of the World Bank.)