Americans React To Australia Ford and American Ford | Differences between US & Aussie Fords 

Actually…. I call bullshit on that whole statement. Australia’s emissions regulations, safety requirements and road taxes are far in excess of those on the USA, including back when most of those cars were built. The difference was that Ford, Holden and Chrysler developed muscle cars which were tailored to meet those regulations, and didn’t just throw their hands up and admit defeat. Chrysler’s 6-cylinder Hemi only existed in the Aus/NZ market… Ford’s 6-cylinder Barra engine, that everybody is so crazy about today, also only an Aus/NZ product. When we manufactured vehicles here for the performance market they were great. Too bad that all stopped 5 years ago!

Re the roll bar at that back of the Ute you commented on. The owner looks like he's a tradie ... a tradesman with the trailer at back .... so he would use the 'roll bars' to strap building material onto, not to prevent a roll over. Lots of tradies add that extra bar at the back for that reason.

We have had emission regulation's here in Australia since the seventies and we do have safety standards which are star rated ANCAP tested. In New South Wales vehicles over 5 year's old have to undergo an annual inspection. The car building industry no longer exists in Australia. The red Escort is a locally assembled vehicle, they came from the UK in complete knock down kit. The Ford Falcon and Holden Utes were built on the sedans or wagons from the time. The Falcons started life from an American Ford imported in the early sixties. The Ford with the air cleaner hanging out was an Australian Ford Fairlane, it is a stretched Falcon we also had the LTD.

I think Wasteland Firebird is fast becoming a cult hero here due to his overwhelming appreciation of everything new to him lol I can't wait to see the video of him transversing the Summernats, especially when he finally finds his Sundowner lol

I ❤️this guy. He flips out at the parked cars in the street and he is forever searching for a Sundowner panel van. GMH (General Motors Holden) had an equivalent panel van called the Sandman. Both companies had fully Australian based design teams. It was a sad day when the factories closed down. Also, we have had catalytic converters on all cars for decades and yes, our population is smaller than the USA but we still have some of the best air quality in the World (when we have bush fires the air quality is bad though). Regarding car ownership, my son’s family of four adults means four cars in the driveway and out on the street.

14:31 - The rear 'roll bar' isn't for protection. It's used for tying down long items in the tray of the ute, such as ladders or planks. 17:33 - Ironically, most Aussies would look at this truck and think it looks ridiculous, because it's just not practical.

The rear bar wasn't a styling thing, it was a practical thing for strapping ladders and planks of wood to. Because it's a work vehicle.

We had Fairlanes here. The main difference between what we call a truck as opposed to a ute. Is a ute can be driven on a normal car licence, but a truck needs a heavy vehicle licence.

Ute is short for "utility". Basically a car/truck that can more than just carry people with some kind of tray or tub. Not limited to 2 doors. Also the roll bars are more "sports bars" and apparently help with the aerodynamics. The bar at the back of the ute is usually in place to carry long items, ie. Ladders.

We do have those regulations and standards too, ours are nearly as high as California. We just made different cars to the US.

The little red escort was a British design iirc, and a bullet on wheels. The roll bar serves a dual purpose for tying down loads. The ute with the bar at the back would have used it to lay ladders/lengths of timber so that they don't scrape against the duco and leave space in the tray for all your tools and gear. And yes, we had the Fairlane. It was the top end model of the Falcon. I think the Fairmont was in there too.

*It's great you have such strong opinions on things you know absolutely nothing about* 😂👍🇦🇺

The long shot at 6:53 shows falcons which are essentially 4 door mustangs in size. The red falcon at 8:50 is a GT with a 5.4 l quad cam vvt v8 with 315kw. The blue car at 9:43 is a Capri which was ford UKs “mustang”. Started as a 4cyl and grew to a 3.0l v6. The red car looks like an rs 2000 escort with a 2l 4cyl. Behind is the cortina it replaced. At 13:32 he says it’s a custom paint job but that was a limited model from the factory called a goss special celebrating John goss winning bathurst. At 14:03 the rear bar makes the roll bar into “roof racks”. At 18:25 the little car is a British ford Anglia. 18:51 THAT is a fairlane. In fact ford put this to the US people against the first crown vic. The people loved the fairlane better because of the more euro styling but ford went with the crown vic anyway. These could have been all your taxis and police cars.

Thank you for making this video! @wastelandfirebird is having fun exploring Australia and seeing it’s unique car culture! ❤️

Phez really needs to stop talking with such authority on things he knows nothing about. 😆

6:53 The “fusions” you two are pointing at are FGX falcons and the “focuses” are actually BA-BF falcons. 16:34 that is an XA Falcon wagon. The air intake is a dead giveaway that the engine inside that is a 351 Cleveland V8, that intake was actually standard on the XY Falcon GTHO phase 3 which was the fastest mass produced 4 door sedan in the world when it came out in 1971

Ford in Australia is a real mixed bag. We've always had some American models but Ford established a completely autonomous factory in the UK about 100 years ago so we had many British models that were never sold in the US like the Zephyr, Anglia, Escort, Cortina, Capri. In the 80's Ford bought 50% of Mazda so they replaced the British models with Mazda variants, made in either Japan or Australia. And like Holden and Chrysler, Ford designed and built a large sedan in Australia just for the Australian and NZ market. So we had the Australian Falcon from 1960 through to 2016. But like the US they're hardly selling any cars now, and the only ones left other than Mustangs are made in Korea, Thailand or Europe.

The roll bars are not really roll bars. They are more so for carrying ladders and such

Difference between Ute and truck is weight capacity. Ute is driven on STD car licence, not a commercial vehicle licence

14:30 that's not for protection my guy, it's not a roll cage. That's a so you can lay pipe/wood planks and so on in your tray. Its a rack to lay and tiedown stuff on. Front of the pipe/plank sits over roof on the front bar and the bar at the back is where the other end of the pipe/plank is rested and tied on

Some of the Cars like the Ford Laser Wagon at the start are actually Mazda rebadged. Some of the small Ford's are English like the Capri and Cortina

Fez, Please check out a history of Aussie Ford it will show you the development that took us in a different direction to the US. Also when he said about the V6 he actually meant the Straight 6 Barra engine that is in our Falcon's. I have one in my 2010 FG Falcon Ute.

A truck in Australia is any vehicle with a tray that exceeds a 1 ton load capacity. Tues regardless of tray type are generally a max 1 ton load capacity.

Oh, god!! The Capri. How I love that car. I miss mine. Poor girl. There's something to be said about a well put together Transit. Especially as shown here. But the panel vans have a wonderful personality of their own. So, as you say, they go together well.

The back bar is to carry things like ladders or timber. It's not a protection bar

At the 7 minute mark you were debating what some of the cars in the shot were ,they are all ford falcons just different years some are v8s some turbo 6s.

the bar on the back of the ford ute isn't a roll bar it is for carrying loads ie planks or long poles you lay the load on the bars and tie it down :).

The El Camino is as close to an Aussie ute that you guys in the states ever got, a traditional ute is also defined as a sedan/estate car body in the front and a tray in the rear.

roll bars on utes saved me and my friends lives when we rolled the old falcon, its something i swear by

Just think of the ute this way. Its the mullet of the car world. business up front, party out the back.

The back “roll bar” is actually for racking your ladder

Miles You calling us peices of shit ?... you want to fight me mate ? hes at the bar

The term Ute is for Utility vehicle so any vehicle that can carry 2+ people and has a utility tray at the back is a Ute.

A “Ute” in Australia is traditionally on a sedan style chassis with a tray on the back. We also have “pick up” style vehicles we call “dual cabs”

In your video at 14:33 talking about the 'roll bar': That ute is probably used by a tradie, the 'roll bar' isn't really a roll bar but more of a utility bar for strapping lumber or pipe lengths to it for transport to construction jobs.

14:30 If you look closer you'd realise that the back "roll bar" isn't a roll bar at att but a tradesman bar for tying down extended items like ladders or lumber.

That car with the air filter hanging out the bonnet was a fairlane ..

Phezz, you're missing the point with the rear bar on the ute; it's for carrying cargo like lengths of timber or ladders, etc. Same with the front one, except it doubles as a rollover bar.

Gents, those roll bars are not for protection in cab. The front and rear bars are used for storage of ladders etc. Tradesmen use these as work ute

14:25 it's not supposed to look pretty, but it has a very practical use as a ladder rack.

I nearly had an aneurysm at 7:06 when you said those Falcon's were 'definitely Focus's'. I have a 2008 Mondeo XR5

Boys Australia has some fairly strict safety regulations for cars going back to the 70's and 80's and that's what killed the limited run cars that raced at Bathurst

At 14:36, it is obviously a tradesmans car and the back one isn't for any kind of protection. The front one partially is, but together they have another use. They allow you to strap down ladders, very long timber, metal sheets or bars that are too long to fit into the rear tray.

The back rollbar on the ute is for attaching ladders to.

We have Ford Fairelanes they are biggest Ford's out in Australia.

in Australia we'd shorten Phezz to Fez, but then elongate it to Fezzo. Please don't ask for clarification as to why.

The one with the steel railing on the back is so you can put stuff on the top anything to long to go in the back. Bowie.

Men talking about cars, you enjoyed this didn’t you? My brother in law had a Ford GT351-HO it was absolutely the best Ford ever, one only has to have followed Bathurst. My son had a Ford Fiesta sports, it was manual, he had to sell it when he married because his wife couldn’t drive manual. He now has a VW Golf, he misses his Fiesta, it could fit his very tall body frame better than the VW Golf, no one can sit behind him anyway, he has it pushed so far back to accommodate his legs. Australia most definitely did have the Ford Fairlane, we owned 3 of them.

The bar at the back of the Ute is so you can put things like lumbar or ladders or super long cargo between the two

the back bar on the Ute is for carrying long things 2x4s and anything else that wont fit in the back most work Utes will have the extra bars

The black Ute with the roll bar at the back of the tray is a work Ute for a chippy(carpenter) you can put long suit on it like ladder’s n planks.. that’s why it at the back

I've been following this guy for awhile now, and love his passion and enthusiasm. Love his outfits too 🥰👌

How is it a American car show America isn’t the only place in the world that have car shows they didn’t create the car show it’s a Australian car show

There bloody Aussie designed Falcons

What is Wasteland Firebird talking about in the opening statement? Australia has had strict laws and regulations governing all those things on an increasingly strict basis since the 70’s! The biggest misinterpretation that citizens of other developed countries have about Australia is that the whole place operates on a care free “she’ll be right” basis which is an absolute fantasy. Australians who travel abroad anywhere are always surprised at the lack rules affecting them overseas.

The sports bars on the Ute are not roll bars. They are purely there for looks. If you are a tradesman or tradie (builder carpenter etc) the extra bar was for carrying timber ladders etc.. the Utes were popular for tradies.

😂 we have stricter safety and emmisiong regulations than any part of the usa, have done for about 40+ years. Also those utes bars are not for roll over protection, it's for ladders and other gear tradies use so it's easy to tie down and not resting on the roof or tailgate.

The car @ 6:30 is a XR2, you can tell by the gofast strips

Ute comes from the coachbuilding term - coupe utility which is a pick up based on a sedan.

The roll bars on the ute arent really for rolling, its for putting ladder on top

guys FYI the back bar is a carry rack and actually so is the front rack for tradesmen to carry timber ladders planks etc.

The roll bars on utes are actually ladder racks

That rear roll bar on the falcon ute, isn't a roll bar. It's used more as a tradesman's rack.

8:49 My mum has one of these but it's blue. I've driven it and it's so much fun.

4:13 the bottom roller is for ladders to go over your car

It's not just a roll bar it's a rack for carrying long stuff that's why there is 1 at the back of the Ute as weĺl

Hell yeah. I have a 2010 Ford Falcon XR6 50th Anniversary high performance vehicle. It’s a smooth ride!!!

Those "roll bars" on that black ute aren't roll bars, they're tradie bars. Used putting long objects on it that don't fit in the tray, that way you can fill the tray up and have more things to tie on the bars ontop.

The bar at the back is for carrying long loads.

The rear bars on the utes are for tying stuff down thats what a ute is for putting things in the back , the one with the bar at the back is so you can strap long things on top , tradies use them for work during the week carrying work stuff and tools around , and yer we have yanky and English brand cars also at the shows on GMH ,FORD ,or CHRYSLER day show alot off overseas makes are in Australia too we got the best off all worlds here 😊

No emissions regulations.. what!? Of course we do!!!

The El Camino is a rare example of an American UteXD Stamp approved by an Australian hehe

The mustang Ute's are called mustero and they were released in america, they were factory made over there in america

The catch about the Ford F series, is that the F series starts with the F150, and goes up to the F700, or F800 I don't remember exactly which one. But that would be like a box truck/dump truck/ school bus. It is all those trucks, whereas the Silverado and the Ram both are just pickups, nothing bigger. So the sales numbers are not exactly fair. Ford numbered the larger trucks a F series so they could count all those in the sales figures, so they had an advantage.

When he talks about the back of the Ute's, the back can have either a tray back or a style side. The tray back is usually a aluminium flat tray & some trays have what we call drop sides. The drop sides on a tray back are a little under a ft high & go the full length of the tray . Both sides & the back have the drop sides & are attached by hinges & sth sides are removable. The sides are for when you need to carry a load that can't or shouldn't be carried on a flat bed tray.

The rear bAR is there to carry long pipes etc they go from one bar to the next the front one is not there for rollover it's also only for carring pipes. Yes the elcomeno would be classed as a ute here in Australia

Ford fusion is Ford Mondeo in Australia. Ford fusion has a boot, Ford Mondeo has lift back.

Ute has an open tray on the back. Short for utilities vehicle. Most labour workers will own these for quick and easy access to grab tools.

As an Australian im telling you an El Camino is a ute

the back roll bar is not really a roll bar its so you can put ladders & wooden planks & stuff on top & tie it down

Guys that F650 looks awesome but WTF do you do with that complete overkill and you guys have these as daily drivers LoL

Firstly, I drive a 1998 Ford Fairlane.. Leather interior, V8, Politicians car, Fairlane is the top of the line Falcon.. (still) The ones with nice leather tops were Fairlanes/Fairmonts. The base Ford Australia sedan is a Falcon (imagine Crown Victoria).. The base GM/Holden Australia sedan is a Commodore (prob Chevrolet Impala).. 9:40 Ford Capri.. Just amazing medium/small car/designed to compete with the Mustang, with either straight 4, V4 or V6 incl turbos and "Tickford" Special editions. 10:10 RS 2000 Style Ford England/Europe car (Homogenized) street version of the RS2000 Rally Car (a BEAST).. the rally car HAS no fenders, full rally pack skirts..And an earlier Ford Cortina behind it.. And Chrysler/Valiant here use the "Roadrunner" on our version of the "Chargers", like Dodge (they are a Dodge subsidiary). Our Chargers are a little bit fatter and wider with bigger tires. The bar at the back is so you can load long stuff and support it at the back.. very useful actually.. its not protection.. apart from for the roof of the car haha

Hi the Ute was invented here in Australia back in the 30s by Ford Australia

Isn’t it even more confusing in the GM America (I believe USA ford owner) owned GM Australia (Holden) the direct competes to Ford Australia

There is also Australian Chryslers. Look up the RT Charger 6 pack.

19:50 that's called a potato slinky in Australia

Sorry Fez, literally everyone of your guesses about the make, model, origin story of the cars was completely inaccurate

Fez The roll bars that you thought "looked crap" are not roll bars, they are racks designed to carry long sh#t, like ladders and pipes etc.

It is NO an American car show at all....for a very LONG time Ford Australia, designed their own vehicles totally independent to the USA, they developed their own motors and did their own marketing to penetrate international markets too and the thing that KILLED Ford in Australia was when the Americans wanted to take control again, like Star Bucks and many other American ideas, they just didnt work in Australia!

You guys should check out the song I Am Australian seekers edition

I was going to watch the video until l saw the comment about the guy looking for a Sundowner panel van, l can assure you guys their are far better car shows all around Australia than the one you're looking at so glad l checked comments first. Also not sure where this guy got info about laws etc here regarding vehicles but they aren't correct.

the RoadRunner was Plymouth, not PontiHack.

The Mustang ute was definitely custom built. You see a lot of cars in Australia that have been converted into utes. I've seen versions made from 57 Chev, 64 Chev Impala, 80's Volvo, Mercedes, Subaru Impreza and a four door Nissan Patrol wagon turned into a 4 door ute. I'm sure around the country there are many others.

I'd say the G.T.H.O's and the G.T's would be the most expensive cars on that whole lot , that's why they park em away from other cars . Common practise down here is to build a HO or any other GT model Falcon out of a standard XR , XT , XW or an XY model falcon , I've seen hundreds of replicas over the years and there absolutely stunning !!! MAD MAX RULES BABY .

@7:15 all those cars you are questioning are Ford Falcons lol

the bars got to put the boat somewhere and surf boards

Also FORD ----Fix Or Repair Daily.

They aren’t roll bars fools hahahah they are ladder racks and for being able to but stuff up top.

This bloke has a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock 😁

My aussie 74 coupe was mulberry and white interior