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FPV BA/BF F6 TYPHOON

’04 TO ’05 FPV F6 TYPHOON Arrived in 2004 as a BA Mk II, then a BF

UNLIKE HSV’S supercharged XU6, FPV cracked the six-cylinder muscle car thing straight off the bat in 2004 with the F6 Typhoon. And it’s easy to see why. Ford had built a beast in the Falcon XR6 Turbo, a car that shook Australia off the idea that Ford muscle cars had to have eight cylinders, and then FPV injected a whole lot more attitude–big brakes, fatter tyres, significant power increase and a complete restyling inside and out.

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