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Ford Motor Company of Australia

Ford’s Australian company: assembler of the right-hand-drive Bronco at Broadmeadows in 1981–87, seller of the Nissan-built Maverick in 1988–94, and since 2011 the design centre of the global T6 Ranger, Ranger Raptor and Everest.

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6VEHICLES IN THE REGISTRY1925FOUNDED1940–1987VEHICLE YEARSActive since 1925STATUS

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History

Ford Australia built cars and trucks at Geelong and Broadmeadows from 1925; its 1981–87 Bronco used the Falcon six and the Australian Cleveland V8, and under the Button Plan it sold the Nissan Patrol as the Maverick. Its Broadmeadows product-development centre designed the T6 Ranger of 2011, the 2015 Everest, the 2019 Ranger Raptor and the 2022 generation for Ford worldwide; local manufacturing ended in 2016 but the design and engineering centre continues.

Ford and Vickers-Armstrongs vehicles built or converted by Ford Motor Company of Australia

6 records in this registry. Each opens its full registry page.
Series II Gun Buggy — photographSeries II Gun Buggy1963–64 · Australian Army · Open body & split screens · convertedBronco (Australia, Broadmeadows) — no image yetBronco (Australia, Broadmeadows)1981–87 · Bronco (1980–86) · Bronco (Australia, Broadmeadows) · builtUniversal Carrier MG, Local Pattern No. 2 (LP2, Australia) — photographUniversal Carrier MG, Local Pattern No. 2 (LP2, Australia)1941–43 · Universal Carrier (1940–60) · Universal Carrier MG, Local Pattern No. 2 (LP2, Australia) · built2-pounder anti-tank gun carrier (Australia) — no image yet2-pounder anti-tank gun carrier (Australia)1941–43 · Universal Carrier (1940–60) · 2-pounder anti-tank gun carrier (Australia) · built3-inch mortar carrier (Australia) — photograph3-inch mortar carrier (Australia)1941–43 · Universal Carrier (1940–60) · 3-inch mortar carrier (Australia) · builtUniversal Carrier (1940–60) — photographUniversal Carrier (1940–60)1940–60 · built

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Maker record updated 2026-09-22 · status: researched