Ford weighed importing the Crown Vic to replace Australia’s Falcon. While Ford sold the Crown Vic across the US, it kept the Falcon in showrooms throughout Australia. The Crown Vic got its moment under the microscope during that process, but the plan went nowhere, and it never reached buyers Down Under. Similarly, the front bumper, hood, and front quarter panels are all Crown Vic. However you spec it, a Crown Vic ute would have had a genuine eight under that hoodAbimelec DesignAfter production of the Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore ended in Australia, the ute was killed off as we know it.