Locally-designed V8s have traditionally offered new buyers a good value package with a little excitement. Over time they’ve become appreciated as classics or future classics. Ford’s revival of the V8 in the EB XR8 is a good example.
In a profile of the EB XR series, we note: “These special Fords were under-appreciated for years but now they’re finding an audience’
“After throwing good sense out the window in 1983 and ignoring customers who for decades had bought V8 Falcons, Ford finally came to its senses in 1992 with the XR8 and EB S-XR6.
“The EBs, it must be said, were little more than marketing exercises to combat Holden’s Commodore S and SS but the performance was good and pricing right.”
This car is running the 5.0lt V8 with four-speed automatic transmission.
Located in Riverglades, SA, it’s on the market at $20,000.