Street Legal Ford Falcon XR8 Ute Dragster for Sale in the States

If you have been eyeing Ford Australia's Falcon Ute, here's your chance to get one right here in the States – and not any version, mind you, but the "only Prostreet Ford BA XR8 drag race in the world" according to the RKMCCA auction house selling the car this Friday at the Charlotte Convention Center.

The car's flyer also states that it is capable of "running consistent 8-second quarter mile passes on the drag strip, but even more impressive it can be titled/registered as a kit car depending on your state’s rules and driven on the street", as it comes with everything that is required for street cars, including turn signals, and brake lights.

If you take a glance under the huge hood scoop, you'll be greeted by a massive….8.9-liter (540ci) big block V8 with numerous upgrades such as roller rockers, a custom grind solid roller camshaft, steel race crankshaft, H-beam connecting rods, forged pistons and ATI balancer, hooked up to a Powerglide 2-speed automatic transmission with a 3,500rpm stall converter.

There's no mention on output, but all data points to several hundred horses – let's put it this way; you won't feel any lack of power with a car running the quarter mile in 8 seconds…

We're also told that the Ute was "recently fully rebuilt and everything brand new from every wire to every part was replaced per the owner’s request", with the auction house saying it anticipates a sale price of between $90,000.00 to $120,000 (€66,200 to €88,300 at today's rates).

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Ford Falcon Ute Turns Into a Hot Rod, Owner Calmly Puts Out Fire and Drives it Back to Work!

Talk about turning around a hot situation into a very cool affair. Mark Schocroft, a young automotive electrician from the Australian city of Adelaide, was in for a nasty surprise on Friday morning when he saw his Ford Falcon ute engulfed in flames.

Apparently, the butane bottles in the pickup truck's bed exploded. Thankfully, bypassers notified Schocroft who ran outside the pizza place and extinguished the fire.

What makes this story cool is that Schocroft, far from shocked, checked out his Falcon ute and once he made sure that the basics work, he drove the car to his job!

Schocroft told 7News that he was concerned he would be late for work. "I didn't know what the bosses would say…," explained the young man.

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Porsche Racer Sean Edwards Killed While Tutoring Driver from Passenger Seat in Australia

Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland and Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup driver Sean Edwards lost his life on Tuesday morning in a horrific accident during a private driving training session on the Queensland Raceway in Australia.

Son of the ex-Formula One pilot Guy Edwards, the 26-year-old British racing driver was sitting in the passenger seat as an instructor when the accident happened. According to reports from Australian media, the Porsche car crashed into a wall and burst into flames while being driven by a 20-year-old man from Brisbane.

The driver is in critical condition in hospital after suffering severe burns, organ damage and broken bones. Reports say it took emergency services for more than two hours to free him from the wreckage and take him to hospital.

Porsche issued a press release expressing “immense regret” for the tragic event. “Edwards has for many years been one of the most popular and successful pilots in the Porsche one-make race series,” read its statement. “Our thoughts are with his family and we want to express our deepest condolences to his relatives,” said Hartmut Kristen, Head of Motorsport at Porsche.

Edwards was a FIA GT3 European Championship winner in 2006. He has competed in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup from 2008 and in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland since 2010. He had a very successful 2013 season so far, with victories in the Nurburgring and Dubai 24 Hours, wins in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland and in the GTC Class of the American Le Mans Series.

May he rest in peace.

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Just Some Aussies Hooning Around in an Abandoned Factory

You might not know it yet, but large and empty buildings can actually be an ideal place to burn some rubber and engage in what Australians and New Zealanders like to call hooning.
The crew from LuckyBelt explains:
"Last month we were lucky enough to have access to an old empty factory for the afternoon the day before it was knocked down in Perth, Western Australia. This was the result."

Watch Real Life Mad Max Terrorize an Australian Driver During an Extreme Road Rage Incident

With all the incidents filmed on Russian roads, (you can head over to Jalopnik for some of the best dashcam clips of 2012 – we're preparing our own list, too), we rarely say this about a road rage incident, but WOW.
There's road rage, there's psychotic and then there's "this windshield ain't going to stop me punching your face" kind of rage, which makes Mad Max and Toecutter look like Care Bears…
We only get to hear and watch one side of the story in this incident as the perpetrator has yet to be interviewed, or captured by the police, for that matter, but here's what went on.

Australian Police Warns About Apple iOS 6 Maps After App Directs Drivers to the Desert

In September, Apple decided to ditch Google Maps from its iOS 6 iPhone operating system in favor of its own navigation app. From a commercial point of view, it surely makes sense to promote your own products instead of those of your rivals.
Obviously, the folks at Cupertino should have ensured that their map app was accurate before making it the sole option for iOS6 users. In Australia, police have gone as far as to warn drivers of using Apple's map app.

Blown up Tank Arrives in front of Kim DotCom's New Zealand Mansion

Even though Kim DotCom, otherwise known as Kim Schmitz, is currently behind bars awaiting possible extradition to the United States after a New Zealand judge denied an application for bail on Wednesday, the founder of the popular file-sharing website MegaUpload continues to make headlines for reasons not related directly to his case.
After his amazing collection of luxury cars were seized by police last Friday, we thought that would be the last we heard about DotCom's toys.
Apparently, we were wrong as it has been reported by several New Zealand newspapers that after his arrest, Dotcom's mansion received delivery of a…full-size inflatable replica of a Russian T-72 tank!