MOTOR crowns FPV F6

MOTOR magazine has crowned FPV's Typhoon as the 2006 Australian Performance Car of the Year.

The award has taken out by the high-performance turbocharged six-cylinder. Second and third were also blown Ford sixes -- the parent company's XR6 Turbo in manual and automatic form.

The Ford trifecta topped the first round of MOTOR's revamped performance awards. The new look format works on a 'league of nations' basis with the magazine pitting each country/region's products heads to head before a grand final to decide overall Performance car of the Year.

The Australian PCOTY contenders were the above top three, plus HSV's GTO Coupe and ClubSport DTS, Falcon XR8 and FPV Falcon GT.

MOTOR Magazine editor, Jesse Taylor, said “FPV's F6 Typhoon is equally at home on the road or getting belted around a race track. It does it all well and really is a complete package. That's why it wins the title of Australian Performance Car of the Year."

The Australian PCOTY award preceedings features in the April 2006 edition of MOTOR. June will see the Euros fight it out, while September will pit the US, the rest of the world and Japan's best head to head. The top three place-getters from each round will duke it out in the grand finale which will be published in the December isue of MOTOR.