Ford Falcon First generation 

Production	1959 to 1963
Assembly	USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Argentina, Chile
Body style	2-4 door sedan 3-5 door station wagon 5-door station wagon 2-door hardtop, convertible 2-door coupe utility, sedan delivery
Chassis	Unibody
Engine	144 cu in (2.4 l) Mileage Maker inline six-cylinder (I6) 170 cu in (2.8 l) Mileage Maker I6 260 cu in (4.3 l) Challenger V8 (mid 1962)
Transmission	2-3 speed automatic 3-4 speed manual
Wheelbase	109.50 in, 2781 mm
Length	181.10 in, 4600 mm
Width	70.60 in, 1793 mm
Height	54.50 in, 1384 mm
Dry weight	24.25 1b, 1100 kg

Ford Falcon First generation was a mid-sized car at first the main production built in the USA in the early 1960s and then also built Worldwide.

History

In the 1950s, the three major American car companies Ford, General Motors (GM), and Chrysler produced larger cars for the US and Canadian markets with almost every new model year, because large models made a larger contribution and customers were looking for longer time increasingly larger cars demanded.

 In the sales crisis of 1958, however, the companies realized that their previous model policy no longer worked. While the big three suffered all the heavy losses, AMC was very successful with its Rambler American, the only compact car of American manufacture. At that time, the VW Beetle found more and more buyers. Almost simultaneously introduced in the fall of 1959 for model year 1960 Chrysler the Plymouth Valiant, GM the Chevrolet Corvair, Ford the Falcon and shortly thereafter the derived Mercury Comet. Built like European cars with a Unibody construction and a distribution of weightof  54.3 % to the  front axle, 45.7% at the axle rear axle with coil spring front suspension, leaf spring rear suspension, and drum brakes front and rear but inside it had room for up to six passengers.

In North America in the 1960s, the Ford Falcon was considered a compact car, abroad rather than a mid-size car.  Ford boasted of the good fuel economy achieved by the six-cylinder with the first Falcon fitted with a lightweight 95-hp (70 kW), 144 CID (2.4 L) Mileage Maker straight-six with a single-barrel carburettor. 

PERFORMANCE:144 CID (2.4 L) Mileage Maker straight-six Saloon

• Engine capacity:144.30 cu in, 2359.30 cu cm;
• Fuel consumption: 22.6 m,imp gal, 18.8 m US
• Max speed: 87.0 mph, 140 km h
• Max power (SAE): 85 hp at 4200 rpm
• Max torque (SAE): 134 1b ft, 18.5 kgm at 2000 rpm
• Max number of engine rpm: 4600
• Specific power: 36 hp/l
• Power-weight ratio: 28.4 lb/hp, 12.9 kg/hp
• Acceleration: standing 1/4 mile 21 sec, 0—50 mph (0 —80 km/h) 12.5 sec

The 1961 model year introduced an optional 101-hp, 170-CID (2.8-L) six. 

PERFORMANCE: 170 cu in (2.8 l) Mileage Maker straight-six convertible

• Engine capacity: 170 cu in, 2779.50 cu cm;
• Fuel consumption: 21.7 m imp gal, 18.1 m Us gal, 13 | x 100 km
• Max speed: 91.9 mph, 148 km
• Acceleration: standing 1/4 mile 20.2 sec, 0—50 mph (0 —80 km/h) 12 sec
• Max power (SAE): 101 hp at 4400 rpm
• Max torque (SAE): 156 1b ft, 21.5 kgm at 2400 rpm
• Max number of engine rpm: 4600
• Specific power: 36.3 hpl
• Power-weight ratio: 27.8 lb/hp, 12.6 kg/hp

By 1963 more sporty "Sprint" model were introduced now with a V8 at the end of the First-generation production These first-generation Falcon Sprint cars were the basis for the new 1964 ½ year Mustangs to be built. For Transmission a three-speed manual column shift was standard fitment, and the two-speed Ford-O-Matic automatic was optional. And by 1962 offered a four-speed transmission.

The Ford Falcon First generation body styles included traditional two and four-door sedans, along with two and four-door station wagons. Ford introduced other models the Futura Convertible the Ford Falcon Club Wagon, an eight-passenger, Ford Econoline cab over engine a sedan delivery. van.

The 1962 model year had a Squire model of the four-door station wagon with faux wood trim along the sides of the car.

The higher trim level bucket-seat "Futura" model was offered with a slightly upgraded interior, factory-installed safety belts, along with spears type side trim design, and different emblems. Halfway through the model year, Ford changed the roof line at the back window design the two-door Futura sedan sported a flat rear window in place of the wrap-around window on earlier model.