sentences:  The first Australian designed car to use a V8 engine was the 1965 Chrysler Valiant (AP6), which was available with an American-built Chrysler engine.The first locally designed V8 Ford was the 1966 Ford Falcon (XR) and the first V8 Holden was the 1968 Holden HK, both using engines supplied by their parent companies in the United States.The first V8 engine to be mass produced in Australia was the 1969-2000 Holden V8 engine.