Re: Just shoot me!

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <379d178e.53481642@mail.c2i.net> eyvind.spangen@c2i.net (Eyvind Spangen) writes:

>> Same car.  The Scorpio was the full equipment version of the Granada.

> Ok..

> >It certainly wasn't discontinued in 1985 - they were available new from
> >Ford dealers as little as a year ago.  The 2.8i engine was the top end
> >of the early series - the mid-1980s onwards version had a 2.9i.
>
> I meant the "old" Granada, not the "new" one (the hatchback).. One of
> the last versions had a 2.9i 24V engine with 190 hp. Pretty good car,
> but after they redesigned the whole car, sales dropped to almost
> nothing, and that wasn't strange, I think the last model was the
> ugliest car ever made by Ford..

I don't know of anything later than the hatchback.  They did a booted
version for a while, but it was _really_ unpopular.  Because of local
UK tax thresholds, the vast majority sold here were 2.0 EFI.  The rest
were largely 2.9 EFI, with just a very, very few 2.4 EFIs - almost all
of the latter to private buyers rather than company fleets.

The hatchback was the #1 executive car for almost ten years.  ABS was
standard on all Granadas and Scorpios.

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