Re: Granada

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In a message dated 7/24/99 6:40:09 PM !!!First Boot!!!, cobram@juno.com 
writes:

> he Granada and Monarch were based on a long version of the Maverick unit
>  body and share many mechanical components with the Maverick. Very few
>  changes were made to the Granada and Monarch until they became rebadged
>  Fairmonts in 1981. 

This is all partially correct.
The US Granada and Monarch were stretches of the Maverick chassis sold in the 
US from mid-70's until their death in the early 80's. 

However the Fairmont was a new chassis called "FOX" by Ford that was also the 
basis for the Mustang from it's introduction in late '77 until the "New" 
Mustang was introduced in '94.

In Europe The Granada nameplate was on a variety of cars that survived until 
approx. '97. Likewise it was sold here in the US from '87 to'89 as the Merkur 
Scorpio. Very classy car that was supposed to be an MB 300 fighter here. Also 
Ford sold the European Sierra here as the Merkur XR4Ti. It was meant to be a 
counter to the BMW 3 series. Unlike the garden variety Granadas and Sierras, 
the US only got the High specification version with US certified powerplants.

Mike Torio