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[davocano]

[JeeExEll]

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Autopista.

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Mk2 Ghia 2.3 estate?

Don't remember that option in the UK. Possible tho, like Cortina 1600 Ghias which were listed for a year or two but I've never seen one.

[155V6]

Didn't some European countries used to have really high road tax for bigger engines,so they made higher-spec cars with the smaller engines?

[adw1977]

I can't find a 2.3 Granada Ghia in any of my brochures, but it's certainly true that some countries got combinations that weren't sold in the UK due to different tax regimes. 

Not just trim levels, but whole models with smaller engines, e.g. Escort Mark 1 and 2 with 940cc engine.

[JeeExEll]

There is a Ford Cars brochure from about 1980/81 now I think about it, offering the option of a 2.3 Ghia Granada. Never seen the 2.3 option on a Ghia estate tho.

[adw1977]

Yes, there were 2.3 Ghia saloons, but not estates. Sorry, I wasn't clear in my last post.

[JeeExEll]

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Coupe fixed-hardtop conversion with slimline rear roof pillars. Reminds me of a Lancia Fulvia.

[JeeExEll]

The tawny metallic hid the rust well. No-one suspected the extent of the corrosion until one day when he opened the bootlid.

 

Oh bugger.

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Golf 'putting green' special edition. Odd that it looks rendered.

[sheffcortinacentre]

No European cortina/taunus was factory fitted with a 5 speed, there were no ghia x's either.

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[bunglebus]

Coupe fixed-hardtop conversion with slimline rear roof pillars. Reminds me of a Lancia Fulvia.

 

I think someone just got a bit carried away with the scissors, pre-photoshop. Or you can't see the white vinyl roof against the background.

[JeeExEll]

^^ As far as I know I think it was for real. From memory they (apparently) made 2 with a longer rear deck, one a V6 and one badged as a Lotus. May be more info on t'net.

 

Optimistic 0 - 60 claim all the same.

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[sheffcortinacentre]

Yep as said gen cars

[Tadhg Tiogar]

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Brings back memories of the oul man's 1600E, XYV 281H, which he sold to a collector in 1977.

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Arrrgh trying to think which circuit that is, Imola?

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