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Mar 31, 2014 12:10:26 GMT
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Ford is introducing a luxury upper level to their D segment vehicles Mondeo, S max and Galaxy, those names will be removed and replaced with Vignale..... What the heck-a-doodle was wrong with the 'Ghia' tag...?! I believe they no longer own the Ghia brand, therefore cannot use it anymore. |
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Mar 31, 2014 12:16:06 GMT
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Well that makes perfect sense then... Ta!
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***GARAGE CURRENTLY EMPTY***
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Mar 31, 2014 16:39:07 GMT
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Mar 31, 2014 18:38:01 GMT
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Ford have form for stoopid (ditching Granada -yeah not everyone wants a Jag, No current 3dr Focus ST) You could get Ghia in Mondeo and Galaxy up to 2010 |
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Indeed, Dumped Capri and had a Probe  |
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Last Edit: Apr 1, 2014 7:07:09 GMT by fred
'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
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Indeed, Dumped Capri and had a Probe In the ethos of the principle of this thread, the Ford Probe was a Mazda MX-6 in a fat suit, badge engineered as part of Ford's ownership of the Japanese marque. But it did have pop-up headlights, which arguably is the coolest thing ever. (I liked my Probe  ) |
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The first production composite bodyshell - 1956 Reliant Regal mk3 (on an ash frame  ) |
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Indeed, Dumped Capri and had a Probe In the ethos of the principle of this thread, the Ford Probe was a Mazda MX-6 in a fat suit, badge engineered as part of Ford's ownership of the Japanese marque. But it did have pop-up headlights, which arguably is the coolest thing ever. (I liked my Probe )Yer but did you know that the probe was ment to be a mustang replacement, it was nearly finished when someone in Ford American said good god! what are we doing with the iconic American muscle car with J underpinings so it was quickly moved across the pond and hey presto became the probe. |
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The best thing about the Probe was that it used one of the greatest TV ad songs ever "You can go your own way " by the brilliant Chris Rea.
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Unsure if you're aware, but Ford Australia revived the Capri name on a FWD convertible based on the Mazda 323/Familia to compete with the MX-5/Miata. It was only sold in the Australian and American markets, with most of them made LHD and destined for the US.
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In the ethos of the principle of this thread, the Ford Probe was a Mazda MX-6 in a fat suit, badge engineered as part of Ford's ownership of the Japanese marque. But it did have pop-up headlights, which arguably is the coolest thing ever. (I liked my Probe )Yer but did you know that the probe was ment to be a mustang replacement, it was nearly finished when someone in Ford American said good god! what are we doing with the iconic American muscle car with J underpinings so it was quickly moved across the pond and hey presto became the probe. i remember reading an auto express from the early 90's stating that the probe was the capri replacement ?? even though they stopped making the capri in 1987/88.. |
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The original Probe was released in 1989, albeit in America first   not sayin' that was, like, a good thing  |
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The first Sierra appeared in 1979......a Dutton Sierra  The kitcar was already in production when Ford claimed the name for their new world-car. Tim Dutton Wooley took Ford to court  and won the right to continue to use the name. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutton_Cars |
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Ford is introducing a luxury upper level to their D segment vehicles Mondeo, S max and Galaxy, those names will be removed and replaced with Vignale..... I read that as something else, might say alot about my mind though lol And i shall now call the top spec Ford that until they ditch the stupid thing. |
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Last Edit: Apr 3, 2014 18:59:35 GMT by joem83
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the SOHC engine that powered a million astras, cavaliers, calibras, carltons, mantas through the 80s and 90s was actually of isuzu design
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magazine articles at its launch (1988) claimed that vauxhall were trialling a 4x4 floor pan for the fourth coming Astra GTE16v, to counter handling issues caused by the extra power/torque of brand new 20XE twin cam engine
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early beauford kitcars used a modified mini bodyshell, until they replaced it with their own fibreglass bodyshell  |
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early beauford kitcars used a modified mini bodyshell, until they replaced it with their own fibreglass bodyshell Gee, I bet nobody ever noticed!! |
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I knew he designed the Princess, TR7 and some the the newer MG things, but never knew about he was involved in the 'Bugeye' facelift. Instant respect! The 'bugeye' was the 2000-02 version, not the facelift Blob-eye, then |
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The Cadillac Eldorado, holds the record for the largest engine in a front-wheel drive production vehicle, at 8.2 L (500 in³)
In 1950s 4 out of 5 cars in the world were built in Detroit.At the time Ford workers had the highest average income in the USA.
The Thrust SSC Land Speed record car does 0.04MPG at maximum speed.
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