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Ford Granada 2000 L - Turning the tables

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Created on June 21, 2022

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - In "Sahara beige" with brown vinyl roof

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Rhineland snack bar culture and Granada belong together

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Late model of the first generation

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - You would only look under the hood by mistake. The V6 actually always runs

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Even the smallest six-cylinder engine proudly bears its displacement on the fender

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - The area between the rear lights was always matt black from "L" equipment upwards

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - There is space for fog lights in the front apron

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - It certainly didn't need to hide from its competitors

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Up to 155 km/h fast

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Black painted sills make the hips look slimmer

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - "L" as in "boring"; the cockpit is spartan

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - The dashboard with only two instruments was introduced for the 1976 model year

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - material mix ex works; fabric seats and imitation leather headrests

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - With 90 hp, the two-liter V6 is no powerhouse, but it is reliable and powerful-sounding

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - The type plate confirms; the photo Granada is in delivery condition

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Kingstar spare wheel in the king-size trunk

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Wide, concave tail lights

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Two-tone "sports steel wheels" in 14 inch

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - The grilles not only let air out, but also water in. If the drains are blocked, it rusts badly in secret

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Cozy rear seat bench with center armrest

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Amazed by the legroom

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Recessed, somewhat clumsy door handles

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Tapered radiator grille under straight hood end

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Better safe than sorry; lettering and headlight surrounds in duplicate

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Let's just call the instrumentation clear and easy to read

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Good visibility to the front and rear thanks to windshield washer and heater

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Depending on your point of view, a very large handle or a very small armrest

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Ford Granada 2000 L (1976) - Original radio and unambiguous heater operation

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Ford Granada (1973) - the four-door sedan

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Ford Granada (1972) - four-door sedan

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Ford Granada (1974) - already without hip swing

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Ford Granada (1974) - the smoothed coupé without the hip swing

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Ford Granada (1972) - See-through drawing of the big Ford

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Summary

Cult car or spitfire? Even on the 50th anniversary of the Ford Granada, the question still cannot be answered with certainty. As is so often the case, it all depends on how you look at it. Our article explains how the perception of the Ford Granada has changed over the decades and what once made it so successful.

This article contains the following chapters

Ford the average car
Ford the superior
Ford the versatile
Ford the forgotten
Ford the rebel
Ford the timeless

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

No, I don't have any of the usual car memories of the Ford Granada. No brochure in the car catalog collection at home, no photo of me sitting casually on its hood and no image in my head of some acquaintance who impressed me back in the late seventies by owning the Granada. It must be the Ford. Because I have at least one memory of the other new cars of 1972 - such as the Mercedes-Benz S-Class or the BMW 5 Series - but not of the Granada. Ford had gone to great lengths with the development of the Granada. Away with the stink of the sixties that the P7 series had embodied up to that point. Fresh design and modern technology were to make Ford the benchmark for the upper middle class. Mercedes-Benz courted buyers with the W 114 half a class higher, and BMW courted a somewhat sportier audience from the summer of 1972 with the first five-seater. Ford was aware of its own market position and knew how to steal a few customers from its competitors here and there: a little more luxury for Daimler fans, a little more sportiness for fans of BWW models - and at a lower price.

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