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Fine-tuning - Ford Granada 2.0 in the (historical) test

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Created on April 5, 1975

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Engelbert Männer

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Ford Granada Ghia (1975) - four-door model

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Ford Granada (1975) - comfortable, spacious and quiet touring car

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Ford Granada (1975) - H4 halogen headlights

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Ford Granada (1975) - with 2.0/90 hp V6 engine

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Ford Granada (1975) - five-seater touring car

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Ford Granada Ghia (1975)

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Ford Granada (1976) - Two-door

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Ford Granada (1976) - Granada anniversary model

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Ford Granada (1976) - represents the sophisticated automotive technology of the time

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Ford Granada (1976) - in stretched appearance

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Ford Granada (1975) - Cockpit

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Ford Granada (1975) - Cockpit

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Ford Granada (1975) - ample rear seat space

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Ford Granada (1975) - Inside of door with armrest

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Ford Granada L (1975) - with steel belted tires 175 SR 14

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Ford Granada L (1975) - easy-to-read instruments

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Ford Granada GLS (1975) - Silhouette

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Ford Granada GLS (1975) - Cockpit

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Ford Granada GLS (1975) - specially developed for ambitious drivers

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Ford Granada GL (1975) - with power steering

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Ford Granada Ghia (1975) - with 108 hp

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Ford Granada Ghia (1975) - Rear

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Ford Granada (1975) - Coupé

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Ford Granada GLS Turnier (1976) - presented at the IAA Frankfurt

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Ford Granada GLS Turnier (1976) - Silhouette

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Ford Granada GLS Turnier (1976) - equipped with S suspension as previously only six-cylinder saloons

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Ford Granada GLS Turnier (1976) - sports car-like driving characteristics

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Ford Granada GLS Turnier (1976) - proves its qualities on winding roads

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Ford Granada GLS Turnier (1976) - Germany's most powerful and fastest estate car

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Ford Granada (1975) - ... and its ancestor, the Ford Model T - to celebrate 50 years of Ford in Germany

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Ford Granada (1975) - next to the T-Model from the pioneering days of motorization

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Ford Granada (1975) - Rendezvous with the Estate in front of the Berlin Reichstag

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Ford Granada (1975) - half a century of automotive development lies between these two cars

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

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Summary

Although the exterior of the Ford Granada only changed in terms of trim, the 1975 revision brought many other improvements: From more extensive basic equipment and new instruments to a more refined seating position and suspension set-up. Did the utility value of the Granada 75 increase? This report describes the test results of the model with the 2.0/90 hp V6 engine.

This article contains the following chapters

Clearer
Steering problems
Quiet, but lame
Remaining economical
Centimeter work
Nod eliminated
Chassis qualities
Plus points
Minus points
Overall verdict
Technical data & measured values

Estimated reading time: 12min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Although the exterior of the large Ford model only changed in terms of the trim, the revision from March onwards brought many other improvements: From more extensive basic equipment and new instruments to a more refined seating position and suspension set-up. We first tested the Granada 75 with the 2.0/90 hp V6 engine. Did the utility value increase? The new model name Consul, introduced in March 1972, was also dropped during the regrouping; since March 1975, the large Ford models with engine outputs from 70 to 138 hp have been uniformly called Granada. As usual, there is a range of equipment variants: Normal model and L (both from 70 hp), GL from 90 hp and Ghia from 108 hp.

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