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Traveling in the hip-swinging Granada - 40 years of Ford Granada/Consul

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Created on November 21, 2012

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Stefan Fritschi

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Bruno von Rotz

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - Platzverhältnisse fast wie in der viertürigen Limousine

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - eindrucksvolle Front

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - erst ab 2,3 Liter akzeptabel motorisiert

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - bequemes Langstrecken-Fahrzeug

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - nach dem Granada baute Ford keine "grossen" Autos mehr

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - der Hüftschwung wurde damals als altmodisch abgetan

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - der Hüftschwung traf den damaligen Geschmack der Autowelt nicht

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - die Front blieb über die ganze Bauzeit weitgehend unverändert

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - auf dem Heck ein Ford-Schiftzug, aber kein Emblem

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - das Hüftschwungcoupé wurde nur bis 1973 gebaut

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - der Hüftschwung ist hier besonders schön erkennbar

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - mit der Fastback-Limousine sollte eine "normale" zweitürige Limousine unnötig gemacht werden

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - viel Kofferraum für den grossen Ford

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - gradliniges Kühlerdesign

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - kraftvolles Design am Heck des Autos

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - von vorne waren die unterschiedlichen Varianten kaum zu unterscheiden

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - wirkt heute elegant und überzeugt mit grossen Fensterflächen

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - grosse Leuchteinheiten machen die Nacht zum Tage

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - Luxus-Gefühle in den Siebzigerjahren

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - Kunstleder und Holz - Luxusattribute der frühen Siebzigerjahre

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - die Granada-Modelle hatten sechs Instrumenten-Höhlen, die Consul-Modelle zwei

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - schön gezeichnete Instrumente in tiefen Höhlen

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - die Instrumente sassen in tiefen Höhlen

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - die tiefen Höhlen sollten ein Spiegeln der Instrumente verhindern

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - klar beschriftete Schalter

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - die Radioschachtabdeckung sieht sehr edel aus

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - die Zeituhr auf der Beifahrerseite

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - die Kunstleder-Sitzgarnitur wurde bei diesem Fahrzeug nachgerüstet

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - die Türverkleidungen - Holz und Kunstleder

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - der V6-Motor aus Köln

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - da hätte auch ein Achtzylinder hineingepasst

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - einfacher Motorenbau, viel Platz im Bug des Granadas

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - Blick in den Kofferraum

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - der Ford-Schriftzug auf dem Heck

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - der Granada-Schriftzug

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - Hubraum und Zylinderzahl auf der Flanke

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - der Ford-Schriftzug auf dem Bug

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - Türöffner

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - Ausstellfenster hinten - lösen sich gerne, da sie nur geleimt sind

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - der Granada-Schriftzug war den nobleren Varianten vorbehalten

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - Stahlräder und formschöne Zierdeckel

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Ford Granada 2300 V6 Fastback-Limousine (1973) - die schönen Radzierdeckel

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Ford 20 M (1969) - der indirekte Vorgänger des Modelles Consul/Granada

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Ford Granada am Genfer Automobilsalon 1972 - kompakte Karosserie und modernes Fahrwerk

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Ford Granada am Genfer Automobilsalon 1972 - die neue Generation wird erstmals in Genf gezeigt

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Ford Granada am Genfer Automobilsalon 1972 - der Ford-Stand steht im Zeichen des neuen Granada

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Ford Granada GXL am Genfer Automobilsalon 1972 - das überladene Heck wird von Design-Kritikern gerügt

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Ford Granada am Genfer Automobilsalon 1972 - genauso wie das Schwestermodell Consul ist auch der Granada als Kombi mit zwei Motoren erhältlich

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Ford Consul (1972) - die Modellpalette von 1972, hier die Consul-Varianten

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Ford Granada (1972) - Durchsichtszeichnung des grossen Ford

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Ford Granada (1972) - vordere und hintere Aufhängung

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Ford Consul GT (1972) - weitgehend baugleich mit dem zweitürigen Granada

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Ford Consul (1972) - Lenkrad und Armaturenbrett des Consul L - im Gegensatz zum höher angesiedelten Granada nur mit zwei Höhlen für die Hauptinstrumente

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Ford Consul (1972) - als zweitürige Fastback-Limousine, weitgehend baugleich mit Granada

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Ford Granada (1972) - GXL-Variante, wie sie in England verkauft wurde

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Ford Granada (1972) - viertürige Limousine

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Ford Consul (1973) - so verkaufte man in den Siebzigerjahren Autos, z.B. den Consul L

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Ford Granada (1973) - die viertürige Limousine

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Ford Granada (1973) - nur bis 1973 wurde das Hüftschwung-Coupé gebaut

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Ford Granada (1973) - nur bis 1973 zeigte die zweitürige Fastback-Limousine den berühmten Hüftschwung

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Ford Granada (1974) - bereits ohne Hüftschwung

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Ford Granada (1974) - das geglättete Coupé ohne Hüftschwung

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Ford Granada II (1977) - technisch basierend auf den ursprünglichen Granada, überzeugte die modernisierte Linie alle Zweifler

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Summary

In 1972, Ford presented the large Granada and its identical brother Consul, a joint development by Ford England and Germany. This was also the last big Ford. Its successor, the Scorpio, never really succeeded it, and after that Ford only built mid-range models. This driving report looks at the vehicles from 1972 onwards, shows their strengths and weaknesses and portrays a two-door fastback saloon from 1973 in detail.

This article contains the following chapters

First broad collaboration between Ford England and Germany
Consul or Granada?
Four body variants
Press launch of the Granada met with a mixed response
Dance class for the disk shower
Elaborate and American-soft chassis
OHC, Cologne, Essex engine or Peugeot diesel?
The V6 is better suited to the Granada character
No more Consul from Granada '75 onwards
A lot of car for the money
Granada II with Pininfarina practicality
The hidden plum
Scorpio or the end of the upper class
On the road in the hip-swinging coupé
Great loss of historic cultural assets
Further information

Estimated reading time: 16min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Ford Granada and its practically identical twin, the Consul, were jointly developed by Ford England in Dagenham and Ford Germany in Cologne. And it was also the last big Ford - unfortunately. Its successor, the Scorpio, with its compromised concept, never really succeeded it, and after that Ford only built mid-range cars. In 2012, the Consul and Granada turned 40 years old. We look back on a truly great car - and not just in terms of its dimensions. From the earliest days of its global expansion, the American Ford Group was a rather inhomogeneous entity - especially in Europe. Ford England, based in Dagenham to the east of London, and the German headquarters in Cologne were almost like two different brands that had much in common but did not really operate as a single entity, although both had been operating under the partly autonomous Ford of Europe since 1967.

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