| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
In Europe, the Ford Granada was produced at both its German factory in Cologne and its British factory in Dagenham from between 1972 until 1976 when production switched entirely to Germany until it was discontinued in 1985.
The 1972 Granada succeeded the Ford Zephyr/ Zodiac as Ford's full-size European offering, and was very common in taxi, fleet and police usage. It was also converted into limousine and hearse versions by the British company Coleman Milne . At first, lower models in the range were called the Ford ConsulThe Ford Consul was a car manufactured by Ford in Britain. Between 1951 and 1962 the Consul was the stablemate of the bigger Ford Zephyr. It was replaced in 1962 by a new 4-cylinder Zephyr, and the new Ford Cortina. The Consul name reappeared from 1972 to, but from 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i on they were all called Granadas. It was best known for its appearance on the television series The SweeneyThe Sweeney is a British television police drama focusing on two crime-fighting members of the Flying Squad, an elite branch of the British police force specialising in armed robbery and violent crime. The programme originally aired on ITV from 1975 until.
Mechanically, the European Granada conformed to Ford convention, the inital range using the Ford Essex V4 unit in 1.6 L and 2.0 L capacities, and the "Essex" V6Ford Motor Company has produced two different V6 piston engines which have been commonly referred to as Essex Ford Essex V6 engine (UK) A 60° V6, 2. 0 L Ford Essex V6 engine (Canadian) A 90° derivative of the Windsor V8, 3. engine in 3.0 L format. The V4This article is about the V4 engine. There is also an article about the brain's visual area V4. A V4 is an engine in V configuration, with 4 cylinders. Lancia produced several narrow-angle V4 engines in Italy. The Ford of Europe produced two totally diffe was later replaced by the PintoThe Ford Pinto engine is the unofficial but ubiquitous nickname for a 4 cylinder internal combustion engine built by the Ford Motor Company in Europe. Officially it was known as the EAO or OHC engine, it is also sometimes called the Metric engine since it unit.
The square and straight-lined Mark II Granada appeared in 1977 and was produced until 1985. The Mark II was a development of the previous car, the main differences being the "Cologne" V6 engine in 2.3 L and 2.8 L forms replacing the older "Essex" unit, and the introduction of features such as air conditioning and fuel-injection.