Ford undoubtedly one the oldest builders of the automotive industry, present from the very beginning 20th century.
The American giant, known for its countless iconic vehicles, has also produced cars that just aren’t has no commercial success. Whose fault is it?
Very often questionable design, wrong choice of time or even very strange proportions… Look back at models from Ford that we all forgot!
Ford Pilot
The Ford Pilot was officially the manufacturer’s first post-war model in the United Kingdom. It was produced from 1947 to 1951. It was then replaced in 1951 by the Ford Zephyr and Ford Consul, although the Pilot V8 was still offered for sale. During its production, 22,155 cars were produced.
Ford Squire
It is the first Ford wagon to be designed and built in the UK. Production began in September 1955 and ended four years later, after less than 17,000 cars had been built.
Ford EXP Turbo Coupe
The EXP was an unsuccessful compact sports car based on the North American Escort and was sold in the 1980s. The rarest version was the Turbo Coupe, which had a turbocharged 1.6-liter CVH engine that produced around 120 hp.
Ford Consul Classic
The extravagantly designed Ford Consul Classic sedan was introduced in 1961 and lasted only two years. The coupe version lasted only a year.
Ford Sierra GLSi 4×4
Ford Sierra had very rare models. This is the case of the GLSi 4×4, which was produced very briefly around 1989. Equipped with a 2.9-liter V6 developing 150 hp, only 2,000 units of the model were produced.
Ford Ranger Skyranger
Here’s a convertible pickup truck that didn’t have much success. The 1991 Ford Ranger is a pretty good example. At the time, an outside company built (with or without Ford’s approval) the first-generation Ranger convertible after the facelift and produced no more than 20 examples.
Ford Parklane
Ford Parklane was sold only in the 1956 model year. This is a fairly original 2-door family station wagon, produced only in the USA.
Ford Durango
The Ford Durango was a pickup truck similar in concept to the Ranchero that died out after seven generations in the late 1970s.
Ford Escort RS2000 4×4
The last Escort to wear the famous RS badge was a derivative of the 2.0-litre 16-valve RS2000 introduced in 1991. The all-wheel drive version was introduced three years later.
In all its generations, the Escort was extremely popular, but the RS2000 4×4 was a rarity.
Ford P7
The Ford P7 is a series of large family sedans produced by Ford Germany from autumn 1967 to December 1971. The P7 was sold under the names Ford 17M, Ford 20M and Ford 26M.
Ford Landau
Ford used the Landau name for several versions of the Thunderbird, as well as two separate models produced outside the United States. The rarest of these was a powerful and expensive two-door luxury coupe sold by Ford Australia from 1973 to 1976. Only 1,385 Landaus are believed to have been produced during this period.
Ford Comet
Ford’s French subsidiary, known as SAF, produced several models of its own design after World War II. The most elegant of these was the 1951 Comète, a relative of the Vedette Flathead V8 sedan with a sports body, built by Facel, who would later build the luxurious Facel Vega.
The problem with the Comet was its cost, both in terms of purchase and taxes. Because of this, poor sales did not help matters for the Ford SAF, which was sold to Simca in 1954. The Comète was sold for another year with the Simca badge before it was abandoned…
Ford Escort GTi
During the Escort’s more than 30 years of existence, Ford gave high-performance versions such names as Twin Cam, Mexico, RS1800, XR3, RS Cosworth, and more. And unlike other manufacturers, Ford avoided the GTi label, a badge created by Germany’s Volkswagen. But for a brief period in the late 1990s, there was an Escort GTi. Equipped with a 1.8-liter 113 hp engine, it was the only European Ford to carry the GTi name.
Ford Aspire
The Ford Aspire was a sedan version of the small Ford Festiva, developed in conjunction with Kia, manufactured in South Korea and sold in that country as the Avella. As the Aspire, it was launched for the 1994 model year, but sales were so poor that it was withdrawn from the market in 1997.
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Source: Auto Plus
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