The Ford Granada Mk1 Was 1970s Executive Luxury! (1972 2500 GXL Road Test)

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Ford saloon cars are no more, with the Crown Victoria gone in America, Australia's beloved Falcon dead and even Britain's Mondeo killed off. We decided to revisit the glory days of big, luxurious Ford saloons with the executive Blue Oval for the 70s, the Mk1 Granada!
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0:00 Remember Ford Saloons?
0:48 A New Big Ford For Europe & Britain
1:13 Granada Name Complications
1:37 American-Inspired Design
2:00 Interior
2:24 Suspension & Driving Impressions
3:31 Engines
4:09 Everyman Luxury
5:05 Sales Success
5:52 Why We'll Miss Big Fords

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Комментарии : 71

@petersimpson5859 7 месяцев назад

Shut it, you're nicked!

@paultaylor7082 7 месяцев назад

Get your strides on, son, we're the Sweeney and we haven't had any dinner..

@simonhodgetts6530 7 месяцев назад

Guv, guv, guv, GUV! (For the last time of trying……..)

@Kiinell 7 месяцев назад

Saloons will make a big comeback one day.

@dungareesareforfools 7 месяцев назад

I really, really hope so. "Cars" have never been so bad as they are now.

@antfox7394 7 месяцев назад

I've always preferred Saloons, I cannot understand how people think SUV's are more appealing, most modern stuff leaves me cold.

@davidhayes4814 7 месяцев назад

What was “special” about these series of cars is that they were well built, mechanically reliable and depreciated very heavily. Hence in the late 70s and early 80s you could pick a 4 year old example for 30% of its list price and still have the bulk of its use ahead of you. My Dad ran several of these as private taxis and they hit the nail bang on the head. Luxury without the apparent ostentatious criticism that German stuff attracted at that time

@ClassicsWorldUK 7 месяцев назад

Couldn't put it better ourselves!

@albertbekassy2709 7 месяцев назад

The Essex 3.0 V6 is one of the best sounding engines ever.

@richlee509 7 месяцев назад

M54 3.0 has entered the chat

@jimcameron4672 3 месяца назад

Definitely a great sound

@stevedickson5853 Месяц назад

BMWs , yawn @@richlee509

@matthewgodwin3050 7 месяцев назад

My favourite big saloon of the 1970s. The Granada is absolutely fabulous.

@davidoneill9244 7 месяцев назад

I used one of these in the '70s in my role as a bank employee & travelled the length & breadth of the UK in it so over 2 years knocking up a quite high mileage. The car NEVER let me down come hail, snow, rain or high temperatures

@berwhaletheavenger 7 месяцев назад

The amalgamation of Ford Britain and Ford Germany began with the 1965 Transit, 1967 Mark 1 Escort, then the 1969 Capri. The TC Taunus Cortina was fourth. The Consul - Granada was an excellent car and seriously challenged the 6 cylinder BMW's and W114/5 Mercs. The ride was 9 tenths as good as the XJ6. Ford made the same basic car until 1985 and it was still good then.

@andrewmellon5072 7 месяцев назад

My dad had a 1972 consul 2500 v6 from new. In damp misty humid weather if left outdoors, it wouldn't start in the morning. It ran well and was a pleasure to drive, it had an automatic choke which reved the engine up to 1200 rpm when cold, had great brakes, the gear lever came off in my dads hand, low 20s mpg. A head gasket went at 80 odd thousand. The engine was rebuilt. My sister ran it low on oil and it siezed and was scrapped. It was a replacement for a 1970 corsair 2000, the corsair was faster and we all prefered it and regretted the change. They were both manual.

@billybunter6659 7 месяцев назад

My father used to have a 2.0 Litre Ford Consul and then later on he bought a 2 Litre White Ford Granada Estate which i used for work,i think that was one of the best work horses i've ever had,just a simple 2 Litre engine no computer no catalytic convertor no sensors apart from the usual temp and oil on the engine and it only ever broke down once because of a faulty condensor,what a brilliant car and i do miss it 👍

@kieranwhite6647 7 месяцев назад

If I won the lottery, a Mk1 and Mk2 Granada would be very near the top of my shopping list!

@ClassicsWorldUK 7 месяцев назад

Good choice!

@mcplutt 3 месяца назад

Are they that expensive? 🙃

@nigelbond4056 7 месяцев назад

Great video, great car. Sorry to nitpick but I think the leather was vinyl and the wood came from the Formica tree. No matter, the Granada was a wonderful piece of design, both Mk1 and Mk2.

@UKMike2009 7 месяцев назад

Very happy memories of hiring a 3.0 litre GXL for a week, from Godfrey Davis Car Hire in Sheffield. Covered a ridiculous number of miles and fell in love with the car. Superb styling.

@gregorylawson8346 7 месяцев назад

Godfrey Davis car hire. My goodness me, that's pre Thatcher 😂😂

@giulianomarco 7 месяцев назад

Back to The Factory, Bill. Don't spare the horses - and get your trousers on. 😋

@esssexboy 7 месяцев назад

I had a humble 2.0L spec automatic on a 's' plate prob last of mk1's, was really nice and smooth for a 2.0 pinto & to be fair didn't feel particularly slow either.

@michaelbarlow3686 7 месяцев назад

An excellent video thanks. I've always loved Ford's they knew what we wanted and gave it to us from Fast Fords to the Granada Cosworrth (not the frog eye). Don't forget how generous they were to film companies very clever marketing courtesy of The Sweeny and many more. But they've lost it in my opinion with the discontinuation of the Fiesta Focus and now Mondeo. I do hope history proves them wrong.

@phildixon131 7 месяцев назад

It certainly wasn't leather seating on the vast majority of granada models

@nickwillobey2205 7 месяцев назад

Had a K reg 3.0 GXL......NO problems, silver grey, red interior 😁😁😁!

@ringo196 7 месяцев назад

Ive owned a Black 3.0S and a later 3.0 Ghia in white which ended up 3.9 V8

@videowsatcher 7 месяцев назад

gramps mobile. Interesting a sunroof but no power windows or mirrors.

@bsport131 7 месяцев назад

MK1 and 2 had both brilliant cars

@robertfm116 6 месяцев назад

Loved them. My dad bought a diamond white 2.5 in 1973. Ruby red velour interior, black vinyl roof. Great for swallowing up the whole family . Unfortunately there were automatic choke issues, it drank petrol around town, and ultimately rusted badly. I can still remember the distinctive smell of the Ziebart underseal that was applied from new. Happy days.

@trevorgilbert7284 7 месяцев назад

That car was way ahead of its time.

@cactusthomas914 7 месяцев назад

NHK295M Consul GT. Legend.

@davidthomasdenwood2383 5 месяцев назад

I mini cabed granada all the time great cars wish they would build them again

@robertlloyd7493 7 месяцев назад

😊 great cars

@richarddavis4378 4 месяца назад

My dad had the 3l such was a lovely car.

@meadroad 8 дней назад

Being a Ford person & starting my apprenticeship with Fords in the early 80’s I didn’t know the story behind the name of Granada, until you explained…. Once owned a MK1 3:0 GL & a 2:0 ‘87 auto Hatchback MK whatever ??

@Yorkshiremadmick 7 месяцев назад

I 1977/8 I persuaded my boss to skip buying a Japanese car, a Mitsubishi Colt Sapporo. To buy a 3litre White Ford Granada with Brown vinyl roof and Brown velour interior. He loved it.

@touraneindanke 25 дней назад

Executive luxury indeed 🫶 The Dutch Royal family used several of those in dark blue as state limousine 💪 First and second generations actually.

@tangerinedream7211 7 месяцев назад

Had a 1979 Grandad mk2 on loan from the company pool in 1981, pale green, it felt the size of an aircraft carrier.

@lewis72 7 месяцев назад

You needed to drive through some empty cardboard boxes.

@ClassicsWorldUK 7 месяцев назад

Sadly The Sweeney used them all!

@clivefrear1784 7 месяцев назад

Just my opinion, but this must be the nicest Granada model ever. I would love one today, but no more room in my garage!

@andrewchirgwin4136 7 месяцев назад

I had a mk1 3.0v6, what a marvellous car, smooth, quiet, comfortable. Wish l still had it. Like driving an armchair.

@acl6573 7 месяцев назад

Careful … you can’t be comparing with a Buick or Cadillac- those are General Motors! More appropriately… a Lincoln or Mercury - indeed the USA had its own Ford Granada- same name, very different car. Lovely video - many thanks 🙏

@griftereck 7 месяцев назад

Have a look at Star Maidens. a 70s sci fi show. Gareth Thomas, who went onto be Blake of Blakes 7, he was chased about by coppers in a Granada or consul.

@ringo196 7 месяцев назад

Consul GT was the rarest of them

@GlennPowell-ls3lg 7 месяцев назад

My favorite car of all time.Shame most ended up on banger ovals.

@GlennPowell-ls3lg 7 месяцев назад

I as a car mad kid in the 70,s wanted my dad to get one.He had a mk1 Escort in brown which he cherished but the Mk1 Granny was the "Boss". My first car was a mk4 cortina and Ford back then just nailed design better than Jag or BMW etc.

@Phuc_Yhou 7 месяцев назад

@GlennPowell-Is3lg I was just thinking the best competition for the Jags in the 80's banger racing, even today both cars are still used, check out the 2023 world finals at Ipswich for some beautiful examples.

@GlennPowell-ls3lg 7 месяцев назад

@@Phuc_Yhou The bangers in the unlimited class ( 3 litre plus) were all Granada,s and Jags.I had a work mate that raced Jags. God knows how many cars were killed back then.Mk 2 granadas are still being raced???? As for engines its the V6 essex or cologne versus the jag xk6 lump.To be fair in my humble opinion you couldnt put a hairs breadth between either with a good carb/s and camshaft/s. I would go for the Ford though still.Cracking engines that also bolted into Volvo 740,s .

@user-me3go4ku8z 7 месяцев назад

I had 2,0 pinto engine type no hassle

@keithammleter3824 7 месяцев назад

A Granada an executive luxury car?? That's hilarious. Ford made practically the same thing here in Australia, branding it as the Falcon XA/XB/XC. Same styling. The Australian production featured optional 2 big inline six engines and 2 big V8's and a much better dash design. The presenter says it was an executive's alternative to the Mercedes - he's hallucinating. Chalk and cheese. The Granada/Falcon was just a cheap car stamped out for the masses at adequate but not excellent quality. The contemporary Mercedes was the W114/W115 - a car selling for more than double the price, and multiples more reliability, durability, and refinement. If an Australian company had offered its executives a common-as-muck Granada/Falcon, they would have quit in disgust.

@jamesecroucher 7 месяцев назад

What was the list price on this back in the day?

@Edgel-in6bs 5 месяцев назад

Unfortunately there seems to be only one of these left as all you car reviewers use the same car! (This one perhaps rare as it has an engine option not officially available on the GXl)

@colinevans39 7 месяцев назад

Has the front wing passenger side been changed? 🤔

@byteme9718 19 дней назад

The Consul and Granada were produce side by side, not as your suugest.

@peterbussh Месяц назад

Mark 1 was the best ever

@angelswithdirtyfaces1 7 месяцев назад

👍👍👍

@bladerunner6282 7 месяцев назад

a 70's ford granada. really? haha. i never expected to see anyone on a youtube car channel do a review on a 70's ford granada. amazing. like watching a sport-fishing fanantics channel where they're trolling for carp or guppies. what the hell? :)

@pauljeffries 5 месяцев назад

It would be better if the great British car journey let you go out on the road instead of driving around in circles on a trading estate,

@gregbernini3244 7 месяцев назад

When was it sunny????? 🤔

@ClassicsWorldUK 7 месяцев назад

This was filmed back in the summer ;)

@Phuc_Yhou 7 месяцев назад

@ClassicsWorldUK that's what's surprising considering the amount of actual rainy days we had 😂

@roygardiner2229 7 месяцев назад

I cannot warm to the style of this car. It's just one of those things. No offence 🙂. I much prefer the elegance of Jaguars, Rovers and cars that really are British,