1/18 Scale Ford Granada MK1 and Granada MK2 Diecast Model Cars by MCG

1/18 Ölçek Ford Granada MKI and Granada MKII Diecast Model Arabalar
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Ford Granada Ford'un Avrupa ve Kuzey Amerika için çıkarttığı iki ayrı modele verilen model adı.
Avrupa modeli 1972 yılında üretime geçilmiş, 1977 ve 1985 yıllarında makyaj geçirerek tüketicilerin beğenisine sunulmuştur. 1985-1994 yılları arasında Granada adı İngiltere'de üretilen modellere verilirken, Kuzey Amerika ve Almanya'da Granada'nın devamı olan modellere Scorpio ve Sierra adı verilmiştir. Daha alt modeline Consul adı verildi. Güçlü motoru, geniş iç hacmi ve bagaj kapasitesi ile Türk kullanıcılar tarafından beğeniyle kullanılmıştır. Hâlen İngiltere, Almanya ve Türkiye başta olmak üzere birçok Avrupa ülkesinde kullanılmaya devam edilmektedir.
The European Ford Granada is an executive car manufactured by Ford Europe from 1972 until 1994.
The first-generation model was produced from 1972 to 1976 at Ford’s German factory in Cologne and at its British factory in Dagenham. In 1976, production switched entirely to Germany. The original version was replaced in 1977 by a second-generation model which was produced until 1985. From 1985 to 1994, the Granada name was used
Launched in March 1972, the Granada succeeded the British Ford Zephyr, and the German P7-series as Ford's European executive car offering, and completed the integration of Ford's British and German model ranges.
MK1
At first, lower models in the range were called the Ford Consul. This may have been because of a lawsuit by Granada Group, a major British conglomerate of the time; however, their application for an injunction failed at appeal and they could not prevent Ford from registering the name Granada as a trademark[5] thus from 1975 on they were all called Granadas. The car soon became popular for taxi, fleet, and police use. It was also converted into limousine and hearse versions by the British companies Coleman Milne and Woodall Nicholson. Traditional four-door limousines were offered (both long and short versions) alongside an unusual four-door "coupé limousine" (of which only 12 examples were built),[6] as well as hearses in either two- or four-door configurations
Mechanically, the British Granada conformed to Ford convention, the initial range using the Ford Essex V4 unit in 2.0 L displacement, and the Essex V6 engine in 2.5 and 3.0 L capacities. German models employed a Ford Taunus V4 engine in 1.7 L displacement, or the 3.0L Essex V6, or, more commonly the Cologne V6 in 2.0, 2.3, or 2.6 L capacities. The V4 engine option was short lived - and was later replaced by the in-line "Pinto" unit in 1974.
The car was available as a four-door saloon, a five-door estate (Turnier), and a two-door fastback coupé. The early (1972-73) coupé had slightly different sheet metal - a more pronounced coke bottle styling. In 1974, the coupé was revised, with straighter lines. A two-door saloon joined the range in May 1973,[8] reducing the entry-level advertised German price of the car by 415 Marks, but the two-door saloon version was never produced nor officially sold in the UK. The revised “straight line rear wing” coupé was sold only in 3.0 Ghia trim in the UK, but elsewhere in Europe it was sold with other trims and all engines were available.
MK2
The square and straight-lined Granada Mark II - known internally within Ford as "Granada 78" - was released in August 1977 (for the 1978 model year) and was produced until April 1985, following a mild facelift and attention to drivetrain noise, vibration, and harshness in 1981. The Mark II was essentially a reskin of the 1972 car, with new external panelwork that brought the Granada into line with Ford's new design language initiated by stylist Uwe Bahnsen, taking styling cues also used on the recently launched Cortina/Taunus Mk IV and Mk I Fiesta. Much of the Mark I bodywork was retained, such as inner door pressings - the curved uptick at the rear doors now disguised with black paint behind the horizontal chrome trim strip on the saloon - and the estate version effectively grafted the Mk II nose to the Mk I body, retaining the same panels as the old car aft of the A pillars.[20] The engineering was very similar, the main differences being the "Cologne" V6 engine in 2.0, 2.3, and 2.8 L forms replacing the older "Essex" unit, and the introduction of features such as air conditioning and, for the top-priced 2.8-litre versions, fuel-injection. In mainland Europe, a 1.7 L V4 was originally available. By the time of its introduction, UK Granada production had been quietly abandoned "for some time"; UK market Granada IIs were imported from Germany.[21] Internally within Ford, the "Cologne" 1.7, 2.0, 2.3, and 2.8 units were the last derivatives of the 'V-Taunus' range of engines. UK and Irish spec 2.0 Granadas used the 4-cylinder ""Pinto" (or TL-series) engine, as did continental market 1.6 versions - this smaller capacity was deemed too small for the British and Irish markets and was therefore not offered.