The seats mounted higher in the Ghia models explained a lot. I remember driving a Consul in my young days, and man.. I'm 1,8m and didn't feel i had a good view over the hood, because i was seated far too low. My friend, the owner of the Consul, is 1,93, and seemed to have more headroom in that car, than the reviewer has in this video. I was rather confused, until he said that seats in the Ghia are placed higher :) ..and i totally agree. The mk1 Granada is a REALLY fucking cool car. My fav shape is the stationcar, but i do love all of them. Only complaint about this short video is that we didn't get to hear the wonderful sound of the engines properly.
I had a p reg in 1979, 3 year old,gold ,black vinyl roof beige interior, drove beautifully, smooth quick and very comfortable, sold it after 2 years for house deposit, at 24 years of age it was the best I'd had ,would love a nice one to day ,I've now got an s class mercedes lovely car but would love another Granada if I could get one ,happy days
what an absolute beauty of a granada , I have 3 of these though they are 1.43 diecast models ,all UK police . i think this lovely navy blue example is possibly the nicest on Yt , dark blue is always the best colour to go with in classic cars especially if one is not sure , some other colours suit other cars better but you can never go wrong with dark blue .
I remember the Mk1 well fantastic car, blew away the opposition like Renault 30's, Austin Princess's etc, it was the leader of the pack in every possible way.
@@19hoffa97 Lyllos 🙂 - önskar jag lagat upp min men runt 1990 var förutsättningarna som sämst att finna friska delar. Men jag har sett några snygga renoveringar rulla ut förra sommaren.
Actually, Ford lended a few of these Granada Ghia´s (the design was penned at the Ghia studio but the badge was used by Ford on all european top-of-the-line packages back then) to an american consumer test group, but they deemed it too european for their tastes... Ford even tried building one re-designed as a mini Lincoln(!) with the full set of gimmicks making it look like a crossover. I couldn´t say that it looked better than your american Granada, of which a few made it across the ocean but mostly of the tricked-out Mercury version. I´ve read that the decision to build the american other but keep the name came after that whole turndown of the european.
Olof L Fyra årdentliga reparationer dagligen? Det var ändå bra mycket mer för pengarna än tex en motsvarande volvo. Volvo höll ju trots allt på med stel bakaxel i 20 år till.
@@rickardbergh5431 Inget ont om 1-2-3-7-9 serien Det var fina grejer men när man kör och åker dem idag är det svårt att hitta kursstabiliteten som Gnälling alltid pratar om att stela axlar ger. Nu menar jag jämfört med moderna bilar.
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The Ghia Granada MK 2 looks absolutely beautiful
This V6 Engine sounds incredible ❤
En mycket vacker bil från en tid då biltillverkarna förstod sig på att göra estetiskt tilltalande bilar
beautifle cars my dad had one of these on a p plate 1976.
The seats mounted higher in the Ghia models explained a lot. I remember driving a Consul in my young days, and man.. I'm 1,8m and didn't feel i had a good view over the hood, because i was seated far too low. My friend, the owner of the Consul, is 1,93, and seemed to have more headroom in that car, than the reviewer has in this video. I was rather confused, until he said that seats in the Ghia are placed higher :)
..and i totally agree. The mk1 Granada is a REALLY fucking cool car. My fav shape is the stationcar, but i do love all of them. Only complaint about this short video is that we didn't get to hear the wonderful sound of the engines properly.
I had a p reg in 1979, 3 year old,gold ,black vinyl roof beige interior, drove beautifully, smooth quick and very comfortable, sold it after 2 years for house deposit, at 24 years of age it was the best I'd had ,would love a nice one to day ,I've now got an s class mercedes lovely car but would love another Granada if I could get one ,happy days
Återstår Ronny och Ragge-bilen, "Fårrden", Taunus från sent 1970-tal.😂
what an absolute beauty of a granada , I have 3 of these though they are 1.43 diecast models ,all UK police . i think this lovely navy blue example is possibly the nicest on Yt , dark blue is always the best colour to go with in classic cars especially if one is not sure , some other colours suit other cars better but you can never go wrong with dark blue .
I remember the Mk1 well fantastic car, blew away the opposition like Renault 30's, Austin Princess's etc, it was the leader of the pack in every possible way.
I had a 1977 3.0 V6 2 door ghia coupe in Arizona gold with brown vinyl roof. I was 22 it was a great car. 17 mpg though......lol
När såg du en Ford Granada senast ?
Det var inte längesen. Står en i garaget ;)
Skulle just säga detsamma
@@19hoffa97 Lyllos 🙂 - önskar jag lagat upp min men runt 1990 var förutsättningarna som sämst att finna friska delar. Men jag har sett några snygga renoveringar rulla ut förra sommaren.
Why do these Granadas look way better than the North America ones?
Actually, Ford lended a few of these Granada Ghia´s (the design was penned at the Ghia studio but the badge was used by Ford on all european top-of-the-line packages back then) to an american consumer test group, but they deemed it too european for their tastes... Ford even tried building one re-designed as a mini Lincoln(!) with the full set of gimmicks making it look like a crossover. I couldn´t say that it looked better than your american Granada, of which a few made it across the ocean but mostly of the tricked-out Mercury version. I´ve read that the decision to build the american other but keep the name came after that whole turndown of the european.
That car is yummy.
et av mina drömmar
aldrig en fård på min gård.
Olof L Fyra årdentliga reparationer dagligen? Det var ändå bra mycket mer för pengarna än tex en motsvarande volvo. Volvo höll ju trots allt på med stel bakaxel i 20 år till.
@@rimmersbryggeri Visserligen primitiv, men seglivad och stryktålig.
@@rickardbergh5431 Inget ont om 1-2-3-7-9 serien Det var fina grejer men när man kör och åker dem idag är det svårt att hitta kursstabiliteten som Gnälling alltid pratar om att stela axlar ger. Nu menar jag jämfört med moderna bilar.