The Ford Fairmont is a full-size car A full-size car is a marketing term used in North America for an automobile larger than a mid-size car. In the United States, the EPA uses "large car" to denote full-size cars which was built by Ford Australia Ford Australia is the Australian subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and was founded in Geelong, Victoria in 1925 as an outpost of Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. At that time, Ford Canada was a separate company from Ford USA. Henry Ford had granted the manufacturing rights to Ford in British Empire countries (excepting the UK) to Canadian as a more upmarket version of the Ford Falcon The Ford Falcon is a full-size car which has been manufactured by Ford Australia since 1960. Each model from the XA series of 1972 onward has been designed, developed and built in Australia, following the phasing out of the American Falcon of 1960-71 which had been re-engineered locally for the harsher Australian conditions. As a result of the from 1965 to 2008. It was available as a 4-door sedan A sedan car or saloon car (British English) is a passenger car with two rows of seats and adequate passenger space in the rear compartment for adult passengers. The vehicle usually has a separate rear trunk (boot in British English) for luggage, although some manufacturers such as Chevrolet, Tatra, and Volkswagen have made rear-engined models. It throughout its life, as a five door station wagon A station wagon is a passenger car body style similar in terms of passengers to the sedan/saloon style but incorporating a full-size back cargo compartment accessible via a fifth door instead of the standard sedan trunk slot. Station wagons are not to be confused with hatchbacks, whose difference lies in the size of the said compartment, with from its introduction through to 2002 and as a two door hardtop A hardtop is a term for a rigid, rather than canvas, automobile roof. It has been used in several contexts: detachable hardtops, retractable hardtop roofs, and the so-called pillarless hardtop body style from 1972 to 1978.

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History

The Fairmont was added to Ford's Australian lineup in September 1965 as part of the Falcon XP range. [1] ] It was offered in both sedan and station wagon body-styles replacing the short lived XP series Falcon Futura sedan and Falcon Squire wagon models which had been released only months before. A 4.0 litre six cylinder engine, optional on the XP Falcon, was standard on the Fairmont. The model has been through many incarnations since then, each one aligned with the contemporary Falcon series but usually with better computer, locking, interior options and extra fog lamps/exterior plastics.

1966 saw the release of a new XR series Fairmont with the addition of a V8 engine option. The XA series of 1972 marked the debut of a 2-door Hardtop body style. An additional top-of-the-line Fairmont GXL sedan was offered from 1976 in the XC series. The replacement of the XC by the XD in 1978 marked the end of the 2-door Hardtop and also saw the GXL replaced by the Fairmont Ghia. The Ghia Carrozzeria Ghia SpA is one of the most famous Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firms, established by Giacinto Ghia and Gariglio as Carrozzeria Ghia & Gariglio, located at 4 Corso Valentino in Turin was, like the base Fairmont, offered in both sedan & wagon body-styles. The Ghia wagon was discontinued in 1993 with the release of the ED Series and the Fairmont wagon was discontinued in 2002 when the AU series gave way to the BA.

Production ended with the arrival of the FG Series Falcon range in 2008, when the Fairmont and Fairmont Ghia were replaced by the Ford G6, G6E and G6E Turbo models.

Between 1970 and 1978, Australian Ford Fairmont sedans and wagons were exported to the United Kingdom. While incredibly large when compared to models in Ford's European range, they had a solid reputation for their reliability.

South Africa

In South Africa Coordinates: 29°02′46″S 25°03′47″E / 29.046°S 25.063°E The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a 2,798 kilometres coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an independent the Ford Fairmont was assembled in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth is one of the largest cities in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, 770 km east of Cape Town. The city, often shortened to PE and nicknamed "The Friendly City" or "The Windy City", stretches for 16 km along Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa. It is also referred to as from 1969 to 1971 in the Ford Falcon XW and XY shape. Two models were available: a 250 six-cylinder and 351C V8. The Ranchero was the pick-up version.

The South African Fairmonts also came in GT form. These cars were the same as the Australian Falcon GT, but with some cosmetic differences, the main ones being that the side stripes have the deleted super-roo and the gauges are all in Metric format. The Fairmont GT's are now coming back to Australia as they are highly desirable.

1990 EAII Ford Fairmont Ghia sedan

1986 XFII Ford Fairmont Wagon

2002–2004 Ford BA Fairmont Ghia sedan

See also

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References

  1. ^ Norm Darwin, The History of Ford In Australia, 1986, Page 158

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