No More Ltd And Fairlane

[Ghia]

http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleD...ArticleID=39086

I'm surprised if this hasn't been mentioned yet - but it was announced today

[mbjunior99]

That's a bit of a shame really. Will give the others a boost in car sales!

[Mr X]

Disgrace............Really.The thing never had the 290 engine to knuckle up to the Caprice.Time was, when the Fairlane had a 351 just like a GT.Force 8......well I won't comment.Where was Ford's long wheel base Grange beater?

Weak,sad and another lesson they didn't learn from history.Next logical step for me after a GT would have been a Ford "Grange" type Fairlane-but there isn't one.....................thank god for the Chrysler 300C SRT 8.

[Kimberley Scott]

No loss, they have been unaspiring for years now, not like the good old days. I give it ten years and they will be back, hopefully a decent inspiring piece of motoring.

Scotty

[ZAP]

This has been on the cards for 6 months....no suprise really, but it is a sad day

[Venom XR6]

Disgrace............Really.The thing never had the 290 engine to knuckle up to the Caprice.Time was, when the Fairlane had a 351 just like a GT.Force 8......well I won't comment.Where was Ford's long wheel base Grange beater?

Weak,sad and another lesson they didn't learn from history.Next logical step for me after a GT would have been a Ford "Grange" type Fairlane-but there isn't one.....................thank god for the Chrysler 300C SRT 8.

As Tom Gorman said, the numbers just weren't there to justify the development dollars anymore. They could have done a million things to the Fairlane and LTD but it would still only sell in the hundreds, not the thousands they used to. Only 1000 sold last year, compared with over 10,000 sold in a year back in the 70's. Those days are long gone now, the Fairlane and LTD basically had no competition and dominated the segment back then, times have changed. Hopefully if an export market is found in the next year or 2 they resurrect it.

[Evil F6]

As Tom Gorman said, the numbers just weren't there to justify the development dollars anymore. They could have done a million things to the Fairlane and LTD but it would still only sell in the hundreds, not the thousands they used to. Only 1000 sold last year, compared with over 10,000 sold in a year back in the 70's. Those days are long gone now, the Fairlane and LTD basically had no competition and dominated the segment back then, times have changed. Hopefully if an export market is found in the next year or 2 they resurrect it.

I'm glad. Who needs luxo barges this size when the Falcon is already a ridiculously big car. The new Caprice is even worse; the VE is huge and a need for an even bigger heavier car is beyond belief.

Another nail in the coffin for the dinosaur way of thinking the Americans had ingrained into Ford Australia.

And let's face it, the LTD/Fairlane are

[RHR]

Since the AU the fairlane sucked

In Ef or El form they were really nice with a nice set of tickford rims with a maroon body.. Nice V8 and nice interior... Just like the one I went to in my year 12 formal. They look with a nice set of gold centred simmons too.

Hey didnt they also have some sort of airbag suspension??

After Ef and El they lost the plot

[turbojet]

Read an article yesterday that they have only sold 9 LTD'S in 07 to Expensive Daewoo selling 780 Caprice's for 07

[Mr X]

Since the AU the fairlane sucked

In Ef or El form they were really nice with a nice set of tickford rims with a maroon body.. Nice V8 and nice interior... Just like the one I went to in my year 12 formal. They look with a nice set of gold centred simmons too.

Hey didnt they also have some sort of airbag suspension??

After Ef and El they lost the plot

true.go back even further to the ZC-D with 351 clevo.King of the road back in the day.