Ford had to call this car the Consul because the rental firm Granada Group fought the "Granada" name in court — once Ford won in 1975, Consul vanished for good.
Lead trim: 1663 cc Essex · up to 138 hp
Ford Consul1972–1975
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FactFord had to call this car the Consul because the rental firm Granada Group fought the "Granada" name in court — once Ford won in 1975, Consul vanished for good.
The Ford Consul name was revived in April 1972 for the lower-priced, lower-specification variants of the newly introduced Ford Granada, developed jointly by Ford Britain and Ford of Germany and built in Cologne in West Germany and in Dagenham in the United Kingdom. Consul models can be identified by a two-panel cross-mesh grille as opposed to the horizontal chrome bar grille of the Granadas, and Consul, Consul L and Consul GT models were offered in two-door saloon, four-door saloon, two-door coupé and five-door estate bodystyles. Unlike the previous Zephyr Estate, the Consul Estate was produced by Ford rather than by an outside contractor.
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Trims & Figures
7 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1663 cc Essex | 1972–1975 | 1.7 L V4 | 77 hp | 94 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1699 cc Taunus | 1972–1975 | 1.7 L V4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993 cc Pinto | 1972–1975 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 99 hp | 115 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 cc Essex | 1972–1975 | 2.0 L V4 | 92 hp | 122 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2294 cc Cologne | 1972–1975 | 2.3 L V6 | 107 hp | 130 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2495 cc Essex | 1972–1975 | 2.5 L V6 | 118 hp | 132 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2994 cc Essex | 1972–1975 | 3.0 L V6 | 138 hp | 174 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
Ford had to call this car the Consul because the rental firm Granada Group fought the "Granada" name in court — once Ford won in 1975, Consul vanished for good.
Rock and roll history has a weird footnote here: a 1960 Ford Consul Mark II was the actual taxi that crashed and killed Eddie Cochran, not the London hackney cab the story usually blames.
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Rivals
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