Ford Landau
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| Ford Landau | |
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 Ford Landau 1977 |
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| Manufacturer | Ford Motor Company |
| Production | 1971–1983 |
| Class | Full-size car |
| Body style(s) | 4-door sedan |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Engine(s) | 302 V8 Ford Windsor engine |
| Transmission(s) | 3-speed manual 3-speed automatic |
| Related | Ford Galaxie |
To informations on the Australian Ford Landau see Ford LTD (Australia)
Launched at the 1970 São Paulo Auto Show (Salão do Automóvel) the Ford Landau, was a full-size car, manufactured until 1983 Ford Motor Company at their factory in São Paulo, Brazil. It became Ford's flagship in Brazil, based on the successful Ford Galaxie, it featured the newly introduced 302 engine, a lighter 5.0 V8, and its radical restyling clearly imitating the 1965 Lincoln Continental.
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[edit] American origin, Brazilian style
The Landau joined the existing models Galaxie 500 and LTD in the showrooms in 1976 as Ford's new top model. All three models featured the new 302 engine with 5000 cc and 198 hp (148 kW), which replaced the heavier 292, but the Galaxie and LTD kept their design elements from the American original. Initially the Landau offered in the single colour scheme “prata continental” (continental silver), a metallic colour. The vinyl roof was painted silver coloured too.
[edit] Curiosities
On the 25th of June 1979, in the middle of a fierce oil crisis in Brazil, Ford do Brasil intrudes the Galaxie/ Landau range with an 302 engine with higher compression rate accepting fuel made of sugar cane alcohol. The first car was a present to the new Brazilian president, João Figueiredo.
From the total of 77.647 Galaxie versions built in Brazil in 16 years of market presence, 2.492 units ran with alcohol as fuel.
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[edit] References
"Automóveis Brasileiros" by author Enio Brandenburg, FBVA, Rio de Janeiro – Brasil
"The Automobile in South America - The Origins (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)" by author Álvaro Casal Tatlock, FBVA, Rio de Janeiro – Brasil
"Automóveis de São Paulo" by author Malcom Forest, FBVA, Rio de Janeiro – Brasil
