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big_neil
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new model scorpio!
« on: Jan 13th, 2007, 10:02pm » |
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can any one else remember the new scorpio design that was going to replace the outgoing one after the july 98 end of the production line?.
i can vaguely remember seeing a pic of one in a motoring magazine, the only difference was the removal of the bug eye headlights and replacement with twin headlights each side, am i alone in remembering this or is it my old brain playing tricks?. i think maybe it was for the american market but i,m not sure, i seem to remember the no. ford 500, can any one help me with this one?
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scorpio_man
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Re: new model scorpio!
« Reply #1 on: Jan 13th, 2007, 10:26pm » |
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hi there
ford 500.
only available in the usa.
hth
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Jonnycab
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Re: new model scorpio!
« Reply #4 on: Jan 13th, 2007, 11:56pm » |
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I saw a film (American) about 3 or 4 years ago (can't remember what it was)...but there was a car in it, parked on the road, that was a Scorpio with the Granada front.......no I wasn't on drugs 
I remember saying to my wife..."That's a Scorpio but the front end is a Granada"....& she agreed.........& no, she wasn't on drugs either ....
We may have been a little tipsy though 
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Matt
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Re: new model scorpio!
« Reply #5 on: Jan 14th, 2007, 9:53am » |
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jonnycab
ive seen a car like that in americas worst criminals lol, i believe it was a pontiac or simmliar though
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Danny_R
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Re: new model scorpio!
« Reply #6 on: Jan 14th, 2007, 1:17pm » |
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Quote:| This one? Kinda looks like a scorpio actually, but not quite what you describe. |
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That's the ford 500.
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Danny_R
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Re: new model scorpio!
« Reply #7 on: Jan 14th, 2007, 1:25pm » |
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Quote:I saw a film (American) about 3 or 4 years ago (can't remember what it was)...but there was a car in it, parked on the road, that was a Scorpio with the Granada front.......no I wasn't on drugs NoNo
I remember saying to my wife..."That's a Scorpio but the front end is a Granada"....& she agreed.........& no, she wasn't on drugs either NoNo....
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The older Ford Taurus and Mustangs had a similar front end to the Granada. The Scorpio never made it this side of the pond. The only thing close to the scorp is a car name Merkur which is basically a Granada with different front bumper and headlights and a reflective strip across the back. Although they are considered rare over here. I've only seen 1 in the two and a half years of being here!
Danny
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mr._floppy
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Re: new model scorpio!
« Reply #8 on: Jan 14th, 2007, 1:41pm » |
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It was called the Merkur ( German for Mercury ) Scorpio, it was just the European Granada Scorpio branded for the US market ( there's a picture in this months Classic American Mag ).
Needless to say it bombed, with only a few thousand sold .
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