Ford Landau (Australia)

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Ford Landau (1975)
Ford Landau (1975)
Landau
Production period: 1973-1976
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Coupe
Engines: Petrol engines :
5.8 liters (214 kW)
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The Ford Landau was a passenger car that Ford Australia built from 1973 to 1976.

The car was introduced in August 1973 and was based on the XB Falcon , but had the front and luxury features of the Pullman limousine P5 LTD , another Australian design that was introduced at the same time as the Landau. The Landau there was only a two-door hardtop - coupe ; it had the same wheelbase of 2819 mm as the Falcon. The carriage by an Australian, slightly compressed version of the Ford was driven Cleveland -V8 engine with 5752 cc capacity, the power of 290 hp (214 kW) at 5000 min -1 delivered. The three-speed automatic transmission was a T-Bar SelectShift Cruisomatic , which could also be shifted manually. There were four disc brakes, making the Landau and its sister model LTD the first Australian cars to feature this feature.

Because of its complete standard equipment, there were only two options for the Landau: a cassette radio and a complete leather interior. Thus, and because of its performance-oriented mechanics, the Landau never had a real competitor in the Australian market. There were plans to equip the P5 Landau with the front of the new P6 LTD, which also led to the design study of a P6 Landau; but this never went into series production. When the Landau was discontinued with the introduction of the new LTD in 1976, 1385 copies were made.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tony Davis: Aussie Cars . P. 135
  2. ↑ a b c d Australian Muscle Car , Issue 38, pp. 70–79
  3. ↑ Ford LTD . Sales Brochure (1973)