He's the type of person who should be getting a Kennedy Center Honor award or something of the sort.
@akr013647 ай бұрын
"The dash looks American expensive as plastic wood abounds." Perfect.
@mattt1986543217 ай бұрын
Does anyone else miss cars like this? Comfortable seats, column shifter, soft ride that doesn't rattle your fillings trying to be "sporty". I do, and I'm not even that old!
@GeeEm13137 ай бұрын
No.
@67tomcat7 ай бұрын
I miss "cars" - the fact that most everything today is a truck or CUV.
@new2000car7 ай бұрын
This was a gussied up fairmont. Fortunately, the fairmont was a very good car. These were quality built cars.
@mkshffr49367 ай бұрын
Yes, that is why I drive a 91 Colony Park. I used to have a Fairmont with I-6. Wish I still did.
@Doobie19757 ай бұрын
I do, I just wish they came with more power, I'm 43 and seeing these cars take me back to my younger years.
@georgeburns72517 ай бұрын
I had the Mercury version of this. I donated to the Good Will still running with 270k miles on it. Best car I ever owned and I’ve owned a lot of cars.
@user-gm9he1os5o7 ай бұрын
It's a collector's item now.😅
@glx686 ай бұрын
Yes it was a good reliable car. One question Sir. What an engine did it have; the 2.3 litre 4-cylinder, the 3.3 litre inline six or the 3.8 litre V6?
@ericbritton93467 ай бұрын
This is the coolest Ford LTD ever. Back in 1987, Ms. Robertson had a 1985 model with a quiet running V6 under the hood. I think it was a brougham model because it was fully loaded. I was 7 years old when I see her drive up in the driveway waving at me and give me some fruit. She had it untill her passing in 2008 and her daughter possessed it. I wanted to buy it but she didn't want to sell it. That, she ran that car rugged until it gave out on her. I was sad to see it go out like that.
@fernandorocha-dx1wv7 ай бұрын
Very beautiful this Ford LTD.Solid, confortable and nice car. Police cars from 1980s
@williamegler87717 ай бұрын
I remember our local Ford dealership running an ad in the local paper on Sunday offering sedans and wagons, fully equipped, both for an identical price. I think it was $12,500. When you drove by the dealership you would see rows of them painted red white blue or silver and they sold by the truckload!
@b3stanga6977 ай бұрын
I remember seeing them for $9999
@daviddaigle24197 ай бұрын
Three years later the Ford Taurus came out and the Ltd was gone ,
@jamesfrench72997 ай бұрын
The quad square headlights and fuel figures sold it to me.
@RaymondHaley-lv2mo2 ай бұрын
The baby Ltd's were cute and fun to drive ❤😅
@ljmorris64967 ай бұрын
Man, these cars were everywhere by '85. Please Ford give us another all-around Mustang based sedan...
@jeffbranch80727 ай бұрын
Careful what you wish for. 😉
@2packs4sure7 ай бұрын
My mom had an exact clone of that car except hers had the V6,, it was a very good car..
@weegeemike7 ай бұрын
This LTD was the first modern Ford product to wear the Blue Oval on its grille, previously Ford vehicles had "FORD" spelled out in block letters and the Blue Oval was used exclusively as the corporate logo until this car came out.
@Doobie19757 ай бұрын
Actually it was the 1982 Ford Escort that wore the modern Ford logo.
@EskieWolf7 ай бұрын
@@Doobie1975 don't forget the '82 Granada, Mustang, and F-150 that had the oval on the grille. The Fairmont and Thunderbird didn't have them.
@manthony2257 ай бұрын
@@EskieWolfThe Mustang didn't get the Ford oval until 83
@Pisti8467 ай бұрын
Of all the Fairmont sedan/wagon variants I think the 81/82 Mercury Cougar versions were the nicest looking with the nicest interiors. Too bad the reviewers hates chrome. He must love todays blob-mobiles.
@emeyer69637 ай бұрын
We had a 1982 Cougar in my family from new and I liked the look of it with it's woodgrain vinyl and cream color paint.My Dad hated it and went with a Camry V6 LE in 1989.Never went back to an American car again.
@5610winston6 ай бұрын
i call my 2023 Crosstrek The Easter Egg, though to be honest, it looks more like a jelly bean. I do like the car and the looks, though.
@user-gm9he1os5o7 ай бұрын
Who put the banana in the tailpipe? Yep....this was the car it happened to in "Beverly Hills Cop".
@NewEraChi7 ай бұрын
😂
@ericbritton93467 ай бұрын
Classic!
@user-gm9he1os5o7 ай бұрын
@@ericbritton9346 40 years man. Where does the time go...???
@ericbritton93467 ай бұрын
@@user-gm9he1os5o We're getting old.
@socalltd2 ай бұрын
LOOK MAN, WE AINT FALLING FOR NO BANANANA IN THE TAILPIPE!
@salazmiguel55427 ай бұрын
In México was sold as ford Elite with a carburated 302 V8.
@BigjohnZ067 ай бұрын
The 1983 Ford LTD had a open door dinger that sounds similar to some early 2000’s- 2020 General Motors vehicles.
@jeffbranch80727 ай бұрын
Ford was a head of GM again. Even the current GM HQ was built by Ford. 😆
@Andrew-bb3lcАй бұрын
@@jeffbranch8072GM has been ahead of Ford since the late 20s/early 30s. Get real.
@ramonlevine80127 ай бұрын
In 1984 and 1985 Ford also offered the LTD with the 302 H.O. engine from the Mustang G.T. It also had suspension and interior enhancements. Not too many Ford people knew about it. I had a 1984. It was a nice car.
@trainglen227 ай бұрын
I would love to have a Ford LTD LX.
@dalewilliams20637 ай бұрын
That was the best combination. Power and handling in the practice 4 door Sedan.
@joelakers4106 ай бұрын
my favorite ford
@Rayrard7 ай бұрын
I thought he was going to go with the "this car is no sportscar but certainly more nimble than some of it's buyers" for a second
@jeffbranch80727 ай бұрын
The Fox ***platform*** ("body" was a GM term, NEVER used at Ford) was used on so many cars like the Falcon platform it replaced: Fairmont/Zephyr, LTD/Marquis, Thunderbird/Cougar, stretched for Mark VI/Mark VII, shortened for Mustang/Capri. Today maybe the "C2" platform is used as much.
@lanceadcox23767 ай бұрын
It irritates me to no end when people refer to it as the “Fox body”….. always Fox platform. GM had the “(alphabet) body”.
@jeffbranch80727 ай бұрын
@@lanceadcox2376 and Chrysler also used the (letter)-body scheme similar to GM, but that was not an industry standard. Now even GM uses platform names (with Greek letters). Combined with the platform (i.e. Fox, Panther) Ford also had "tophat" referring to the upper body going back to Model T days, so technically it was a "Mustang tophat mounted on a shortened Fox platform". Ford still uses platform and tophat to this day.
@glx686 ай бұрын
What's the point? I think this was 'car enough' back in the 80's for most of us. Quiet, roomy, safe combined with a good mileage!🎉
@user-ld8nf1kz8t7 ай бұрын
mom & dad had 83 3.3 inline 6 gd car. me had 86 3.8 V6 gd auto.great memories in both.
@donberry76577 ай бұрын
I had one. It was a nice ride.
@Josh-kx1vv7 ай бұрын
I certainly do and in some cases simple to work on for some people.
@303nitzubishi47 ай бұрын
Was the L6 offered after 82? I thought it was a total switch to the Essex in 83. I'm not a Ford guy at all but I think the variations of the Fox platform were great bridges between the bloated 70s designs and the Taurus. Much smoother transition than all the quality issues GM had with the X & J cars. I've never seen a 4cyl Fairmont/Granada/LTD but I'm guessing they were only sold at low elevations. Here at altitude the dealers probably all ordered the 6cyl.
@EskieWolf7 ай бұрын
The 3.3 I-6 was offered on the LTD (and Marquis) for 1983, which was also the final year for the Fairmont and Zephyr.
@twomustangs7 ай бұрын
I inherited an '83 Crown Victoria from my grandfather. Big RWD V8 sedan. I didn't even know they made this little guy.
@davidallen57767 ай бұрын
...And at this time the biggest Ford became the Crown Vic!
@paulyokoyama71627 ай бұрын
The suspension had no anti dive or anti squat properties whatsoever.
@mikep.55177 ай бұрын
...or damping either. That front- and rear-end oscillation after the braking test tho...
@Trance887 ай бұрын
@@mikep.5517 Yeah, it looked like the body was sitting on a waterbed.
@Doobie19757 ай бұрын
Were the V6's far more common on these cars?
@Liplip407 ай бұрын
For sure.
@Tennesseestorm766 ай бұрын
The inline 6 was the engine to have.
@glx682 ай бұрын
Okay same HP but more torque beginning at low rpm. Also quiet and VERY reliable!😊
@user-yc2oz8kc5k7 ай бұрын
These were nice but not well liked, as you don't see any on the road today. The 4 cylinder engine was only there to make the mpg requirements. To me the car was a bit large for such a tiny engine. It was an attractive machine.
@arthurcrunden61077 ай бұрын
16 seconds 0-60 wow!
@MrHeem947 ай бұрын
The last thing you wanted in one of these was the 4cyl. Yuck.
@b3stanga6977 ай бұрын
I had one. Not a bad car, not a great car. Paint sucked, the heat sucked, and occasionally the engine ran like shit for no reason. A lot of luxury for short $$$
@allenkranawetter94827 ай бұрын
Back in the 1990s I had one it was a white wagon
@sutherlandA17 ай бұрын
I assume the Ltd has the same suspension as the earlier Granada station wagon if that nosedive and wallowing in the brake test is anything to go by
@LOGICNREALITY7 ай бұрын
It's a fox body
@emeyer69637 ай бұрын
Full marshmallow at every corner.
@jasoncarpp77427 ай бұрын
I remember this version of the Ford LTD.
@johnnymason24607 ай бұрын
For me, the 1983-1986 Ford LTD/Mercury Marquis was a better family car than the 1981-1982 Granada/Cougar predecessors. I would love to have an LTD LX sedan. Otherwise, a wagon would be preferable.
@nicholasrice69337 ай бұрын
Imagine 5 passenger acceleration.
@noelmcclintock28257 ай бұрын
hated that sqeaky dash. how could they not know
@nicholasrice69337 ай бұрын
Never knew you could get a 4 cylinder...
@ryanhowell44927 ай бұрын
cool
@NoName-ik2du7 ай бұрын
3:21 - I've never been in one of these small LTDs, but I can't possibly imagine this car having room for _any_ big adults. I owned a 1990 LTD Crown Victoria, and it was infuriatingly tiny inside. I owned that car for about five months and was ecstatic when it blew a head gasket and went to the junkyard. Went back to driving my 1977 LTD with fabulous interior room.
@twoeightythreez7 ай бұрын
Its too bad they didn't test a manual transmission version
@althunder42697 ай бұрын
The pre-downsized ones were far better. I never cared for these ones.
@BlueShift3D7 ай бұрын
The tires on this LTD are way too thin. The handling looks like crap and the acceleration is a joke. C'mon Ford.
@Trance887 ай бұрын
16 second 0-60mph is hilariously slow by todays standards. You'd be driven off to the shoulder trying to get on the freeway with everyone doing 80-90mph in a 70.
@ljmorris64967 ай бұрын
I've driven many cars from that time period , many that were slow but did cruise at 70-90 mph once going..
@manthony2257 ай бұрын
It was slow then.
@P00katube7 ай бұрын
This was a poorly planned downgrade for a legendary Ford nameplate, nothing more than a rebadged Fairmont.
@maxr44487 ай бұрын
3,100 pounds LOL
@X69x69oooo7 ай бұрын
Trump 24 Make Americans cars great again Just skip 10s, 00s 90s, 80s and 70s
@paulpark11707 ай бұрын
The malaise years. Ugly duckling at its height. Almost as bad as the K cars.
@jameshammond6807 ай бұрын
This review was a joke, right? What a peice of crap.
@mattmaverick7037 ай бұрын
Most definitely. The Taurus from the same year was much much better plus it was brand new in 83 alongside the Thunderbirds and Tempos which all made this old looking box look a decade older
@tyo82237 ай бұрын
The Taurus didn't come out until 1986
@mattmaverick7037 ай бұрын
@@tyo8223 actually 1985 my bad
@carlochapelle93317 ай бұрын
Also 16 seconds to get to 60 mph? That’s like “Any Day Now”.
@Paul1958R7 ай бұрын
@@mattmaverick703 This Fox chassis LTD/Marquis came out in the fall of 82 as an 83 model. The new FWD Tempo/Topaz came out in the fall of 83 as an 84 model. The new Taurus/Sable went on sale the day after Christmas 1985 (originally targeted for Oct 1985) as a 1986 model.
@exxusdrugstore30012 күн бұрын
1:30 "...combines a soft, boulevard ride with competent handling" as it leans over like a bass boat and rebounds 5 times lol.