1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport
The 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport hasn’t achieved the same level of movie superstardom as Frank Bullitt’s Mustang or the Bandit’s Trans Am, but with a couple of major motion picture credits under its belt, it’s hard to deny this car’s fame.
In the 2008 Clint Eastwood film Gran Torino, a Dark Green Metallic ’72 Gran Torino Sport was cast as the prized possession of retired Ford assembly plant worker Walt Kowalski. In 2009, another green ’72 Gran Torino took to the screen as villain Fenix Rise’s (played by Laz Alonso) modified ride in Fast and Furious.
With its chunky good looks and broad selection of FoMoCo powerplants, the redesigned-for-’72 Gran Torino Sport really is a natural to portray old-school muscle car values in 21st-century Hollywood. When new, the car replaced the Torino GT as the new top-of-the-line Torino, and had a completely revamped body. Its racy lines — especially in fastback guise — evoked
